“‘It has become more like a cultural space, which is about gathering people, giving people the opportunity to encounter each other…It’s not really about just being a repository of books.’” -architect Enrique Norten in “A Place to Hang Out (Read, Too)”
The Donnell Library Center in New York City is being replaced with a $20 million library that is much smaller and has the digital age in mind.
(the rendering above is from The New York Time’s story.)
Participants in the National Book Foundation’s BookUp program, a writers-led after-school reading program, recently visited the New York Public Library’s “Lunch Hour” exhibition.
nypl:
Happy Halloween from NYPL! An artistic staffer carved this amazing Library-Lion-O-Lantern last year using our logo (watch this video of him doing it - it’s pretty cool), and we thought we would share it again. Want to make your own Patience (or Fortitude) pumpkin and show support for the Library? Print out this stencil and get to work! Meanwhile, the Library remains closed this Halloween because of Hurricane Sandy. We are working to reopen tomorrow - in between trick or treating, stay tuned here for updates. And happy Halloween!
nypl:
“A library is like the best person you know - politely quiet but endlessly informative, amazingly knowledgeable but charmingly discreet, open to everyone yet subject to your every whim, and, sadly, flammable if one isn’t careful. Be careful with yours.”—Lemony Snicket
We couldn’t put it better ourselves.
Billy Parrott, NYPL librarian-genius behind the Mad Men reading list is generating one for Sally’s creepy kid friend Glen Bishop - suggestions?
