Well, here we are, another Wednesday in April, and that means a NYLI blog celebrating librarians….
Sophisticates pretend they aren’t effected by the popular… but images often subtly change our opinions or can, unfortunately, reinforce long-held stereotypes….
So here’s a salute to those pop culture creations that advanced the image of the librarian profession….
While […]
National Library Week isn’t until the end of the month, but we’ve decided to feature a blog celebrating libraries every Wednesday in April. After all, libraries & librarians are just too vital to be relegated to a single week!
How a society values an institution is often reflected in the grandeur of architecture… and so […]
April is here… & that means it’s officially poetry month!
Recently, songwriter Bob Dylan won the Nobel prize for “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”… confirming what we all know… that song lyrics are poetry too!
Send us the title of your favorite Song Lyric…. (a classic rock tune? […]
Author Bryan R. Dunlap stopped by NYLI offices to present a copy of his book, and to thank Lucy Curci-Gonzalez and NYLI librarians for helping him research the life and times of Charles O’Conor….
The Boy from Front Street; Charles O’Conor, Strenuous New Yorker by Bryan R. Dunlap….Signed copy now part of NYLI collection….
We enjoyed […]
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We are wrapping up our salute to Women’s History Month with a shout out to a topic near to our hearts — Women in Librarianship….
You probably know of the recent controversies regarding librarians and censorship…..
Sign designed by Librarian, Technologist, & Blogger Jessamyn West
But did you know that Zoia Horn was the first […]
You probably know that Moore’s Federal Practice is one of the go to sources for federal procedure, appellate procedure, and federal courts. ….
1st Edition of Moore’s… from 1938… part of NYLI’s superseded collection… & available to members….
But did you know that the original Moore’s (1st Edition, 1938) was written by the late […]
For the 17th of March — NYLI & James T. Brady wish a heartfelt céad míle fáilte to all our Blog Readers !
James T. Brady — 19th Century’s greatest criminal defense attorney, NYLI luminary and now permanent resident (or at least his bust is, lol) got into the spirit of things this St. […]
In our third week of celebrating Women’s History Month, NYLI takes a look at prominent women in science and math…
Thanks to the wonderful 2016 film Hidden Figures, you probably know about women — such as Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson & Dorothy Vaughn — who worked for NASA and made it possible for the U.S. […]
NYLI’s salute to Women in History continues this Wednesday with a focus on outstanding female entrepreneurs….
You may know that technological advances played a decisive role in the American Civil war… but did you know about business leader and inventor Martha Coston’s contribution of signaling flares that are still used by the U.S. Navy […]
