The landmark NY Public Library at 42nd St. and Fifth Ave. will to be transformed into a state-of-the art computer center. Two to three million books will be sent to off-site storage in NJ. The new space will have room for seminars, adult education, children’s classes and special rooms for writers [Full Story…]
NY Public Library Digitizing Historical Maps
June 20, 2012 at 8:10 am
The New York Public Library, with the help of a 2010 grant from the National Endowment, is set to digitize its entire collection of historical NY maps. The project will georectify maps - align them with their modern virtual equivalents, which will be cropped and digitized. When complete, [Full Story…]
NYPL Releases Records of 1940 NY Residents
April 2, 2012 at 4:05 pm
The New York Public Library has just launched a new research tool that allows users to look up online past city residents from 1940. However, the service is not as user-friendly for the everyday consumer, since the data is not sorted by name. Instead, according to WNYC, one must look up names [Full Story…]
NY Public Library Partners with Google, As Kids Submit Google Doodles
March 20, 2012 at 9:38 am
Google has launched its fifth annual Doodle 4 Google contest for students kindergarten through twelfth grade. The New York Public Library, a partner in the contest, will display the top 50 designs, one from each state, at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42 street. The theme for this [Full Story…]
NYers Now Able to Reserve Copies of #HarryPotter e-Books
March 19, 2012 at 4:03 pm
After six months of delays, the New York Public Library is now offering all seven Harry Potter titles as ebooks. Listed under Pottermore in the new eBooks section, there are 55 copies of each book for NYPL patrons to reserve. paidContent.org [Full Story…]
Isaacson Talks New Tech Book at NY Public Library
March 9, 2012 at 11:04 am
Walter Isaacson, author of the 2011 best-selling biography of Steve Jobs, said that his next book would be about the history and the heroes of digital revolutions. Isaacson told the audience at the NY Public Library’s annual Spring Dinner that he’s starting with Englishwoman Ada Byron [Full Story…]
Users Can Now View Historic Images from the NY Public Library in 3D
March 8, 2012 at 9:37 am
The New York Public Library has just debuted a new online art viewing tool that allows images from as early as the mid-1800's look three dimensional using what they call the Stereogranmator. According to NY1, users don't need 3D glasses to experience it. By taking two nearly identical images, [Full Story…]
NYPL to Spend $1Billion on Library Renovation, Including Computer Education and Online Catalogs
February 18, 2012 at 10:06 am
The New York Public Library is embarking on a plan to renovate its Fifth Ave. flagship and branches around the city. The renovation of the main branch, plus the entire systems, is expected to cost $1 billion, with some of some of the funding will come from the sale of the Mid-Manhattan branch and [Full Story…]
NYPL’s New Animated GIF Maker Incorporates Stereographs
February 1, 2012 at 3:11 pm
The New York Public Library created an animated GIF maker that allows users to convert 19th century stereographs into animated GIFs. The application marries an old form of popular culture with a new one for great effects. According to The Atlantic, GIFs play two or more overlapping images over [Full Story…]
NY Libraries To Get Larger Catalog of E-Books
January 26, 2012 at 11:08 am
In the next few months, New York City Library users searching for e-books will be getting a larger catalog of e-books to look through and will be able to help decide what their local branch might carry. OverDrive, Inc. which provides e-books to library patrons, will provide a vastly expanded list [Full Story…]
NYPL Anticipates E-Readers, Provides Instructions
January 2, 2012 at 4:09 pm
The New York Public Library will offer a free service with instructions for users on how to download e-books. NYPL members have the ability to download from a selection of 22,000 free e-books without stepping foot in the library. The library is also planning to provide in-library assistance from [Full Story…]
New York Public Library Partners with Public School System, Connects Online Catalog
November 9, 2011 at 2:29 pm
The New York Public Library has partnered with more than 50 city public schools to borrow up to 100 books at a time including class sets. Students in Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx will also receive library cards to the NYPL and gives students more choices in what they read. One of the key [Full Story…]
E-readers for checkout in NY Public Library?
October 10, 2011 at 5:02 pm
While e-readers have steadily been on the rise, growing popular with readers of all stripes, the New York Public Library is considering loaning out the devices to library members, according to the Wall Street Journal. Anthony Marx, the president of the New York Public Library, told the Wall [Full Story…]
NY Public Library Spared Budget Cuts, Keeps Public Internet Services Intact
June 30, 2011 at 3:09 pm
The New York Public Library was saved from a large, proposed budget cut for Manhattan, The Bronx and Staten Island locations. The new budget restores $36.7 million of the $40 million proposed cut, which according to a statement from NYPL spokesman Angela Montefinise means that "all of our 90 [Full Story…]
NY Public Library Releases Three Mobile Apps in Six Weeks
June 28, 2011 at 5:04 pm
The New York Public Library is continuing its movement into the digital realm with the release of three new mobile applications in the past six weeks. NYPL Mobile is the most recent of the three, and is part of the library's conversion of its online catalog into a system run by Bibliocommons. [Full Story…]
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