Posts by NYPL Staff

This year some of your favorite book-to-film adaptations will go head to head against each other in a variety of genres!

This guide features some of the items on view in the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures that demonstrate the barriers women have broken and spaces they have made for themselves in the arts, sciences, literature, politics, and more through innovation, creativity, and advocacy.

Scholar, archivist, and librarian Arianne Johnson Quinn has received the inaugural Noël Coward Fellowship. She plans to explore and bring to light the Coward archive at the Library through new essays, programs, and research guides.

The City’s Test & Trace Corps will supply a limited number of at-home tests per branch to 10 NYPL locations, which will be distributed to the public beginning February 14.

El City’s Test & Trace Corps (Cuerpo de pruebas y rastreo de la ciudad) suministrará una cantidad limitada de pruebas caseras a 10 bibliotecas selectas de la NYPL, que se distribuirán al público de lunes a viernes, de 12–4 PM a partir del 14 de febrero.

纽约市的测试与追踪团队 (Test & Trace Corps) 将供应数量有限的居家检测试剂给10个 NYPL 分馆，这些测试剂将从2月14日开始，周一至周五下午12点至4点分发给公众。

Plus plenty more ideas for staying warm—and engaged—at the Library.

These reads offer an accessible window into the time and place that shaped these fascinating people.

These titles cover the civil rights movement, the Black church, jazz, early Black cinema and Broadway, and more to enhance our understanding of the past.

In honor of Black History Month, this guide highlights an array of items on view in the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures that help shed light on experiences lived and stories told by Black writers, artists, activists, and more.

Library workers, readers, and book lovers—show off those shelves!

Let our collections serve you—they’re here...waiting to become part of your story.

Join us in remembering Poitier's legacy with images from the groundbreaking 1959 production of 'A Raisin in the Sun' as well as links to books by and about Poitier, and a selection of films available for borrowing.

Resolutions to help you live your best library life!

Drawing on some of the Berg's foremost authors' archives, this list has something for everyone whether you're an experienced chef or still getting your bearings in the kitchen.

"My research projects have all wound up in places that are vastly different from where I started out. Be open to following your source’s lead."

Riverdale, St. Agnes, Dongan Hills, Mariners Harbor, and Hamilton Grange libraries—in use by the city as Learning Labs or COVID testing sites—are set to reopen between July 26 and August 9.

The mobile units will be parked in high needs communities at select NYPL libraries to provide Pfizer vaccines to the neighborhood.

Explore these titles for Pride Month for adults, kids, and teens in accessible formats including talking books, braille, and Bookshare editions.