Twitterbrarian: West Palm Beach's new library opens at 9:30 a.m., tour before 11 Apr 13, 2009
Residents have been itching to get into the new $23 million facility, modeled after the New York Public Library, ever since the library's Cold War-era building closed March 19. Officials said back in December they expect the public to check out twice as many books, movies, CDs and other materials once the new library opens. (The Palm Beach Post)
Hingham library use up in this tough economy Apr 13, 2009
LaGuardia, a library advocate even in the grimmest of times, nicknamed the famous New York Public Library lions Patience and Fortitude for the qualities New Yorkers needed to survive the Great Depression. We could use a LaGuardia-like advocate for HPL and for certain, we don t have noble lions standing watch at our entrance. (Hingham Journal, MA)
What's Up? Apr 4, 2009
New York Public Library, 104 W. 136th St. at Malcolm X Boulevard; 212-491-2070. TOMORROW. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Obama's Charm Offensive To Iran Apr 3, 2009
Laura Secor is a 2008-2009 Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, where she is working on a book about Iran. By Laura SecorReprinted with permission from The New Republic. (CBS News)
MINING FOR TRAGEDY AND FINDING HOPE Apr 3, 2009
I was interested in writing a play about the impact of that ugly conflict on women and girls, but I knew I wouldn't find their stories in the stacks of the New York Public Library. So, in pursuit of an idea, I purchased a plane ticket, and somehow persuaded director Kate Whoriskey and my husband, filmmaker Tony Gerber, to join me. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Jury selection set for trial of Brooke Astor's son Mar 30, 2009
Astor, known for decades as the doyenne of New York society and philanthropy, gave away nearly $200 million to institutions such as the New York Public Library and Carnegie Hall. She died Aug. 13, 2007, at age 105. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
York school committee to discuss budget impact on staff positions Mar 26, 2009
The committee will make no decision, he said, until it meets in open session on Wednesday, April 1, at 7 p.m., in the York Public Library. The School Committee is looking to trim a budget that will have a 4. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Making the difference Mar 25, 2009
That was the theme of a panel discussion at the York Public Library on March 20 as part of the annual "York Reads" program, this year focusing centered around Greg Mortenson's "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time." ... "Whether it's close to home or in a remote part of the world, we can all do something," said York woman Marcia Macdonald at a panel discussion at the York Public Library. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Talking Fashion Mar 19, 2009
The awards ceremony, held this year at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, after a previous seven years at the New York Public Library, plans to honor the First Lady Michelle Obama, and has nominated many of the leading forces in the fashion industry to be recognized. Some repeat contenders include Albertus Q. Swanepoel, Alejandro Ingelmo, and Jason Wu, and last year's swarovski award winners Rodarte and Band of Outsiders, have both been nominated for designer of the year in their respective... (Teen Vogue)
Michelle Obama Mar 18, 2009
The ceremony is moving this year from the New York Public Library to Lincoln Center, which will also become the Fashion Week hub next year. Mrs. Obama will receive an invitation, but Kolb was unsure if she'd attend. (AZCentral -- Style)
Rabbit Angstrom's gone, but Updike's genius lives on Mar 16, 2009
There is welcome consolation in the unanimous tributes, and Thursday his publishers are hosting in his honor a literary gathering at the New York Public Library. A day sooner, all of his fans can celebrate, by reading him, on the anniversary of his birth. (Boston Globe)
Canada Reads 2009 Winner Mar 12, 2009
There are also copies stored at the New York Public Library, the Rockefeller Library and the U.S. National Archives in Washington D.C.. Canada Reads 2009. (Suite101.com)
Past Citizens of the Year tell their stories Mar 11, 2009
YORK Nearly a dozen of past Citizens of the Year will gather at noon this Friday to discuss what their contribution to the York community has entailed at York Public Library. This is the first of the Brown Bag Lunch series as part of the York Reads. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Portsmouth area community calendar Mar 10, 2009
CLEAR Tuesday March 10, 2009. Today's most viewed articles. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'Kings' puts a sci-fi spin on David and Goliath Mar 8, 2009
The New York Public Library was topped with a futuristic glass spire to depict Shiloh's capitol building. "The challenge was how to mix the modern and the ancient," Green said. (Boston Globe)
Opera Legend Celebrates The Past Mar 5, 2009
The festival will run in a variety of venues throughout New York City including Carnegie Hall, St. John the Divine Cathedral, the Apollo Theatre and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. (CBS News)
New York City changes with the Times Mar 3, 2009
Because there was no room for an archive in the New York Times new building, he found he only had access to the archives for six months before the New York Times donated everything to the New York public library. Once I was able to get in, I felt like I had to keep going back, Cressman said. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Bye, Tech: Dealing With Data Rot Mar 2, 2009
" At a computer museum, you can't miss the point that, sooner or later, every recording format eventually gets left in the dust. In fact, these days, new formats are coming faster and faster, and each one expires faster than what came before it. "There's a consensus that as the ability to store more and more data [increases], the data itself has become less and less reliable," said Don Mennerich, an archivist at the New York Public Library. He's been working on preserving some historic 1968... (CBS News)
