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Why the Public Library Is Giving Away 1,000 Books – The New York Times
New York Today Why the Public Library Is Giving Away 1,000 Books The books come from its list of best titles of the year and will be available at three flagship library branches. Listen to this article · 9:24 min Learn more By James Barron, Nov. 20, 2025 Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find…
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The Archives of the East Village Eye Go to the New York Public Library | The New Yorker
Leonard Abrams started the paper, which chronicled the cultural life of downtown New York, in 1979. After trying for eight years to place its archives, he handed them off to the library last fall. By Hannah Gold, February 7, 2023 In November, Leonard Abrams opened every box in his storage locker in Ridgewood, Queens, and…
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The New York Public Library is giving away 500,000 books this summer – CNN
By Yenny Sanchez, CNN, Updated 8:37 AM ET, Sun June 19, 2022 (CNN) New Yorkers of all ages can now treat their shelves to a new book. The New York Public Library (NYPL) has announced that it will give away 500,000 books to city residents to keep as part of its “Summer at the Library…
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Lou Reed Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts | The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce that the Lou Reed Archive has been processed and is now available to users. The Lou Reed Archive documents the history of Reed’s life as a musician, composer, poet, writer, photographer, and tai-chi student through his own extensive papers, photographs, recordings and…
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The Wondrous Complexity of the New York Public Library | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian
A new documentary captures the sweeping human impact of one of the country’s largest library systems Source: The Wondrous Complexity of the New York Public Library | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian
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NYPL’s Most Popular Check Outs of 2016 | The New York Public Library
Over 25 million items are circulated through our network of libraries each year, and among those items there are both expected front-runners and a few interesting surprises every year. For your perusal, we’ve compiled lists of the top books checked out systemwide and in The Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island in 2016. Source: NYPL’s Most…
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New York Public Library launches imprint to publish books inspired by its collections | Books | The Guardian
Excellent effort, no reason libraries cannot be publishers.. even local smaller libraries can do it, self-publish, etc. Seeing the Lions at NYPL (Patience and Fortitude –not sure which is in the photo below) never fails to uplift my heart and soul, and if you’d like to know more about them, check out here: The Library…
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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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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…
