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30 Days of Poetry: A Kid's Eye-View of WPA-Era New York City
I often surprise people when I admit that one of my favorite books here at the Library is not a centuries-old icon of the history of printed word, but is instead a humble little book called The...
View ArticleRecent Acquisitions in the Jewish Division: April 2015
The following titles on our Recent Acquisitions Display are just a few of our new books, which are available at the reference desk in the Dorot Jewish Division. Catalog entries for the books can be...
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Preservation Week Lecture: Be An Informed Consumer of Custom Picture Framing
Preservation Week 2015 will be April 26–May 7. This is an annual event created and promoted by the American Library Association to highlight preservation activities. Members of the Preservation...
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NYC Rapid Transit in Maps, 1845-1921: The Street Railroads of New York and...
Like many busy New Yorkers sometimes it’s easy for me to take for granted the existence of the numerous subway, bus and commuter train lines that connect the various nodes of this amazing metropolis....
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The Union Remembers Lincoln
April 14 marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Upon learning of the president’s death, the nation responded with shock, confusion, outrage, and sorrow. This tumultuous period...
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Upgrading Front-End Apps to AngularJS 1.3
NYPL's new Locations section was initially created using AngularJS 1.2 as the front-end framework. When the Digital Experience team began working on updating the Research Divisions page, we decided to...
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The Arm That Clutched the Torch: The Statue of Liberty’s Campaign for a Pedestal
The Statue of Liberty’s hand and torch in Madison Square, New York. Image ID: G91F190_006F“They have not been able to procure a whole statue, but they have ornamented the city with a nice large piece...
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For the Love of Poetry
As a librarian it is hard for me to admit that the poetry section has never been one of my favorites. Parents and teachers are often scandalized when I admit this to school groups. I always tell kids...
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Du papier au Web : créez vos propres cartes interactives
*/ This is a translation to french of “From paper maps to the Web : A DIY Digital Maps Primer” by Claire Chemel, library curator and digital manager at the Département des Cartes et plans of the...
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Strasbourg's Most Splendid Party
The cathedral spire "transformed into crystal." Detail of plate 7On October 5, 1744, the city of Strasbourg threw a party that would last through the five following days. There were processions,...
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Preservation Week 2015: Taking Care of Your Collections at Home
The New York Public Library has an enormous amount and variety of collection materials, and those collections require care to help them last. But the Library also has a Preservation Division to care...
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Erasures in Literature
Erasure is a form of literature, often poetry, created by selectively erasing words from an existing text to produce a new work. There are many ways writers choose to erase; delete, redact, white out,...
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Remembering (the Hardly Trivial) Sam Houston: Rare Texana at the Library
Sam Houston, daguerreotype portrait, circa 1855. Rare Book Division.This week—April 21, to be exact—marks the 179th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. During this fight, a motley band of...
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The Case of the False Quixote
Title page of a curious Quixote. General Research Division.On April 23, be sure to doff your cap to passersby and wish them a happy World Book Day. This literary holiday commemorates the deaths of...
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Remembering Our Ancestors: Maps and Genealogy Resources for Armenian-Americans
When I began working in the Map Division of the New York Public Library in 1978, the influence of the 1977 television miniseries Roots had taken hold. Author Alex Haley traced his family history back...
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Ask the Author: Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming comes to Books at Noon next Wednesday, May 6 to discuss his latest work, Not My Father's Son. We asked him six questions about what he likes to read.When and where do you like to read? If...
View ArticleRecent Acquisitions in the Jewish Division: May 2015
The following titles on our Recent Acquisitions Display are just a few of our new books, which are available at the reference desk in the Dorot Jewish Division. Catalog entries for the books can be...
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Subway Construction: Then and Now
Workers in 1901 contrasted to workers in 2014. Periodically, the MTA posts images to its Flickr Photostream that document workers’ progress on many projects, including the Second Avenue Subway, the 7...
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People of the (Online) Book: Jewish Texts Online
Here’s a brief guide to Jewish books online, including reference works, religious texts and literature. For periodicals, see our Quick Guide to Jewish Periodicals.Psalterium, Hebreum, Grecũ, Arabicũ,...
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Growing Up Chinese-American: Books for Young Readers
When I was growing up in the ’70s there was very little in the way of books that reflected who I was—a first generation Chinese-American girl living in New York City. My parents spoke Chinese, but I...
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