Texas Collection Features Cookbooks As 'Historical Documents' Feb 28, 2009
The Schlesinger Library at Harvard, the New York Public Library and even the Library of Congress have extensive cookbook collections and recognize their value as historical documents, Sharpless said. There are so many things you can learn about womens lives from reading a cookbook. (KWTX.com, TX)
Virtuoso of the Italian Villa Feb 25, 2009
Virtuoso Villa from Cond; Nast Traveler on Concierge. Palladio, he said, 'is the Bible. (Concierge.com)
FAT IN THE LIBRARIES Feb 24, 2009
Southon retired last year as a senior VP for human resources in the New York Public Library system - thereby becoming New York's seventh-highest-grossing state pensioner. Mary Conwell, a retired director of branches, gets 184,498 a year - the ninth-fattest pension from the state. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Over the Hill ... No Way!: A lifelong dedication to others Feb 19, 2009
Upon discharge from the Army, he worked for the next five years at the New York Public Library in the Research Department, then 16 years at Princeton as associate director of libraries, and finished his full-time career at MIT as director of libraries for 20 years until he retired. While at Princeton, he discovered a niche need for library building consultants and founded his own consulting practice. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
At Your Library: Volunteers are crucial YPL members Feb 18, 2009
Here at York Public Library, we love our volunteers ... Sponsored by the York Public Library and York Diversity Forum. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Make It Work: SU fashion design students intern for New York Fashion Week Feb 18, 2009
The events are centered in Bryant Park, but hundreds of designers also preview their collections in other parts of Manhattan, such as Stuart's show at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. SU students are going to Fashion Week through the Syracuse Fashion Association of Design Students (FADS), as part of a larger internship initiative the club has started for students involved in the fashion industry. (Daily Orange, NY)
Google pays writers for old books Feb 13, 2009
Google is digitising the works from many major libraries, including the New York Public Library and the libraries at Stanford and Harvard universities, and is making those texts searchable on pages plastered with advertisements. L'Inq. (Inquirer)
Authors to Google Book Search: Pay Up! Feb 12, 2009
Google is digitizing the works from many major libraries, including the New York Public Library and the libraries at Stanford and Harvard universities, and is making those texts searchable on pages with advertisements. The Authors Guild, which represents more than 8,000 authors, , alleging that the company's digitizing initiative amounted to "massive" copyright infringement. (CNET News)
NYC Fashion Week to move after 17 years Feb 7, 2009
4-hectare) Bryant Park, situated behind the New York Public Library on 42nd Street in Manhattan, has been the main home for Fashion Week, except for one season at Chelsea Piers ... 4-hectare) Bryant Park, situated behind the New York Public Library on 42nd Street in Manhattan, has been the main home for Fashion Week, except for one season at Chelsea Piers. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Library Journal Feb 7, 2009
In Linda Fairstein s new suspense novel, the New York Public Library houses dazzling treasures and deadly secrets. Blogs. (Variety)
April Fools!Getting pranked may be good for your health. Seriously. Apr 1, 2008
Laughter: A Scientific Investigation was selected as one of the 25 Books to Remember from 2000 by the New York Public Library. Getting along. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Bird Library receives grant to catalog music collection Mar 27, 2008
SU is working with the New York Public Library, Stanford University and Yale University to create a labeling system that will categorize music and speeches on 78-rpm records so they will be easily searchable. "It provides us with information to put out there for scholars and researchers who are working in the field," said Pam McLaughlin, communications and external relations director for the library. (Daily Orange, NY)
BEST SIDE STORY Mar 26, 2008
Those are just a few of the video clips in "New York Story: Jerome Robbins & His World," the New York Public Library's ambitious assemblage of photos, posters, letters, costumes and more commemorating the legendary choreographer's New York state of mind ... "New York Story" is on view through June 28, free, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, at Lincoln Center. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
I Hate "Stuff White People Like" Mar 21, 2008
JAMES BALDWIN blew through the New York Public Library last night and had everyone gasping for airin a good way. Blog Roll. (Slate)
Innovative expands New York Public Library contract Mar 20, 2008
is broadening the scope the library automation software used at the New York Public Library, the company said Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not released. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
ION to Hold Upfront on May 1 Mar 19, 2008
The ION network upfront will be held at the New York Public Library on the first of May ... The event will be held at the New York Public Library, and following a one-hour presentation, there will be a cocktail party for attendees. (MediaWeek.com)
Whitney museum to receive $131 million gift Mar 19, 2008
