July 2012
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NYPL Archives Research Fellowships →
NYPL is currently digitizing the papers of Samuel J. Tilden. In conjunction with this important archival resource, NYPL is offering researchfellowships of up to $5,000 to support research projects related to Tilden’s circle of activity and the political culture in New York and the United States during the 19th century.
The application deadline is September 1! Learn More
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“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of...”
– Rene Descartes
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“Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny...”
– Norman Lear, legendary TV producer/writer.
We couldn’t agree more Norman, which is why today - on your birthday (7/27/1922) - we share your words of wisdom and invite our users to visit their local library and revisit all of your tiny successes: All in the Family, Sanford & Son, Good...
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Elephant-Shaped Buildings and Other Curiosities:... →
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“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a...”
– Victor Hugo
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ANCIENT LIFE-SIZE LION STATUES BAFFLE SCIENTISTS →
Two sculptures of life-size lions, each weighing about 5 tons in antiquity, have been discovered in what is now Turkey, with archaeologists perplexed over what the granite cats were used for.
They were guarding an ancient library, clearly.
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“The existence of good bad literature — the fact that one can be amused or...”
– George Orwell on “good bad books.” See also: Orwell on why write. (via explore-blog)
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Fifty Shades Overload!
Is the long holds list for the trilogy by E.L. James getting you down? Never fear! The Ask NYPL team has created a Bibliocommons List of similar titles to hold you over until your copy arrives. You can request a title or place a hold right from the list.
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2012 Library Lion Martin Amis Talks to New York... →
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A history of Summer Reading for kids, via the... →
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'Encyclopedia Brown' author dies at age 87 →
“The Encyclopedia Brown concept — in which the solutions to the mysteries are shown after the story — came to Sobol while he was researching an article at the New York Public Library, and a clerk mistakenly handed him a game book, with puzzles on one side and the solutions on the other…
His family has asked that donations in his memory be made to The New York Public Library.”
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“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with...”
– (via donganhillslibrary)
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This Land Is Your Land Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
This land is your land This land is my land From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and Me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway, I saw above me that endless skyway: I saw below me that golden valley: This land was made for you and me.
I’ve roamed...
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The Ultimate Literary Guide to the Rolling Stones →
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“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed...”
– Francis Bacon
This quote, along with 95 others, appear in the sidewalk on East 41st Street near the library. Read more about them and how they got there.
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“[The library] is just as exciting as any of those stadiums. And these librarians...”
– Bill Cosby
A belated happy birthday (7/12) to Bill Cosby, a library lover!
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Some BPL librarians (and one from Queens) have... →
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The Lunch Box: A Cultural Icon →
“The lunch box. In the 1980s it was a revered cultural icon that marked your status in the upper echelons of elementary school society. Square, tin replicas of Rainbow Brite or The Dukes of Hazzard decorated school cafeterias nationwide and were the envy of the bagged-lunch set. …” READ MORE
