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About | Connections | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thanks to the Internet Scout Report for the link… Connections was a year-long series from 2011 comprising of 100 episodes, and inspires fresh ways to approach art. Source: About | Connections | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Making The Met’s Collection More Accessible | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wonderful news, fits open culture, open access to encourage use and access to art images.. kudos to The Met.. read more about the policy, gain access to the images, and learn how to identify the public domain images here. Director Thomas P. Campbell announces a major update to the Museum’s policy governing the use and…
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How Employees Shaped Strategy at the New York Public Library
¶ DrWeb says: This is how a total organization or library can work.. everyone has a stake, is a stakeholder.. everyone has ideas, viewpoints, dreams.. and leaving anyone out of change management means you miss all your voices… “In the spring of 2014, we proposed a radical approach: offer anyone on staff – over 2,500…
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Greek diners run in their blood – CBS News
These family-run restaurants with over-stuffed menus are meeting places for those with gossip to share and a hearty appetite http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/greek-diners/ Source: Greek diners run in their blood – CBS News
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Free for All: NYPL Enhances Public Domain Collections For Sharing and Reuse | The New York Public Library
Today we are proud to announce that out-of-copyright materials in NYPL Digital Collections are now available as high-resolution downloads. No permission required, no hoops to jump through: just go forth and reuse! The release of more than 180,000 digitized items represents both a simplification and an enhancement of digital access to a trove of unique…
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Beneath New York Public Library, Shelving Its Past for High-Tech Research Stacks – The New York Times
As they skate or snack in Bryant Park, visitors might dismiss the stately New York Public Library next door as a dog-eared relic in an age of digital information.But unbeknown to most of them, 17 feet below ground, in a concrete bunker worthy of the White House, the library is expanding and updating one of…
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Natural History Museum’s Expansion: Part Dr. Seuss, Part Jurassic Park – The New York Times
The American Museum of Natural History recently came out with some good news — a museum expansion that for once seems as if it could work.A year ago, the museum announced plans for the $325 million, 218,000-square-foot Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation. Jeanne Gang, founder of Studio Gang, the high-profile Chicago-based firm,…
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How the New York Public Library is reinventing itself for the 21st century.
The future of libraries now has a very long history. Like all futures, it’s a moving target, changing as new experiences, expectations, and technologies change our sense of what’s possible. When the main branch of the New York Public Library opened on Fifth Avenue in 1911, it was a state-of-the-art futurist landmark, with pneumatic tubes…
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Touring New York, With ‘Mad Men’ in Mind – NYTimes.com
”Mad Men” ends its run on Sunday night, and a toast is definitely in order. Martinis and Manhattans are among the cocktails made for the occasion, New York City the optimal locale. A “Mad Men” tour of New York might start with a martini at Sardi’s (featured in Season 2), either the Little Bar on…
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Boston Tops New York In List Of 10 Largest U.S. Libraries By Volumes Held (Or Does It?)
As if the New York City vs. Boston rivlary needed any more ammunition, now comes evidence that Boston has a larger library too. Actually, according to the American Library Association (ALA), the Boston Public Library ranks second (with 19,090,261 volumes held). And the famed New York Public Library – whose ASK NYPL online and phone…
