Getting dolled up at the New York Public Library
Despite what you might have heard, people are still using libraries. And in a pretty genius and generous cross-marketing plan, American Girl is using the New York Public Library. As… 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 »
The New York Public Library and Macmillan team up to publish books inspired the library’s collections
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 »
The New York Public Library and American Library Association respond to a president eager to abuse his power
As the Intercept’s Micah Lee tweeted, and later expanded upon, the election of Donald Trump does not only mean the accession of an altogether very bad person. Unfortunately, it is also means… Read more »
The NYPL’s Rose Reading Room to reopen in October
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 »
NYPL opens first library in Rikers Island women’s jail
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 »
New program will provide free ebooks to many low-income children
Yesterday, MobyLives wrote about Project Literacy’s petition calling on the United Nations to make increasing literacy around the globe a major goal. Coincidentally, this isn’t the only literary initiative to… Read more »
Trial over stolen NYPL rare books moves forward
The case of a Nassau County woman accused by the New York Public Library of possessing stolen property is proceeding into the discovery phase, after her motion to dismiss failed to sway the court.… Read more »
NYPL releases 180,000 high-resolution photos into the public domain
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 »
NYRB archive, including complaining letters from Henry Kissinger and some surprising rejections, sold to NYPL
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 »