Unlike donations for building projects, an endowment gift does not give a donor the opportunity to finance a namesake building, a promise extended to the Wall Street financier Stephen Schwarzman last week when he gave the New York Public Library $100 million to jump-start its $1 billion expansion. In return, the library's main branch on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street is being renamed the Stephen Schwarzman Building. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Art through the ages Mar 19, 2008
Beginning today and continuing through the middle of April, students of all grades at the York Public Schools will display their artwork in the always-popular annual Student Art Exhibit at the York Public Library ... The York Public Library will host a reception for the ... The York Public Library is located at 15 Long Sands Road. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
TRAYNOR, 30, AND SCHIELE, 24 Mar 16, 2008
"He sent me an urgent e-mail saying that I should meet him at the New York Public Library, which was having a Winnie the Pooh doll exhibition," recalls Schiele, who's due to give birth to their first baby in July. "It was appropriate because the first gift he ever gave me was an Eyore doll." When Schiele arrived, Traynor stepped out from behind the glass doll display with flowers and a ring. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Offering earned Blackstone co-founder $4.78B Mar 15, 2008
Stefan Wermuth / ReutersStephen Schwarzman who earlier this week announced a $100 million personal donation to the New York Public Library made $375,000 in salary but took no bonus in 2007 ... Schwarzman who earlier this week announced a $100 million personal donation to the New York Public Library made $350,000 in salary but took no bonus in 2007, according to the filing. (MSNBC -- Business)
Burden of debt weighs heavily on the buyout industry Mar 15, 2008
Even so, Schwarzman is still worth billions, more than rich enough to pledge $100 million to the New York Public Library, as he planned to do Tuesday. In recent years, private equity firms have bought thousands of companies, mostly with borrowed money. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Generous Stephen Schwarzman Mar 15, 2008
The New York Public Library announced Tuesday it has received $100 million from Schwarzman ... "He has given, but not remotely what he could," a member of the New York Public Library's board told The New Yorker in February. (Forbes)
Read more... Mar 15, 2008
New York Public Library Unveils $1 Billion Transformation Plan :: PNNOnline. New York Public Library Unveils $1 Billion Transformation Plan Posted by: philcrosby on Friday, March 14, 2008 ... The New York Public Library has announced a $1 billion plan to transform the institution so it can better serve the millions of patrons that visit its eighty-nine locations as well as those who access its holdings via the Internet. (PNN Online)
LOWDOWN ON THE UPFRONT: COMPLETE AD SALES SEASON COVERAGE Mar 8, 2008
Ion Takes Manhattan May 1 Ion Media Networks will put display its new programming and marketing initiatives for the 2008-2009 television season on display at its upfront sales presentation in Manhattan The event is scheduled for Thursday evening May 1 at the New York Public Library. Nat Geo Unearths Slate Hoping to continue its double-digit upfront growth, National Geographic Channel is ramping up its original programming, with four new series and two miniseries slated for the new season so far,... (Multichannel News)
Tesla: Madly in love with science Mar 4, 2008
Louisa, who is addicted to scary radio programs, lives with her father, Walter, a night watchman at the New York Public Library, who's obsessively in love with her dead mother. When his best friend claims to have invented a working time machine, Walter becomes determined to travel to the past. (Christian Science Monitor)
LINER NOTES, a New Literary Travel Series For Public Radio Launches in March Mar 1, 2008
Host Paul Holdengraber is the cultural wunderkind whose literary happenings have turned the New York Public Library into a popular hot spot, and whose public events at the Institute for Art and Cultures are treasured by Los Angeles cognoscenti ... This thematic approach has been at the heart of Holdengraber's hugely successful New York Public Library Live series. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'Sex And The City' Movie Trailer: Video Leaked To Web Reveals Big Trouble For Carrie Feb 23, 2008
Also, the New York Public Library. That's where she's having the wedding. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Advertisers use sound to get inside your head Feb 19, 2008
An Audio Spotlight system at the New York Public Library allows visitors to hear audio from different TV screens while the surrounding area remains quiet ... Holosonic products also have been used by the New York Public Library, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and, recently, on the observation deck of the Seattle Space Needle. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
What would JFK do? Feb 17, 2008
A few years ago the New York Public Library gift shop sold Che wristwatches. These it described as "featuring the classic romantic image of Che Guevara, around which the word 'revolution' revolves." But Che's idea of revolution was anything but romantic. (Boston Globe)
We Hear . . . Feb 10, 2008
THAT socialite Minnie Mortimer lost her Chanel bag during a paparazzi storm at the Jill Stuart fashion show at the New York Public Library and still hasn't recovered it. . (New York Post -- Gossip)
SIERRA, 38, AND RIVERA, 33 Feb 10, 2008
"Finally, I snapped out of it and said, 'I'm sorry, I didn't hear you!'" Luckily, the groom, a technician for the New York Public Library, and their 55 guests were amused. Following an otherwise flawless ceremony at St. Martin of Tours Church in The Bronx, they celebrated at The Eastwood Manor, dancing to '80s hits and dining on an international buffet. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Impossible Art of Deciphering Manuscripts Feb 8, 2008
