New York Public Library

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Name: New York Public Library
First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Hey History Nerds: Turn Foursquare Into an Orgy of Vintage Photos

(Photo: Foursquare)Good news for history nerds/hipsters who really identify with Luc Sante's  Low Life : The New York Public Library has released a snazzy new app that'll show you cool historical photos when you check in on Foursquare. Pack your bags, ... [Published Beta Beat - 7 hours ago]
First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Foursquare now lets you ‘visit’ NYC locales from over 100 years ago

Last week, social location service Foursquare launched Time Machine , maybe the coolest thing it has ever done with check-ins. Now Foursquare is taking its users further back in time than their recent check-ins by making checking in to New ... [Published Venturebeat - 8 hours ago]
First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

NYPL Re-opens Stapleton Branch

, The New York Public Library (NYPL), which operates libraries on the isle of Manhattan, Staten Island, and The Bronx, re-opened the Stapleton Branch Library at 132 Canal Street (at Wright Street) on Staten Island... ... [Published Examiner.com - Jun 18 2013]
First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

NYC Public Libraries Protest Budget Cuts, Part I

The City of New York’s proposed budget cuts for FY2014 amount to a loss of tens of millions of dollars for the three public library systems that serve the city: The New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library... ... [Published Examiner.com - Jun 14 2013]
First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 09 2013 - 1 reports

Strategies For Sustaining Your Job Campaign In An Unfavorable Market

New York Public Library Science, Industry and Business Library 188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street Lower Level Conference Room 018 New York, NY 10016 Directions | SubwayDescriptionWin Sheffield offers techniques to change your attitudes and develop good ... [Published Crains NY Business - Jun 09 2013]
First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Malcolm Gladwell Attacks New York Public Library

Malcolm Gladwell launched an extraordinary attack on the New York Public Library (NYPL) today at the International Digital Publishing Forum as part of BookExpo America in New York.In a Q+A session with Bloomberg Businessweek writer Brad Stone, the Canadian ... [Published Huffington Post - May 29 2013]
First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Giant rally, hosted by local council members, held in support of city libraries (Photos)

A giant rally was held near the steps of City Hall on May 23 in support of the city's libraries, which face the prospect of undergoing severe funding cuts if next year's Executive Budget plan is approved. Nearly 200 individuals, including various elected ... [Published Examiner.com - May 29 2013]
First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Can You Guess What These NYC Subway Riders Are Reading?

Never judge a reader by their cover. All these beautiful photographs are from the Underground New York Public Library . LINK: Visit the Underground New York Public Library Photos used with photographer Ourit Ben-Haim 's permission. ... [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - May 29 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Pa. Constitution Center to display Bill of Rights

PHILADELPHIA -- One of the 12 surviving copies of the Bill of Rights that may have been pilfered from Pennsylvania in the late 1800s will be on display in Philadelphia for three years, beginning with the 225th anniversary in 2014 of the drafting of the ... [Published Erie Times-News - May 24 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Today in History, May 23, 2013

, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La.On this date:In 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.In 1533, the marriage of England's King Henry VIII ... [Published Petersburg Progress-Index - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

The New York Public Library spotlights Steampunk (Photos)

The New York Public Library invites readers to enter an action packed world of Victorian, mad scientist mash-ups on its website this week. The NYPL borrows a definition from "The Steampunk Bible", published in 2011, in an attempt to answer its own question: ... [Published Examiner.com - May 23 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 13 reports

Original Bill of Rights Made Public to Give Hope to World

NEW YORK— Ed Wachenheim III initially hesitated when the president of New York Public Library had asked him to fund the development of a very “expensive and complicated box.” The photooxidation-preventing case would cost $6,000 to protect a 31 inch document ... [Published Epoch Times - May 23 2013]

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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 13: Executive producer Oprah Winfrey walks onstage at the "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire' screening introduction during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival held at Roy Thomson Hall on September 13, 2009 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by C J LaFrance/)"
...space in Midtown," said Ted Rotante, an executive managing director with Colliers International, who represented the subtenant in this transaction. "This relocation will allow the company to provide its services to their clients from a more advantageous, central location."
Angela Brady, RIBA President, says: "The Royal Institute of British Architects is delighted to partner with the BBC on the Dream Builders series. Every building has a creative story and team behind it -- the challenges and opportunities that have shaped its design and construction - and the more stories we know, the better we understand our environment. Razia Iqbal's expert questioning reveals the personalities, influences and inspiration that drives the world's most renowned architects to create exceptional buildings. The Dream Builders series is an insightful and important historical record."
It helps that non-Big Six publishers are more eager to sell e-books to libraries, and at affordable prices, Roose said: "If you are a midlist or a lower-than-midlist author, you would be thrilled to have your book exposed in the library."

