Photo: Mobyblu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Brooklyn Public Library has released its favorite reads of the year. With over 100 favorites, contributed by librarians and staff, the list includes something for everything one, including memoirs and mysteries, coming of age stories, and imagined futures. A selected few areContinue Reading
Contest deadline extended to Friday, December 29 The New York Public Library and Teen Vogue announced today the grand prize winner of the Library’s National Teen Writing Contest: Freedom to Read will be published in Teen Vogue. The contest is part of the Library’s Books for All campaign, which launched during Banned Books Week in October andContinue Reading
Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash Brooklyn Public Library, The New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library unveil the top ten titles for adults, teens, and children New Yorkers across the five boroughs read Spare by Prince Harry and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Brooklyn Public Library, The New York Public Library, andContinue Reading
Librarians from across the system selected 240 titles from thousands of books The New York Public Library announced today its Best Books of 2023, a curated list of 240 recommended titles published this year for children, teens, and adults. For nearly a century NYPL’s expert librarians have been providing New YorkersContinue Reading
Alvaro Keding/© AMNH Beyond Elementary Explorations in Science (BEES) pilot program offers a week-long Museum field trip experience for more than 500 students and teachers this academic year The American Museum of Natural History this week officially launched the Beyond Elementary Explorations in Science (BEES) program, a new educational pilotContinue Reading
Image by Kristin Baldeschwiler from Pixabay Tribute builds upon the Library’s ongoing commitment to scholarship and access to collections The New York Public Library on Thursday announced it has officially dedicated its Center for Research in the Humanities in honor of former NYPL President Vartan Gregorian, whose extraordinary leadership revitalizedContinue Reading
100 Percent Affordable Housing Paired with Expanded State-of-the-Art Library  New Development Model Could Set Precedent for Future Projects Across the City Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) and Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) cut the ribbon on the new Sunset Park Library and Apartments. The historic project, the first of its kind inContinue Reading
Grammy-nominated artist, entrepreneur and philanthropist Fat Joe visited The New York Public Library’s new Teen Center at the Mott Haven branch in the Bronx on Wednesday to meet with a group of New York City teens and tweens about growing up in the Bronx, dreaming big, and finding personal success.. Continue Reading
The collection of 2,500 jazz, classical, and contemporary music scores is the second largest Braille music collection in the country. The New York Public Library’s Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library—the only public library in the state of the New York that is dedicated to serving patrons who areContinue Reading
Broadway Bridges 100K Student Milestone. Photo by Tricia Baron Before attending yesterday afternoon’s matinee performances, nearly 155 New York City public high school students and chaperones gathered in Times Square to commemorate the milestone achieved of Broadway Bridges® welcoming 100,000 students to Broadway since its inception in 2017. As the largest theatreContinue Reading