After weeks under wraps, the restored NYPL lions have been unveiled outside the 42nd street branch in NYC!
Today, an 8,000 square foot Center for Research in the Humanities will open on the second floor of the NYPL main branch at 42nd Street. he James Lenox and John Jacob Astor Room is a book lovers paradise for lectures and programming, filled with 1,800 books and three paintings that were gifted to the New York Public Library by Brooke Russell Astor.
Opening on October 18th, a new exhibition at the New York Public Library in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building will have hundreds of items from the J.D. Salinger Literary Trust shown to the public for the first time ever. This will include Salinger's own typewriter, original typescript for The Catcher in the Rye and other stories and more.
The New York Public Library's Bookmobile launches today to provide mobile library service across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island in vans this summer.
How to get one of 70,000 limited edition New York Public Library cards with the words "Knowledge is Power" that were released today first come first serve.
NYPL has teamed up with the MTA to launch the "Subway Library," a free service that provides commuters with thousands of free books and stories through Wi-Fi.
Speak with a librarian from the New York Public Library. In this video, Librarian Serena Jimenez talks about a help-line that answers over 30,000 calls a year.
A new book train system has been launched at the New York Public Library 42nd Street-Bryant Park branch, running on 950 feet of tracks at 75 feet per minute.
Using the newly released OldNYC iPhone app, discover 40,000 vintage photos from the New York Public Library, geolocated with historical details.
A treasure trove of images used by Andy Warhol is celebrating its centenary by exhibiting everything from vintage travel posters to circus costume designs.