1. You can sharpen your pencil AND you can sharpen your mind at NYPL’s Baychester Library. (Yes, this is one of their pencil sharpeners) They even have a chess program for the kids! Now that takes some serious mental sharpening! Visit this photograph at the exhibition, Reading Room at Mid-Manhattan Library, stop by Baychester Library for some interesting chess play, or you can just stop by your local branch and sign a letter to let the City know how awesome your library is. (That concludes the PSA portion of this post)

    You can sharpen your pencil AND you can sharpen your mind at NYPL’s Baychester Library. (Yes, this is one of their pencil sharpeners) They even have a chess program for the kids! Now that takes some serious mental sharpening!

    Visit this photograph at the exhibition, Reading Room at Mid-Manhattan Library, stop by Baychester Library for some interesting chess play, or you can just stop by your local branch and sign a letter to let the City know how awesome your library is. (That concludes the PSA portion of this post)

  2. Forgive us, yesterday we missed posting a photograph of one of our beautiful branches from the exhibition, Reading Room at Mid-Manhattan. So today, you get two beautiful branches of the red brick variety - Hunt’s Point and City Island. If you can’t visit either of the two, you can stop by any of our 85 locations throughout Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx. When you visit, just remember to sign your letter to let the City know how important your libraries are. (Or you can send a letter online)

  3. The current exhibition Reading Room at Mid-Manhattan isn’t just about interiors and exteriors of our buildings. It also captures what inspires our staff. At Port Richmond Library in Staten Island, this drawing shows how awesome the library is. The little girl in the sketch could be doing her homework, writing a story or drawing a picture… it’s all possible at the Library!   But we need your help to continue our work and help children everywhere do their homework, write their stories or draw their pictures. Speak out and speak up for your library! 

    The current exhibition Reading Room at Mid-Manhattan isn’t just about interiors and exteriors of our buildings. It also captures what inspires our staff. At Port Richmond Library in Staten Island, this drawing shows how awesome the library is. The little girl in the sketch could be doing her homework, writing a story or drawing a picture… it’s all possible at the Library!  

    But we need your help to continue our work and help children everywhere do their homework, write their stories or draw their pictures. Speak out and speak up for your library! 

  4. Meet the Epiphany Branch. This wonderful photograph is part of a new exhibition, Reading Room, at the Mid-Manhattan Library on 40th Street. As you guys know, the Library is currently facing a $47 million budget cut that we need your help to fight. So while you’re signing your letters to the City explaining how much you love your local library - we’ll  be sharing a photo or two every day of NYPL’s libraries, courtesy of Elizabeth Felicella - the photographer behind Reading Room. Enjoy! But, if you can’t wait, just stop by Mid-Manhattan! 

    Meet the Epiphany Branch. This wonderful photograph is part of a new exhibition, Reading Room, at the Mid-Manhattan Library on 40th Street.

    As you guys know, the Library is currently facing a $47 million budget cut that we need your help to fight. So while you’re signing your letters to the City explaining how much you love your local library - we’ll  be sharing a photo or two every day of NYPL’s libraries, courtesy of Elizabeth Felicella - the photographer behind Reading Room. Enjoy! But, if you can’t wait, just stop by Mid-Manhattan! 

  5. Well this photo by mydmbtmblr captures the energy of Springtime outside the Schwarzman Building and does it so nicely, we thought we should share it with you all.  You should visit us, be part of the lunchtime scene and check out the Lorca (red banner on the left) and Cassatt (yellow banner on the right) exhibitions inside.  mydmbtmblr: Lunchtime at the #NYPL —Gimme dat sunshine. (at New York Public Library)

    Well this photo by mydmbtmblr captures the energy of Springtime outside the Schwarzman Building and does it so nicely, we thought we should share it with you all. 

    You should visit us, be part of the lunchtime scene and check out the Lorca (red banner on the left) and Cassatt (yellow banner on the right) exhibitions inside. 

