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Literary Magazine Editors Introduce Emerging Writers at The New York Public Library New York, NY—The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses [clmp] and The New York Public Library present Periodically Speaking, a reading series providing a major venue for emerging writers to present their work while emphasizing the diversity of America’s literary magazines and the magazine collections of The New York Public Library. Each event presents writers from three influential literary magazines—one poet, one fiction writer, one nonfiction writer—introduced by their editors. Dr. Paul LeClerc to Retire as President of The New York Public Library
November 18, 2009, New York, NY—Dr. Paul LeClerc, the French literature scholar who has guided The New York Public Library into the digital age—one of the most dramatic transitions in its history—has announced that he will retire from his position as President in the summer of 2011. New York Public Library Reveals New Look and Mission for the Future
November 6, 2009, New York, N.Y., The New York Public Library has introduced two important new elements to its identity and communications at a time of rapidly changing user needs. At an event earlier this evening in the Trustees Room, the Library unveiled a new lion logo developed in concert with its new mission, which is to Inspire Lifelong Learning, Advance Knowledge, and Strengthen Our Communities. The event featured a presentation by designer and author Steven Heller and a state-of-the-art multimedia experience that included QR Code technology. The New York Public Library Presents the First Annual New York StartUP! Business Plan Competition for New York-Based Startup Entrepreneurs
The New York Public Library in conjunction with its sponsor, Citi Foundation, is launching the First Annual New York StartUP! Business Plan Competition. The program will give aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to bolster their business acumen. Entrants will gain practical insights about starting and growing a business, while learning about the rich small business resources at The New York Public Library’s Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) located at 188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street. Judges will decide the winners by evaluating each plan based on its content, including the thoroughness and quality of the analysis, use of information, and clear communication. Winners will receive cash prizes, with a first place award of $15,000. There will be two second place award of $5,000 each; Three Merit Awards for $750 each; and Three Honorable Mentions for $500 each.Full competition details are available at smallbiz.nypl.org New York Public Library Acquires Papers of E. Annie Proulx
November 2, 2009, New York City---The New York Public Library has acquired a vast and rich collection of research notes, book drafts, and other materials of E. Annie Proulx that help illuminate the creative process of one of America’s foremost contemporary authors. The papers, which will be housed in the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, include thousands of pages of correspondence, corrected typescripts, travel journals, photographs and watercolors relating to The Shipping News and other works. These materials and artifacts show the creation of her characters and the observations culminating in remarkable descriptions of landscapes such as the Wyoming mountains and the Newfoundland scrubland. The acquisition of the collection was announced by Library President Paul LeClerc at its annual Library Lions fundraising dinner at which Ms. Proulx was an honoree. PERFORMING REVOLUTION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
New York, NY – June 24, 2009 – The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in association with leading New York City cultural organizations and academic institutions, is pleased to announce Performing Revolution in Central and Eastern Europe. This five-month festival focuses on the performing arts as a powerful voice and contributing force in the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. Spearheaded by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, which will present a major exhibition on the themes of the festival, Performing Revolution in Central and Eastern Europe features over 20 events throughout New York City, with a specific focus on performing arts in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia. Artist Hilary Knight Donates Papers to The New York Public Library, Including Materials Relating to His Character Eloise and His More Than 50-Year Career as an Illustrator
November 2, 2009, New York City--Hilary Knight, the artist best-known for creating the classic character Eloise with Kay Thompson, is donating the papers documenting his extensive career as an illustrator and author over more than 50 years to The New York Public Library. The collection includes wide-ranging materials relating to Eloise but also documents most of the nearly 60 books Mr. Knight has created as well as his work crafting Broadway posters, magazine illustrations, greeting cards, calendars, and advertisements. The collection not only includes sketches, research, dummies and final layouts, but contracts, correspondence, publicity materials, reviews and other items capturing the entire process of creating his works. The gift was announced November 2, by Library President Paul LeClerc, at its annual Library Lions dinner where Mr. Knight was an honoree. Religious Blasphemy, Political Dissent, Violence, and Sex: The New York Public Library Surveys 250 Years of a Publishing Sensation