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Hey History Nerds: Turn Foursquare Into an Orgy... [Published Beta Beat - 7 hours ago]
Foursquare now lets you ‘visit’ NYC locales fro... [Published Venturebeat - 8 hours ago]
May Fashion Month draws to a... [Published di-ve.com - 17 hours ago]
The Cherkashins: The Art of Societal Changes [Published Eyes In - 22 hours ago]
NYPL Re-opens Stapleton Branch [Published Examiner.com - Jun 18 2013]
City Chic: Kate Upton Is Pretty In Pastels In NYC [Published MyDaily - Jun 18 2013]
PHOTO: Oprah's Weekend Endeavor [Published AOL Black Voices - Jun 16 2013]
NYC Public Libraries Protest Budget Cuts, Part I [Published Examiner.com - Jun 14 2013]
Thriving Libraries Battle for Dollars [Published Epoch Times - Jun 13 2013]
Now THIS Is How To Bare Your Midriff! Jourdan D... [Published MyDaily - Jun 13 2013]
Muse & the city: finding artistic inspiration i... [Published Lonely Planet - Jun 12 2013]
Where to find peace and quiet in New York City [Published Lonely Planet - Jun 12 2013]
Rotante of Colliers International secures 17,00... [Published New York Real Estate Journal - Jun 11 2013]
Kevin Bacon: ‘Footloose’ Remake Offered ‘Lousy’... [Published Epoch Times - Jun 09 2013]
Strategies For Sustaining Your Job Campaign In ... [Published Crains NY Business - Jun 09 2013]
New York: The Library Hotel [Published BA High Life - Jun 07 2013]
AIDS? Early Years Remembered at New-York Histor... [Published Gay City News - Jun 06 2013]
Razia Iqbal talks to world's leading architects i [Published Individual.com - Jun 04 2013]
Wikipedia in the ’80s [Published Doobybrain.com - Jun 04 2013]
A Look Back at ?The March on Washington for Job... [Published ABC News - Jun 03 2013]
New Yorkers: help defend local libraries at Jun... [Published Boing Boing - Jun 03 2013]
Libraries, publishers struggling to get on same... [Published Individual.com - Jun 03 2013]
Bill of Rights defines what it means to be an A... [Published Reading Eagle - Jun 03 2013]
Hill International, LiRo and HDR to be Honored ... [Published PR.com - Jun 02 2013]
Search For The Unicorn [Published Huffington Post - Jun 02 2013]
Wall Street Could Save the World But Wonât [Published New York Magazine - Jun 01 2013]
Collection Development 2020 | Library Journal’s... [Published Library Journal - May 31 2013]
Malcolm Gladwell Hates the Main Branch of the N... [Published New York Observer - May 30 2013]
Malcolm Gladwell Attacks New York Public Library [Published Huffington Post - May 29 2013]
ISTE 2013: Mobile devices, flipped learning, ga... [Published eSchool News - May 29 2013]
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Foursquare now lets you ‘visit’ NYC locales fro... [Published Venturebeat - 8 hours ago]
Last week, social location service Foursquare launched Time Machine , maybe the coolest thing it has ever done with check-ins. Now Foursquare is taking its users further back in time than their recent check-ins by making checking in to New ...
Wikipedia in the ’80s [Published Doobybrain.com - Jun 04 2013]
This reminds me so much of the old New York Public Library interface. I hated using that and I can’t imagine what I would have done if Wikipedia started out like this. I probably wouldn’t have used it much. var vclk_options = {sid:56331,media_id:1,media_type:1,version:"1.3"}; ...
New Yorkers: help defend local libraries at Jun... [Published Boing Boing - Jun 03 2013]
Libraries in New York City are facing a potential $106 million cut to their budgets. Should these cuts go through, more than 60 neighborhood libraries will close. More than a thousand librarians and library staff will be laid off. Once again, for ...
Can You Guess What These NYC Subway Riders Are ... [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - May 29 2013]
Never judge a reader by their cover. All these beautiful photographs are from the Underground New York Public Library . LINK: Visit the Underground New York Public Library Photos used with photographer Ourit Ben-Haim 's permission. ...
Dead Media Beat: what are we going to do about ... [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - May 28 2013]
Basically, it’s beyond hope. The speed of its decay is uncontrollable and irreversible. http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/05/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-hardware/ What are We Going to do About Hardware? May 24, 2013 by Leslie Johnston ...
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Hill International, LiRo and HDR to be Honored ... [Published PR.com - Jun 02 2013]
The New York Public Library Announces Historic ... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 22 2013]
Governor Corbett Announces Historic Agreement R... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 22 2013]
National Constitution Center To Display Origina... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - May 22 2013]
lynda.com to Demonstrate Free Online Learning A... [Published Business Wire Technology News - Apr 25 2013]
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