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    Lunchtime at the #NYPL —Gimme dat sunshine. (at New York Public Library)

  6. If you don’t know about Anti-Prom, then you must learn about Anti-Prom. In the meantime, for those in the know, yesterday was an inspiring day for some students from the High School of Fashion Industries. Read all about it below, courtesy of NYPL’s Art & Architecture collection.

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    Yesterday afternoon students from the High School of Fashion Industries came to the Art & Architecture Collection! They were there to get inspiration from our collection for the designs of their costumes for Prom. The theme this year will be “Commedia del’Arte”, a masked ball of Harlequin and his comrades. 

    Today they were going shopping for fabric, jewels, lace and materials to create their costumes and masks.

    Anti-Prom is June 7th! For more info go to: http://nyplantiprom.tumblr.com/

  7. A kickboxing NYPL librarian? Believe it or not, it is true! Courtney Castellane, who is the Library Manager of the awesome Tottenville Library in Staten Island, was profiled in The New York Post this morning about her dual careers. As Courtney has said, by day she is working out people’s minds and by night she is working out their bodies! And just a little trivia about the Tottenville Library, did you know it is the oldest library on Staten Island? 

    A kickboxing NYPL librarian? Believe it or not, it is true! Courtney Castellane, who is the Library Manager of the awesome Tottenville Library in Staten Island, was profiled in The New York Post this morning about her dual careers. As Courtney has said, by day she is working out people’s minds and by night she is working out their bodies! And just a little trivia about the Tottenville Library, did you know it is the oldest library on Staten Island? 

  8. Today would have been the 77th birthday for music icon and legend Roy Orbison. You want to read about Roy’s life? You want to listen to his solo albums? Or how about checking out the great Traveling Wilbury’s album that Roy was a part of? Well as Roy would say, YOU GOT IT! Or in this case, the NYPL has all of your Roy Orbison materials available at your local branch. Happy birthday Roy!  

    Today would have been the 77th birthday for music icon and legend Roy Orbison. You want to read about Roy’s life? You want to listen to his solo albums? Or how about checking out the great Traveling Wilbury’s album that Roy was a part of? Well as Roy would say, YOU GOT IT! Or in this case, the NYPL has all of your Roy Orbison materials available at your local branch. Happy birthday Roy!  

  9. The NYPL has been nominated for a 2013 WEBBY Award in the Social Education & Discovery category for its social web presence (like this Tumblr!) and creating projects such as the fantastic What’s on the Menu? site. But in order to win this wonderful category The NYPL needs your help and vote! You can click here to vote and don’t forget to spread the word! 

    The NYPL has been nominated for a 2013 WEBBY Award in the Social Education & Discovery category for its social web presence (like this Tumblr!) and creating projects such as the fantastic What’s on the Menu? site. But in order to win this wonderful category The NYPL needs your help and vote! You can click here to vote and don’t forget to spread the word! 

  10. The balcony has closed. It is with great sadness that the NYPL learned of the passing of the legendary film critic Roger Ebert today. We were enormous fans of both Ebert’s film reviews - in print and on television - as well as the many different books that he penned. You can find all of his great books such as  I HATED, HATED, HATED THIS MOVIE, and his fantastic memoir LIFE ITSELF at branches throughout the entire New York Public Library system. We give the great Roger Ebert two very big enthusiastic thumbs up, WAY UP. You will be missed. 

    The balcony has closed. It is with great sadness that the NYPL learned of the passing of the legendary film critic Roger Ebert today. We were enormous fans of both Ebert’s film reviews - in print and on television - as well as the many different books that he penned. You can find all of his great books such as  I HATED, HATED, HATED THIS MOVIE, and his fantastic memoir LIFE ITSELF at branches throughout the entire New York Public Library system. We give the great Roger Ebert two very big enthusiastic thumbs up, WAY UP. You will be missed.