new york public library
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NYPL Digital Library
The New York Public Library's online Digital Library offers an extraordinary range of free content: more than two million items, in fact. The breadth and depth of our collections are unmatched by any other library or archive. Start exploring today!
Once you’ve selected a category, do a keyword search. And don’t stop there! Each item in our collections includes an About This Item tab that will take you to related resources. You can also browse by format – ebooks, images, and audio files are all available free of charge through our Digital Collections website.
We want to give you access to our treasures. The last thing we want is for you to feel like a borrower rather than a reader, so we’ve made it easy for you to copy, download, and print what you need. You’re welcome!
Free Reading Rooms
Instead of opening for five days a week and closing for two, New York Public Library’s 70 locations would be open five days a week, 12 hours a day—and close for only one day. So you could go to events there seven days a week. The branches would also be larger; Bryant Park’s new outpost would be triple its current size and pay-what-you-wish Central Library would double in size.
And then there’s accessibility. All NYPL locations would offer free Wi-Fi, hearing loop technology and books in alternative formats—which means braille, ebooks and large print. They would also have digital makerspaces (think 3D printers), providing young readers with access to technology they might not otherwise get. And instead of just opening three days a week at 6:30 a.m., NYPL branches would open their doors when kids get out of school in the afternoon, at 2 p.m., so they can do homework there instead of having to go home or pay for Internet access elsewhere.
Meetings & Workshops
As with any major capital initiative, what we’re proposing will not come without a series of meetings and workshops. In addition to members of City Council, representatives from a number of local boards and organizations, including Community Board #3; Community Board #6; New York Jets; New York Rangers; NYC Department of Transportation (DOT); NYC Fire Department (FDNY), who will need to approve and sign off on certain aspects of our proposal; and an assortment of other city-related stakeholders will all be involved in helping us realize our vision for The New York Public Library. Our hope is that with your help—and theirs—we can bring The New York Public Library up to date. And hopefully in time for the centennial celebration in 2022!
Our biggest challenge will be funding, not only of our proposed plans, but also to build off of those plans by adding more services and amenities in accordance with what our community would like to see. We’re looking to you for input on those and other details! We hope that with your help—and your favorite team’s—we can bring The New York Public Library up to date. And hopefully in time for the centennial celebration in 2022!
NYPL Labs
The NYPL Labs team is an experiment in digital innovation, staffed by librarians, that began in December 2010. Our mission is to collect feedback and ideas for how libraries can be more open, useful and relevant to those who use them. We focus on issues of emerging technology and how it affects libraries and their users. This post is part of our series Digital Inclusion New York City . The Digital Inclusion series was created by Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a company partnering with New York Public Library to explore ways they can help members of underserved communities connect with electronic resources. Check out all posts in our Digital Inclusion NYC series here.
Sometimes you don’t have time to sit down and search for a movie, event or book you want to read. Sometimes you don’t know what it is but you know who will like it – a teenager, someone whose favorite band is The Smiths or an avid horse rider. Now
NYC Library Passport Program
New York City has a great program for library lovers. For $55, you get a year of access to every branch of New York’s four major libraries. That means you can take out books at any of them: The Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Library and New York Public Library. You also get borrowing privileges with participating libraries in Westchester and Nassau counties (and many other places throughout North America). If you are going to make it in New York (or plan on spending a lot of time there), it’s worth looking into becoming a cardholder.
To buy a card, you can go to any of New York’s major libraries (The Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Library and New York Public Library). You must present valid photo ID. The card costs $55 for a one-year adult pass, $30 for senior citizens 62 or older and free for children 17 and younger. At checkout time, you can also request to have your card mailed to you if you prefer. If you are getting your card by mail and want access immediately, then print out your receipt or take it with you when visiting any library branch. One good reason to order a card ahead of time is that some branches require proof of residence in certain areas before they will issue cards.
