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Happy 101st, Vivien!
Vivien Leigh, who was born November 5, 1913, may not have lived to see her 54th birthday, but she is one of the rare performers whose fame has long outlasted her death. This is at least partly due, of...
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Booktalking "Lumber Camp Library" by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Ruby's pa is a lumberjack who works in the forest. She has 10 brothers and sisters and a puppy to help take care of. She works in the house, and she goes to school when she has time. Ruby enjoys...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of November 9
Defender Security Services, Inc. will present a recruitment for Security Guard (10 openings), Dispatcher/ Field Supervisor (2 openings) on Wednessday, November 12, 2014, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, at...
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The Best YA Books I Read in 2014
One of the best books I have read this year was The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. For those who have not read or seen the movie yet, The Fault in Our Stars tells the story of Hazel Grace and...
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Fall, Fashion, Fabric and Films
This is the text on one of the current displays in the Mid-Manhattan Library Picture Collection. In the few weeks this exhibit has been posted, it has reminded us that a picture of an actor can evoke...
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Podcast: Neil Gaiman on Fairy Tales Revisited
The New York Public Library Podcast brings you the best of the Library's author talks, live events, and other bookish curiosities. In our most recent episode, Neil Gaiman discusses his new...
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Booktalking "Eagle Song" by Joseph Bruchac
Danny does not fit in New York City with his long hair and Mohawk ways. The other kids tease him about being different, calling him "Chief." Danny misses his reservation, but economics necessitated the...
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25 Years From the Fall: KGB and Cold War Reads
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, effectively and symbolically ending the Cold War. Twenty-five years later, we're still making sense of the decades of fear and east-west divisions. One need...
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Working Families: The Elephant at the Roundtable
Today women make up nearly half of the labor force, and more families with children have both parents working outside of the home than ever before. Latifa Lyles, director of the Women's Bureau, in her...
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Novedades de Noviembre 2014: ¡Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias!
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The Good Jobs Strategy
This is the Department of Labor blog post, authored by Mary Beth Maxiwell, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor and a senior advisor to Secretary Perez....
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SIBL Hosts 2014 NYC Small Business Technology Expo
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Celebrating All Veterans - Breaking Down Gender Barriers
In celebration of Veterans Day 2014, Dr. Nancy A. Glowacki, manager of the Women Veteran Program at the Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service, presents Celebrating All...
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Working For Our Veterans Every Day
In celebration of Veterans Day 2014, Tom Perez, secretary of Labor, presents Working for Our Veterans Every Day. He delivers the good news that "We’ll need upwards of 100,000 more computer support...
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Booktalking "The Other Side" by Jacqueline Woodson
A fence separates the homes where white folks live and the homes where black folks live. Clover notices a little girl on the other side of the fence. She wants to play with her and her friends, but...
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Great Historical Fiction for Teens, Just in Time for Autumn!
I don't know what it is about autumn but it puts me in the mood for history. Maybe it's just my subconscious connecting the season with Thanksgiving and early Colonial American history, but I crave...
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More of Our Favorite, Most Absorbing, Compelling, and Pleasurable [True!]...
A few months ago, the NYPL Milstein Division of United States History, Local History & Genealogy put our collective local history obsessive minds together to bring you a list of our favorite NYC...
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Department of Labor on Wage Enforcement Strategy
This is the Department of Labor blog post, authored by Dr. David Weil, administrator of the Department's Wage and Hour Division. In his blog he states that we need to create ripple effects that...
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Podcast #36: George Clinton on Bad Ideas and Inspiration
The New York Public Library Podcast brings you the best of the Library's author talks, live events, and other bookish curiosities. In our most recent episode, we were lucky to be visited by George...
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