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Shelved @ NYC: September 2009
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Poetry's New Cathedral on the Hudson. As reported by Library Journal. The 24 year-old poetry library and education center has successfully moved from its cramped Soho digs to "a stunning new location in Battery Park City in lower Manhattan, in a LEED Gold-certified building, with huge windows overlooking the Hudson River." (For a more detailed description of the space, check out this NY Times. Throughout its transformations, the heart of Poets House has remained its poetry collection. In Clinton Hill is ...
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Shelved @ NYC: Terrible Things Now Underway
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Terrible Things Now Underway. Nancy Pearl: the librarian's golden calf? Discuss. Or just go watch her daughter take the stage this month in Terrible Things. Here are all the relevant details, including special promo pricing for the librarian community. And if you attend a performance, please. Share your thoughts in the comments. Here is a special discount code that you can use and pass along to your friends to get a special ticket price (normally $20)*:. 15 Single tickets with code BOOK15. Next time D'Am...
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Shelved @ NYC: Student Suicide at NYU's Bobst Library
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Student Suicide at NYU's Bobst Library. A New York University student, Andrew Williamson-Noble, committed suicide in Bobst Library. At 4:30 this morning. He died after throwing himself from the 10th floor into the central atrium below. (Read NYU President John Sexton's community-wide email. In the Huffington Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS CALENDAR. Send news and events you would like to share with NYC librarians to: shelvedatnyc [at] gmail.com. What is Shelved @ NYC? Baruc...
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Shelved @ NYC: January 2010
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Look at the Pretty Colors! New York Public Library's website. At first glance, it appears to be a major improvement. Three cheers for navigability! The new site features more locally-produced content and streamlined searching. Welcome to NYPL's "evolving information ecosystem":. Ups and Downs at Queens Library. Beginning in February, 14 branches will be open Monday to Friday only. But not all news is bad news for Queens Library this week. The Long Island City branch's Literacy Zone. And the biggee: the N...
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Shelved @ NYC: Hello, New York, and welcome to Shelved @ NYC!
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Hello, New York, and welcome to Shelved @ NYC! Herein will be gathered news about New York City libraries, librarians, and library-related stuff. This is not a blog aimed specifically at metadata specialists or children’s librarians or LIS students; it’s a blog for ALL librarians working in this culturally rich—but frequently disjointed and overwhelming—city. In addition to its function as a traditional blog, Shelved @ NYC. NB: Hundreds of exciting readings, programs, and classes take place in our city&#...
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Shelved @ NYC: Happy Birthday, Me
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Happy Birthday, Me. Shelved @ NYC quietly celebrated its first birthday last week. Say what? Yeah, I almost don't believe it myself. The shock is so great, in fact, that I'm off to Mexico to catch my breath. Keep it real in the City, turkeys; a tanned and blissed-out Shelved will be back in December. Happy (belated) Birthday, Shelved. Keep up the good work! December 9, 2009 at 9:38 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS CALENDAR. What is Shelved @ NYC? Who is Shelved @ NYC? John Jay...
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Shelved @ NYC: Look at the Pretty Colors!
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Look at the Pretty Colors! New York Public Library's website. At first glance, it appears to be a major improvement. Three cheers for navigability! The new site features more locally-produced content and streamlined searching. Welcome to NYPL's "evolving information ecosystem":. Just investigating Joomla myself. January 19, 2010 at 3:10 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS CALENDAR. Send news and events you would like to share with NYC librarians to: shelvedatnyc [at] gmail.com.
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Shelved @ NYC: August 2009
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BPL Publishes, Then Retracts, Tintin Response. Brooklyn Public Library sequestered Tintin. And the world continues to be scandalized. From the Bay Ridge blogosphere. To the French literary press. Everyone's picking up the story. Amidst the hubbub, BPL's No Shush Zone. Responded to the growing criticism, but their August 22nd post has since been taken down (shushed! Here it is, saved from the brink of virtual obsolescence by my handy feed reader:. We know there's been a lot of chatter on the web about the.
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Shelved @ NYC: LeClerc Announces Retirement
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At yesterday's New York Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, President Paul LeClerc revealed his intention to relinquish leadership. In the summer of 2011. The early announcement gives the search committee plenty of time to find a suitable replacement. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS CALENDAR. Send news and events you would like to share with NYC librarians to: shelvedatnyc [at] gmail.com. What is Shelved @ NYC? Who is Shelved @ NYC? ACRL/NY Events and Jobs. Medgar Evers Col...
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Shelved @ NYC: December 2009
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Biblioball 2009: Baby, It's Cold Outside. Is throwing a lavish, entertainment-filled winter formal this Friday, December 11th at The Bell House. Where else can you score free happy hour whiskey and winter ale (8-9 pm), watch a lady on her flying trapeze, win a fabulous raffle prize, hear tons of live music, and dance the night away? Plus: foot juggling, food, portraits (both photographic and illustrated), and more librarians than you can shake a stick at. Terrible Things Now Underway. Terrible Things tak...