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A Luminous NYPL Reading Room Reopens After a Two-Year Restoration

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 5, 2016March 14, 2017

The central space of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building had been closed for repairs after one of the plaster rosettes on its ceiling plummeted to the ground in May 2014.

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At NY Public Library, Books Now Ride the Rails from the Stacks to the Reading Room

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 21, 2016September 22, 2016

A fleet of 24 cars will soon be delivering material from the stacks of the New York Public Library along the tracks of its new “book train.”

Posted inArt

An Incredible Map Collection Gets Its First Physical Home

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 9, 2016September 10, 2016

Since the 1990s, collector David Rumsey has digitized and made freely available his thousands of historical maps; his site has long been one of the best resources for cartography.

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In Mexico City, an Indie Library Builds a Community Around Art Books

by Lucia Hinojosa June 9, 2016June 11, 2016

MEXICO CITY — Aeromoto, a small public library founded at the beginning of 2015 in the Juárez neighborhood, evolved gradually and continues to mature as a cohesive and challenging project.

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University of Kansas Acquires 1,000 Zines from a Defunct Radical Library

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 11, 2016April 20, 2016

The University of Kansas Libraries recently acquired over 1,000 zines from the former Solidarity radical organization in Lawrence, Kansas.

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A Map Library Is Digitizing Its Rarest Globes as 3D Models

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 24, 2016February 24, 2016

“Globes have a very low survival rate,” explained Ian Fowler, director of the Osher Map Library (OML) at the University of Southern Maine.

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New York Public Library Releases 180,000 Images, and Invites Users to Remix Them

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 8, 2016January 11, 2016

This week, the New York Public Library announced the release of over 180,000 public domain images available in high resolution.

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Library of Congress Acquires Portfolio of 681 Photos of US Public Libraries

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 27, 2015October 27, 2015

There are over 16,000 public libraries in the United States, and although photographer Robert Dawson only visited a fraction — 526 over two decades — his series presents a diverse portrait of this community space.

Posted inBooks

The Books that Taught American Women to Camp in the Early 20th Century

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 17, 2015October 15, 2022

Books aimed at women on pitching tents, cooking on campfires, dressing for hikes, and surviving in the wild were published in the United States, as more and more women went out into the woods.

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Illustrated Guides to Camping Like an Early-20th-Century American

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 10, 2015October 15, 2022

The Rare Book Room of the New York Academy of Medicine Library in East Harlem has a trove of printed materials connected to camping and outdoor recreation in the early 1900s.

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Borrowing Books from Sculptural Micro-Libraries

by Claire Voon July 22, 2015October 15, 2022

With the rise of e-books challenging public interest in printed matter, some community libraries have scaled down their collections while others are championing physical tomes through unexpected creative endeavors.

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NYC Public Libraries Get Largest Funding Increase Ever

by Jillian Steinhauer June 24, 2015June 26, 2015

In a deal on the fiscal year 2016 budget struck late Monday night, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced an extra $39 million for the city’s libraries.

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