Rise in book bans concerns comic book writers
Comic books with controversial themes are vulnerable to censorship.
Banned Books Week highlights impact of censorship on students
The NYPL hosted the latest censored authors during Banned Books Week.
New Yorkers and Libraries Fight Book Censorship
Parents, Students and Librarians Push Back Against Book Bans.
“LIVE from the NYPL” kicks off ninth season
“LIVE from the NYPL” kicks off its ninth season of conversations, debates and performances with today’s leading writers, artists, filmmakers, musicians and cultural icons.
New Year Brings Changes for Library’s Main Branch
This year the trustees of the New York Public Library have been thrust into the spotlight to defend their Central Library Plan, which would turn the library’s main branch into a combined research and circulation library. The 42nd Street building is a historic landmark, but also a widely used research library in the heart of Midtown West.
A Self-Made Man
Wrapped in a blue coat, his nose whipped red by the cold wind, Garrett Buhl Robinson sits outside the main branch of the New York Public Library almost every day. Behind a fold-out TV tray table that serves as his makeshift office, bookstand, and check-out counter, Robinson sells his two self-published novels and a book […]
Local Libraries Seize E-reader Opportunity, Large Public Libraries Lag
As the digital age consumes traditional print media, smaller libraries add programs offering tablet readers available for lending. Larger libraries provide remote access through a mobile app, but struggle to meet demands for loanable e-readers due to budget limitations.
