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Booktalking "The Invisible Web" by Chris Sherman and Gary Price
We were lucky to have Gary Price present a workshop at the Library on keeping up with the latest technological developments. On some level, I knew that there were portions of the Internet that were...
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Reader's Den: The Consolations of the Forest, Week 3
Welcome back for the third week of our reading and discussion of Sylvain Tesson’s The Consolations of the Forest. This week I’d like to offer a few more questions to consider and discuss while you are...
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Célébrons le mois de l'histoire des noirs
En commémoration du mois de l’histoire des noirs on vous propose ces titres dont vous trouvez dans le catalogue de NYPL. Réservez-les et cherchez-les à votre bibliothèque de quartier la plus...
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Absurd Vintage Skating Photos Even Non-Sports Fans Will Love
So you think you can figure skate? Are you photogenic? Can you tolerate the cold? Let these vintage figure skating photos be your guide.Skating can be hard.Like when you need to pull a giant sign AND...
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Children's Literary Salon in Retrospect: Censorship on February 1, 2014
Censorship is a hot topic these days in libraries, and public librarians seem particularly interested in providing public access to a variety of books from many perspectives that are written in a...
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Power: The American Way
George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, co-authors of some of Broadway’s most enduringly funny comedies, also collaborated on a topical pageant, The American Way, which opened at Broadway’s Center Theater,...
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乒乓外交 Pīng Pāng Wài Jiāo == Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Griffin, Nicholas. Ping-pong diplomacy: the secret history behind the game that changed the world. Scribner,...
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Kids Science Experiment: Elephant Toothpaste
On a snowy Saturday at the branch a few kids came out to try a cool experiment I'd been talking about all week. ELEPHANT TOOTHPASTE!! Too cool.This exciting experiment is a great example of a reaction...
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New York State Federal Bonding Program
The Federal Bonding Program (FBP) is a U.S. Department of Labor Initiative since 1966. It was created as a job placement tool to assist at-risk job seekers. The purpose of the program is to provide...
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To Brie or Not to Brie... What's the Question?
Recently I had occasion to spend a lot of time in the Mystery section on the second floor at the Mid-Manhattan Library. After looking at many, many titles there, I noticed a plethora of puns. Of...
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NYS Division of Equal Opportunity Development (DEOD): Americans with...
The following article, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), prepared by the New York State Division of Equal Opportunity Development (DEOD), helps you to understand the Americans with Disabilities...
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Booktalking "Lark" by Tracey Porter
Sixteen-year-old Lark Austin is left to die in the woods. Eve, a former best friend and Nyetta, a girl who was babysat by Lark, struggle with the death. Lark, Eve and Nyetta alternately voice their...
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Here a Cat, There a Cat: TNR in NYC
CatsImage ID: 1517105February is Spay/Neuter Awareness Month (to clarify, "spay" is the term used to describe sterilizing a female animal, whereas "neuter" refers to the procedure by which a male...
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Recruitment: BJ's Wholesale Store Opening
BJ's Wholesale Club is hiring for their new store in Stella/Bronx, 184 West, 237th Street, Bronx, NY 10463.Headquartered in Westborough, MA, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc., is a leading operator of...
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One Man’s Library Education and the "Double V"
Jefferson Wiggins was born in 1925 in Houston County, Alabama where he had almost no formal education in the schools he attended as a child. One can search the “World War II Army Enlistment Records,...
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Gustave Eiffel Beyond the "Useless and Monstrous" Tower
The Eiffel Tower? You probably know everything about it, don’t you? Including such fine details that 18,038 different parts were needed to build it and that each of the four legs is at an angle of 54°...
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Reader's Den: The Consolations of the Forest, Conclusion
[Robinson Crusoe in his cabin with animal friends]Image ID: 1697942Having arrived safely back to your everyday existence, I hope you enjoy the comfort of your own bed and convenient grocery store, but...
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The Road to Wrestlemania
Wrestlemania 30 is only 41 days away. Wrestling fans are currently in the thick of what is commonly referred to as "the Road to Wrestlemania." This is hands down the most exciting time of the year for...
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Time Machine: Cloverleaf and Helix, The Early Years
My dystopian commute through New Jersey is bound by the cloverleaf exit from the Goethals Bridge and the helix to the Lincoln Tunnel; it is my first temporal displacement of the day. Moving in an arc...
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Musical of the Month: Fiorello!
In the archives at NYPL there are photographs of window displays in department stores featuring clothing in the style of Fiorello and promotional pictures showing Bock, director George Abbott, and Hal...
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