If you haven’t recently sworn off the pleasures of the flesh, then perhaps you’re looking for a little titilation. Well look no further than the New York Public Library’s new “Venice in… Read more »

The New York Public Library, however troubling from time to time, is undoubtedly one of the world’s great library systems. Between its four research libraries—the Stephen A. Schwartzman Building, the… Read more »

Reader, it had been a long and hard five months since we last met with the Librarians, that estimable gang of Good-protecting know-a-lot-ers and friendly faces. And so when the moment… Read more »

Let there be no damn doubt about it: the library is a venue in which to be enchanted, not to mention one of the few places—if not the only place—where… Read more »

After two years of renovations, the New York Public Library’s historic Rose Reading Room will finally reopen to the public on October 5. The renovation project was undertaken in order… Read more »

Situated on 400 acres in the middle of the East River, the Rikers Island complex includes ten separate jails, holding just under 10,000 prisoners at any given time. Facilities include a… Read more »

The New York Public Library’s Rose Main Reading Room has had a rough couple of years. In mid-2014, the Library announced the historic room’s closure after a piece of plaster… Read more »

The New York Public Library has just released high-resolution versions of its massive collection of public domain images, all completely free of charge. Under the aegis of the library’s Public… Read more »

Yesterday the New York Public Library’s Board of Trustees announced that the library had acquired approximately 3,000 linear feet of editorial materials from the New York Review of Books archive. The papers date… Read more »

Librarians’ patience has been tested at least as long as there have been libraries. Oh, and as long as there have been people. People to bother them. People who need… Read more »