Members of the Committee to Save the New York Public Library

The Committee to Save the New York Public Library is a volunteer organization that advocates for transparency and reform in the governance of the New York Public Library, restoration and strengthening of the NYPL’s research libraries, and the preservation and enhancement of its extensive network of lending libraries. Its story is told in Scott Sherman’s Patience and Fortitude. More information is available here.

How to fight the richest people in New York and win: Lessons from the movement to save the New York Public Library

It’s 2018! So far, so good. For the first few days of the year, we were on hiatus, revisiting favorite posts of 2017. Today, we’re back, but there’s one more dizzying high… Read more »

How to fight the richest people in New York and win: Lessons from the movement to save the New York Public Library

Today we celebrate the paperback release of Patience and Fortitude, Scott Sherman’s account of the movement to save the beloved, beleaguered New York Public Library from trustees who, just before the financial crisis of 2008, had… Read more »