Peabody letter Courtesy the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, the New York Public Library. Henry James letter courtesy Houghton Library, Harvard University. (Slate)
HAUTE LIST@ THE FRONT ROW Feb 5, 2008
We hung out backstage at New York Public Library yesterday to talk to Jill Stuart about her fall collection. We also hung out with models and gossiped about what it's like to walk down the runway and chatted with hair and makeup experts about the look of the show - and how you can mimic it at home. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
* [SUNDAY PROFILE] Studs Terkel spins a good yarn Jan 27, 2008
" He sat on his father's shoulders on the steps of the New York Public Library to watch the Armistice Day parade in 1918. He studied law but had no interest in practicing it. He has been an actor and a union organizer. He still gets excited about the fortunes and fate of Henry Wallace - Roosevelt's progressive vice president in 1945 - as though it were only yesterday. In the early days of television, he had his own show, Stud's Place, which was like Cheers without the booze. He was later... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
First town meeting of '08 Introduced: new employees, new programs, new budget Jan 27, 2008
Lastly, Maria Calvo was sworn in as the newest member of the West New York Public Library Board. Holiday decoration contest winners. (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)
Let me tell you a story Jan 23, 2008
"He has certainly witnessed an awful lot of history. Born in 1912 in New York to Russian Jewish parents, he moved to Chicago aged eight, where his parents ran a rooming house that became a transient home to "communists, vegetarians, wobblies [radical trade unionists]". He sat on his father's shoulders on the steps of the New York Public Library to watch the Armistice Day parade in 1918. He studied law but had no interest in practising it. He has been an actor and a union organiser. He still gets... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Celebrate Black History Month Jan 22, 2008
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library offers a vast array of poignant historical photographs, digital images of African-American history in the United States. An excellent resource. (Suite101.com)
Britain, a destination for "libel tourism" Jan 21, 2008
This month, Rory Lancman, a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, and Dean Skelos, a Republican who is the Senate deputy majority leader, stood on the steps of the New York Public Library to announce a proposed bill that would amend state law to give New York courts jurisdiction over cases like Ehrenfeld's. Essentially, the proposal would allow New York courts to declare such foreign judgments unenforceable unless the country in which they are made had free speech protections similar... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Colts Say Caldwell in if Dungy Retires Jan 19, 2008
Irsay hopes Dungy will return and expects to speak to him this weekend, the owner said at a party celebrating an exhibition of the Jack Kerouac "On The Road" manuscript he owns at The New York Public Library. Irsay said he might be able to make accommodations for Dungy such as allowing him to attend his son's high school football games in Florida on Friday nights. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Owner: Caldwell would coach Colts if Dungy resigns Jan 18, 2008
Irsay hopes Dungy will return and expects to speak to him this weekend, the owner said at a party celebrating an exhibition of the Jack Kerouac On The Road manuscript he owns at The New York Public Library. DISCUSS. (USA Today -- Sports)
In New York: A bookworm's holiday Jan 10, 2008
Everyone knows libraries are not just about books anymore, but no one knows it better that the women at the main information booth of the New York Public Library at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The two most common questions they field: Where are the restrooms. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Go & Do - Portsmouth area events Jan 8, 2008
Marc Songini, author of "The Lost Fleet: A Yankee Whaler's Struggle Against the Confederate Navy and Arctic Disaster," the third book he's written on New England history, will visit York Public Library at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11. This is a family saga, a true narrative of adventure and death on the high seas and a well-researched look at the demise of Yankee whaling. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
City Living: Port Richmond, Staten Island Jan 1, 2008
The New York Public Library branch dates to 1905. Find it. (Newsday -- New York City)
On the road to greatness Dec 29, 2007
Perhaps, then, it shouldn't have come as a surprise to stumble into the Kerouac exhibit at the New York Public Library this month and find an entire section displaying his lifelong obsession with baseball, an enterprise as American as apple pie. Yep, Kerouac, famed author of On the Road, was a seamhead, all right. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Book review: The Paris Review Interviews, Volume 2 Dec 27, 2007
It was at age 10 or 11 in a New York public library that he became a critic. He read Hart Crane's poems and, thunderstruck, felt he had to reply. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Gateways to Wellesleys past and future Dec 22, 2007
re and Hastings, architects of the New York Public Library. The Hunnewell Estate is pastoral. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Entertainment Dec 21, 2007
The movie, "Emmet Otter's Jug-band Christmas," will be shown at 10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27 at York Public Library. 102 Things York Kids Gotta Do No. 86, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Design your own greeting. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