The only known manuscript of Candide, Voltaire’s enduringly popular philosophical tale, is one of the treasures on view in Candide at 250: Scandal and Success, an exhibition at The New York Public Library examining the extensive influence and unique journey of Voltaire’s legendary work. The exhibition includes all 17 of the known 1759 editions of the book. The exhibition will be on view at The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street from October 23, 2009 to April 25, 2010. Admission is free. Candide at 250 has been organized by the Library’s President, Dr. Paul LeClerc, a noted Voltaire scholar, and curated by Alice Boone, a doctoral candidate specializing in 18th-century literature at Columbia University. LINCOLN CENTER: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS
Lincoln Center: Celebrating 50 Years, the first exhibition to focus exclusively on the evolution and influence of America’s first performing arts center, will feature an extensive collection of some 400 historic and contemporary objects including photographs, ephemera, correspondence, costumes, set pieces, props and video recordings. Curated by Thomas Mellins, co-author of the book New York 1960, the free exhibition will be presented at the Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center in collaboration with Lincoln Center, October 15, 2009 through January 16, 2010. Mr. Mellins will discuss key exhibition themes in a free lecture on opening day, October 15 at 6:00 pm in the Library’s Bruno Walter Auditorium. New York Harbor Quadricentennial Saluted with Extensive Exhibition Featuring Rarely Seen Maps, Atlases and other Treasures from The New York Public Library Collections
The New York Public Library celebrates Henry Hudson and Dutch acumen with Mapping New York's Shoreline, 1609-2009, a comprehensive exhibition featuring rare and extraordinary maps, atlases, books, journals, broadsides, manuscripts, prints, and an animation superimposing historical maps on a three-dimensional Google Earth model drawn primarily from the Library’s Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, and from other New York Public Library collections. Mapping New York’s Shoreline will be on view at The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street from September 25, 2009 to June 26, 2010. Admission is free. In conjunction with the exhibition, performances, lectures, classes, workshops and film/video screenings will be presented at locations throughout The New York Public Library. The New York Public Library and Kirtas Technologies Partner to Make 500,000 Public-Domain Books Available to the World
September 29, 2009- New York, NY - Readers and researchers looking for hard-to-find books now have the opportunity to dip into the collections of one of the world’s most comprehensive libraries to purchase digitized copies of public domain titles. Through their Digitize-on-Demand program, Kirtas Technologies has partnered with The New York Public Library to make 500,000 public domain works from The Library’s collections available (to anyone in the world). The New York Public Library Honors Three Distinguished Staff Members at Annual Library Lions Gala, Monday, November 2, 2009
The New York Public Library’s 2009 Library Lions gala pays tribute to its own homegrown “lions” this year, the true treasures of the Library. Three members of the accomplished staff, whose dedication and expertise have made an impact on innumerable lives, will be honored on Monday, November 2, 2009. New York Public Library Expands into Late Night and Early Morning Hours in Libraries Throughout its System
At a time of skyrocketing demand for its services, The New York Public Library is expanding into early morning and evening hours at 10 libraries throughout its system. Starting September 14 night owls can head to the library for late night literary quests, and early birds will have something to celebrate as several sites will open earlier for a morning cup of “knowledge to go.” The Library’s branches will be open an average of 52.5 hours per week, the most since the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, representing an increase of 65% since 1990 when the average library was open 31.9 hours. Never in the history of the Library have so many of its locations been open so many hours. Cornell and The New York Public Library Launch 'Cornell & NYPL'- a partnership for New York City
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Cornell University and The New York Public Library (NYPL) have launched “Cornell@NYPL,” a unique partnership to educate and benefit New York City residents. Over 77 programs will be offered throughout the library’s branches focusing on health, nutrition, and financial literacy featuring Cornell faculty and New York City cooperative extension experts. The partnership will also include performances and events at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. The New York Public Library and Elected Officials Break Ground on State-of-the-Art Mariners Harbor Branch in Staten Island
September 8, 2009 - New York, NY – New York Public Library President Paul LeClerc and Staten Island elected officials broke ground today on the new Mariners Harbor Branch, located at 206 South Avenue in the Mariners Harbor neighborhood of Staten Island. The branch which is scheduled to open in 2011, features an award-winning design inspired by the neighborhood’s maritime history. It will feature technologically state-of-the-art resources and serve the community with collections for adults, young adults, and children, programs for all ages, after-school study hours, story reading, community events, electronic resources, and much more. New York Public Library and Elected Officials Break Ground on Renovation and Expansion of Historic Stapleton Branch
