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On-Site Recruitment August 29: Costume Super Center

The New York State Department of Labor and Costume Super Center will present an On-Site Recruitment to hire full time and part time workers for the Halloween season. The recruitment is on Thursday,...

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NYPL on the Road: September Exhibitions Featuring Works from the NYPL Special...

Traditionally summer is a less busy time for registrar staff as the most ambitious shows open in the Fall and the Spring. However we have been busy this summer and have received many requests for...

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Reading Social: Join A Book Club!

Do you love to read? Want to hang out, enjoy free snacks, and learn about great new books for teens and tweens? Check out our book clubs at Battery Park City!Tween Book Club meets Thursday, September...

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A Library as Beautiful as the Bronx: NYC's First Municipal Green Building

I remember it vividly. It was the morning of January 17, 2006, I was on my way to work—when an MTA bus zoomed pass me. It was then I noticed it, on the side of the bus, a poster size picture of the...

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August in the Reader's Den: Slaves of New York, Part 2

August will soon come to a close, and so we wrap up Slaves of New York by Tama Janowitz, this month's selection in the Reader's Den.As the stories attempt to tie loose ends with familiar characters...

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On the Origin of Some Phrases

Growing up, I used to hear the phrase "what do you want, egg in your beer?" all the time. Although I have many occasions in which I'd like to use it, I never have because I know it would only garner...

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On-Site Recruitment: Police Communications Technicians (911 Operators) in...

The New York State Department of Labor and the New York City Police Department will present On-Site Recruitment for Police Communications Technicians (911 Operators).On-Site Recruitment in...

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September Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan

The centrality of sunshine… the most fascinating New York Timesobits of the year… the riddle of the labyrinth… America’s signs, streets and storefronts… the Central Park Five… global weirdness… how to...

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NYC Veterans Oral History Project Records Stories on Staten Island

Last Saturday, the NYC Veterans Oral History Project was on Staten Island for a morning of interviews with Korean War veterans. Several volunteers made it out to Staten Island to record these stories...

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September 2013 DVD Releases... Reserve Your Copy Now!

In the month of September, many great DVD movies are coming to the Library. Reserve titles now using the Library's Catalog.September brings some of the summer's biggest blockbusters to DVD with...

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My Library: The Incredible Resources of the Andrew Heiskell Braille and...

A few years ago, after I was diagnosed at age 47 with Stargardt disease (juvenile macular degeneration), I discovered that it was becoming increasingly difficult for me to read print. Things which I...

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On-site Recruitment: Temporary Driver (FedEx Ground) September 17

The New York State Department of Labor and Randstad (FedEx Ground) will present an On-Site Recruitment for Temporary Drivers. Job Summary Randstad is adding temporary drivers to provide transportation...

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What's All the Buzz About? Honeybees

"The only reason for being a bee that I know of is to make honey... And the only reason for making honey, is so as I can eat it." —Winnie the PoohI have found myself enthralled in the world of...

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On-Site Recruitment: H&R Block Tax Preparers in September

The New York State Department of Labor and H&R Block will present On-Site Recruitments for Tax Preparers on Tuesday, September 3, Wednesday, September 4, Thursday, September 5, Monday, September 9...

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Across A Crowded Room Meetup

I’m very excited to announce that, one enchanted evening (6:00-8:30 on October 5th to be precise), we will host the first Across A Crowded Room meet-up at the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln...

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Book Discussion at Epiphany, "I Am Forbidden" by Anouk Markovits

Jewish history is quite extensive and encompasses a wide range of stories. For the month of July the group continued to focus on this history, as we did in the previous month's selection, by reading...

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Bronx Library Center's 3rd Annual Job Expo: September 18

The Bronx Library Center is pleased to announce its Annual Job Expo to be held Wednesday, September 18, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Concourse Level of the library.The conference rooms will be...

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Booktalking "Listen to the Wind" by Greg Mortenson and Susan Roth

The kids of Korphe, a village in Pakistan, lived in a very do-it-yourself environment. They were a society of farmers and weavers. The people made their own clothes and produced their own food. The...

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What is a Registrar?

No, I am not here to take care of your transcript or enroll you in a course. It is the same word, but it takes a very different meaning in the museum world or at a Research Library like the...

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Free Programs at New Dorp Library: September 2013

September's here and it's time for all those back to school commercials... luckily you can find all your New Dorp Library program information here, instead of it interrupting all your favorite TV...

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