Dyslexic Librarian: Library Resources for the Learning Disabled
I have been a librarian for about twelve years and have worked in many libraries for much longer. I am also dyslexic which I have been since I have known the meaning of that word's existence. Weird you...
View ArticleA List of Lists: May 2012
Visit NYPL's BiblioCommons for these lists and many more. You can also create your own and share them with us in the comments! See below for some interesting staff picks from the past month, on topics...
View ArticleDon’t Touch That Book! My Favorite Books Made Into Horrible Movies
Have you ever been so excited when you found out one of your favorite books was to be made into a movie only to be highly disappointed or even disgusted by the movie? You would leave the theater or...
View ArticleCrochet Made Simple: How Books Written for a Younger Audience Can be the Best...
I tried several crocheting books with what appeared to be simple enough patterns for a beginner, but I couldn’t get it. I’m a patient person when it comes to learning new things, but I found the...
View ArticleThe Art of Reading: A Display of Art at the Todt Hill-Westerleigh Library
An active library patron, Edward Patrick Grigg's latest group of artwork is inspired by the library books he has enjoyed reading from the New York Public Library after returning from Eastern Europe...
View ArticleTeen Art On Display at Todt Hill Westerleigh
The Todt Hill-Westerleigh Library is currently displaying original art by students at Wagner High School. The artwork on display includes colorfully surrealist backgrounds, surrealist black-and-white...
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Got a Friend in Me: Libraries and Communities Working Together
Janice Katz had difficulty finding a day habilitation program for her son Alex Katz, who is 24 years old and has autism. Alex is mentally challenged on a 2-year-old level and has a rare autoimmune...
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Ep. 31 "I Thought It Was Amazing" | Library Stories
As part of her job as a school bursar, Mary Ellen Elias was responsible for maintaining her school’s website, but felt that she needed to learn more to do the job well. With the help of the Library’s...
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Dyslexic Librarian: Library Resources for the Learning Disabled
Word searchers, Port Richmond, Digital ID 94898, New York Public LibraryI have been a librarian for about twelve years and have worked in many libraries for much longer. I am also dyslexic which I have...
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A List of Lists: May 2012
Visit NYPL's BiblioCommons for these lists and many more. You can also create your own and share them with us in the comments! See below for some interesting staff picks from the past month, on topics...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t Touch That Book! My Favorite Books Made Into Horrible Movies
Have you ever been so excited when you found out one of your favorite books was to be made into a movie only to be highly disappointed or even disgusted by the movie? You would leave the theater or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crochet Made Simple: How Books Written for a Younger Audience Can be the Best...
I tried several crocheting books with what appeared to be simple enough patterns for a beginner, but I couldn’t get it. I’m a patient person when it comes to learning new things, but I found the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Art of Reading: A Display of Art at the Todt Hill-Westerleigh Library
An active library patron, Edward Patrick Grigg's latest group of artwork is inspired by the library books he has enjoyed reading from the New York Public Library after returning from Eastern Europe...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Teen Art On Display at Todt Hill Westerleigh
The Todt Hill-Westerleigh Library is currently displaying original art by students at Wagner High School. The artwork on display includes colorfully surrealist backgrounds, surrealist black-and-white...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Got a Friend in Me: Libraries and Communities Working Together
Janice Katz had difficulty finding a day habilitation program for her son Alex Katz, who is 24 years old and has autism. Alex is mentally challenged on a 2-year-old level and has a rare autoimmune...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ep. 31 "I Thought It Was Amazing" | Library Stories
As part of her job as a school bursar, Mary Ellen Elias was responsible for maintaining her school’s website, but felt that she needed to learn more to do the job well. With the help of the Library’s...
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Found Staten Island Stories 4: A Light To Guide
This is the fourth in a series of posts highlighting some of the fascinating stories—Bergen Point Lighthouse, Keeper Carlsson, women keepers and children's dolls of Kill Van Kull—from the historical...
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Found Staten Island Stories 4: A Light to Guide, Part 2
This is a continuation of the fourth in a series of posts highlighting some of the fascinating stories from the historical Staten Island newspapers now being digitized and uploaded to the web. Learn...
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Staten Island Historical Newspapers Update
In mid-May of 2016 we began posting Staten Island historical newspapers from old microfilm reels to their new home on the web. When we launched there were very few digitized Island newspapers available...
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