New York Public Library President Paul LeClerc and Staten Island elected officials broke ground today on a project that will dramatically renovate and expand the library's Stapleton Branch, located at 132 Canal St. The building will undergo a technology facelift, receiving 11 laptop plug-in stations, convenient self-checkout stations and free wireless Internet access. Public space will more than double, and a light, airy new building will be added to the historic structure, retaining its character and providing neighborhood residents a sleek, modern new library. The New York Public Library’s Iconic Edna Barnes Salomon Room Transformed Into New Wireless Reading Room
New York, NY – July 20, 2009 – The New York Public Library’s Beaux-Arts Edna Barnes Salomon Room is the home to a new wireless Internet reading and study room, opening July 20 on the third floor of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. In the setting of this striking room, seating will be provided for 128 users who will have access to work space and to free Wi-Fi. For the first time in the Fifth Avenue Library users will also have access to laptops available for loan from the Library (starting July 28). Theatrical Papers of Renowned Actress Katharine Hepburn on Public View for First Time at The New York Public Library for the PerformingArts
The personal theatrical papers of Katharine Hepburn, which were acquired by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in 2007, will be on view for the first time in the new library exhibition, Katharine Hepburn: In Her Own Files, opening Wednesday, June 10. Her long and rich theater career is documented through typescripts (some, like the script for Coco, annotated in Hepburn’s hand), hundreds of photographs (publicity shots and formal portraits, as well as informal snapshots and rehearsal candids), scrapbooks, promotional ephemera, and sixty years of correspondence (fan mail, congratulatory notes, and general letters from such notable friends and admirers as Judy Garland, Richard Burton, John Ford, Vivien Leigh, Peter O’Toole, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and Jeremy Irons, among scores of others. She saved telegrams from her friends and from stage crews and even the cards that come with flower bouquets, including manysigned “Pot,” Hepburn’s pet name for long-time companion Spencer Tracy). The exhibition continues through Saturday, October 10, 2009 in the Vincent Astor Gallery of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, located on the Lincoln Center campus at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza. Admission is free. For exhibition information, call 212.870.1630 or visit the Library’s website at www.nypl.org/lpa. In conjunction with this exhibition, a series of Hepburn films based on stage plays will be screened on Saturday afternoons in July and August at the Library. (See separate list below for Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen film series.) The New York Public Library Will Restore its Fifth Avenue Building's Historic Facade
The New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Names 2009-2010 Fellows
(New York, NY) April 9, 2009 – The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers has selected its eleventh class of Fellows: fourteen exceptional creative writers, independent scholars, and academics. The Fellows, whose appointments were announced today by Library President Dr. Paul LeClerc and Jean Strouse, the Sue Ann and John Weinberg Director of the Center, will have full access to the unparalleled research collections and online resources of The New York Public Library’s landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. They will be in residence at the Center from September 2009 through May 2010, pursuing a wide range of book projects that will make extensive use of the Library's magnificent holdings. The New York Public Library Opens State-of-the-Art New Job Center and Unveils Free New Resources to Help New Yorkers Find Jobs
In response to overwhelming demand by the public, The New York Public Library has launched JobSearch@NYPL, a campaign to ensure that every job-seeking New Yorker is connected to the technologies and information they need – for free. “The new Job Search Central, a state of the art space at the Science, Industry and Business Library, has opened to help job seekers from entry through executive levels,” said Library President Paul LeClerc. “Throughout our system we have added more than 1,000 career-related classes, from resume-writing workshops to networking seminars to computer skills sessions, and we have provided special training to at least one staff member in each of our 87 branches to help users with job search needs.” The New York Public Library Launches Online Video Series That Takes Viewers Behind-the-Scenes and Into the Stacks of its Treasured Collections
The defining documents of the Beat generation, rare insights into the career of Katharine Hepburn, and a view of the plans that led to the landmark 1939 World’s Fair are among the revelations in a new web video series allowing viewers a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse at The New York Public Library’s most treasured collections, and the librarians and archivists entrusted with protecting them. Foster + Partners Selected as Architects for New Central Library in The New York Public Library's Historic Fifth Avenue Building
New York, NY, October 23, 2008 – Foster + Partners, the acclaimed international architecture firm, has been selected to create the design to transform The New York Public Library's building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street into the world’s largest comprehensive library open to the public. New York Public Library Unveils $1 Billion Transformation Plan
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