New York Library Branches to Open Fewer Hours
Tuesday will be the first day of reduced operating hours at some branches of the New York Public Library. The libraries are cutting hours to close budget gaps, and officials say that the reduced hours...
View ArticleNatsuko, The Home Librarian
When Natsuko Garcia moved to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, she realized that the dozens of Japanese families that had recently settled there could really use a children's library. So she decided to build one—in...
View ArticleNY Public Library Names New Leader: Anthony Marx
The New York Public Library’s board named Anthony Marx its new president today. Marx, a New York native who grew up in Inwood and attended the Bronx High School of Science, currently serves as the...
View ArticleNY Public Library Study Room Presents Virginia Woolf Festival
A free and open-to-the-public festival on Virginia Woolf begins Tuesday at the New York Public Library (N.Y.P.L.). The three-day event will feature one lecture per afternoon on various aspects of the...
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New York Public Library Gets A Face-Lift
City officials joined New York Public Library President Paul LeClerc to celebrate the three-year, $50 million restoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman building on 42nd Street on Tuesday.The landmark...
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Experiencing Dance, Blindfolded
Helen Beattie, 84, didn't expect to feel like a blind person in a mad house after she returned her overdue books to Staten Island's Richmondtown Library on Saturday. But that's exactly how it felt when...
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Kerouac's Harmonica, Malcolm X's Briefcase, Shelley's Locks on View at the...
Beginning on Saturday, visitors can get up close and personal with a lock of Mary Shelley's hair or Malcolm X's briefcase at the New York Public Library. In honor of the centennial of the library's...
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Game On: Hundreds Spend the Night at the Library to Play Futurist Game
Hundreds of gamers are getting ready to spend the night in the stacks of the main branch of the New York Public Library on Friday. Although she said she didn't know what the game would be like,...
View ArticleGot Overdue Fines at City Library Branches? Forget About It.
Forgot to return a library book or DVD? Got library fines that you are reluctant to pay? The solution is here. Programs at libraries in Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island are helping...
View ArticleNY Public Library Chief Pleads Guilty to Driving While Intoxicated, Loses...
The president of the New York Public Library, Anthony Marx, pleaded guilty Friday to driving while intoxicated during an appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court.Judge Jennifer G. Schecter removed Marx's...
View ArticleLibrary Presidents Urge City Council to Restore Funds
The New York City Council met Monday morning to discuss Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed $100 million in budget cuts to the city's three library systems.Presidents from the Queens Library, Brooklyn...
View ArticleBloomberg Plans Cuts to Libraries
As New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and the City Council negotiate next year's budget, advocates are raising the alarm about deep cuts to libraries. Mayor Bloomberg's spending plan would reduce aid...
View ArticleWhite House Honors Former Beatle
Last night, The President and First Lady Obama made the White House’s East Room center stage for a star-studded performance, in tribute to Paul McCartney. The former Beatle joins Paul Simon and Stevie...
View ArticleThe Evolution of E-Books and Our Literary Future
What would our world look like without paperback books? One publishing company has taken one step closer to the reality of eliminating paperback books entirely. Dorchester Publishing has decided to...
View ArticleNew York Library Branches to Open Fewer Hours
Tuesday will be the first day of reduced operating hours at some branches of the New York Public Library. The libraries are cutting hours to close budget gaps, and officials say that the reduced hours...
View ArticleNatsuko, The Home Librarian
When Natsuko Garcia moved to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, she realized that the dozens of Japanese families that had recently settled there could really use a children's library. So she decided to build one—in...
View ArticleNY Public Library Names New Leader: Anthony Marx
The New York Public Library’s board named Anthony Marx its new president today. Marx, a New York native who grew up in Inwood and attended the Bronx High School of Science, currently serves as the...
View ArticleNY Public Library Study Room Presents Virginia Woolf Festival
A free and open-to-the-public festival on Virginia Woolf begins Tuesday at the New York Public Library (N.Y.P.L.). The three-day event will feature one lecture per afternoon on various aspects of the...
View ArticleThe Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
More than a few famous people made themselves over in prison. Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Jesus Chris. In a way, so did Avi Steinberg.A recent college grad who was floundering with his place in life and...
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New York Public Library Gets A Face-Lift
City officials joined New York Public Library President Paul LeClerc to celebrate the three-year, $50 million restoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman building on 42nd Street on Tuesday.The landmark...
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