An article, by the management guru Peter Drucker stated, the value of librarians:
“The general library is just a store, although librarians can and do make a difference.
Information only becomes knowledge in the hands of someone who knows what to do with it.”
To where the knowledge in libraries lives - in the librarians
Thank you, Mr. Drucker.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
School Is Out!
I provide access to resources,
I am here to inform, educate, enlighten and entertain you kiddies,
and....
Books are just the beginning.
I am here to inform, educate, enlighten and entertain you kiddies,
and....
Books are just the beginning.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The expertise of a librarian, at your fingertips!
"All the convenience of the Internet with the expertise of a librarian!”
That’s how one happy Library patron described NYPL’s celebrated telephone and online reference services, now with an easier-to-remember phone number:
917-ASK-NYPL (917-275-6975).
And excitingly, for the first time, the Library will offer a 24/7 chat service, making live help available all day, every day in English and Spanish.
There is astonishing variety in what our expert librarians and specialists are asked and what they can answer — even in live chat sessions.
That’s how one happy Library patron described NYPL’s celebrated telephone and online reference services, now with an easier-to-remember phone number:
917-ASK-NYPL (917-275-6975).
And excitingly, for the first time, the Library will offer a 24/7 chat service, making live help available all day, every day in English and Spanish.
There is astonishing variety in what our expert librarians and specialists are asked and what they can answer — even in live chat sessions.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
BPL African American Heritage Center
African American Heritage Center to open at Brooklyn Public Libary
NY Daily News
Lots of African-American newsmakers and historic figures have taken up residence at the Macon branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, which reopens Thursday after a $2 million renovation. See full article here
NY Daily News
Lots of African-American newsmakers and historic figures have taken up residence at the Macon branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, which reopens Thursday after a $2 million renovation. See full article here
Thursday, June 12, 2008
That’s Hot
Queens College “One of 25 Hottest Schools in America” says 2008 Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide.
Hottest for First-Generation Students
Queens College (City University of New York),
Queens, N.Y.
Although its families are becoming more affluent, Queens College (QC) remains a likely choice for students whose parents never went to college (38 percent of the student body). Its most celebrated recent fictional graduate is Ugly Betty—Betty Suarez—the working-class character played by America Ferrera on the ABC comedy.The school's biggest claim to fame is the several generations of lawyers, doctors and other professionals who could not afford the Ivies and say Queens changed their lives. It's still a bargain with tuition of $4,000. It looks nothing like the big city campuses of Manhattan. It has 77 acres of rolling lawns and a tree-lined Quad. To see the entire or not, go to http://www.newsweek.com/id/32225/page/1.
QC also houses the Louis Armstrong Archives in the Rosenthal Library, Room 332 which has been open to the public since 1994.After Lucille Armstrong passed away in 1983, the Armstrong house in Corona, Queens, was discovered to be filled with Louis’s personal belongings. As a result of this discovery, the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, which manages Louis’s estate, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs chose Queens College to be caretakers of this treasure trove.
Arranging, preserving, and cataloguing the contents of the Armstrong House took three years. Today, the Louis Armstrong Archives is the first stop for hundreds of researchers from all over the world. Besides individuals doing personal or academic research, hundreds of record companies, publishers, and TV/film productions have used material from the Archives.
A few famous or infamous Queens College graduates: Comediennes/Actors, Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano, Musicians, Carole King, Paul Simon, Marvin Hamlisch, writer, Susan Isaacs, Pulitzer Prize winners Richard Ofshe, Dorothy Rabinowitz, and Lloyd Schwartz . TV Anchor Mary Murphy, Scholar Nellie Y. McKay, former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, and The View's host, Joy Behar.
Hottest for First-Generation Students
Queens College (City University of New York),
Queens, N.Y.
Although its families are becoming more affluent, Queens College (QC) remains a likely choice for students whose parents never went to college (38 percent of the student body). Its most celebrated recent fictional graduate is Ugly Betty—Betty Suarez—the working-class character played by America Ferrera on the ABC comedy.The school's biggest claim to fame is the several generations of lawyers, doctors and other professionals who could not afford the Ivies and say Queens changed their lives. It's still a bargain with tuition of $4,000. It looks nothing like the big city campuses of Manhattan. It has 77 acres of rolling lawns and a tree-lined Quad. To see the entire or not, go to http://www.newsweek.com/id/32225/page/1.
QC also houses the Louis Armstrong Archives in the Rosenthal Library, Room 332 which has been open to the public since 1994.After Lucille Armstrong passed away in 1983, the Armstrong house in Corona, Queens, was discovered to be filled with Louis’s personal belongings. As a result of this discovery, the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, which manages Louis’s estate, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs chose Queens College to be caretakers of this treasure trove.
Arranging, preserving, and cataloguing the contents of the Armstrong House took three years. Today, the Louis Armstrong Archives is the first stop for hundreds of researchers from all over the world. Besides individuals doing personal or academic research, hundreds of record companies, publishers, and TV/film productions have used material from the Archives.
A few famous or infamous Queens College graduates: Comediennes/Actors, Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano, Musicians, Carole King, Paul Simon, Marvin Hamlisch, writer, Susan Isaacs, Pulitzer Prize winners Richard Ofshe, Dorothy Rabinowitz, and Lloyd Schwartz . TV Anchor Mary Murphy, Scholar Nellie Y. McKay, former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, and The View's host, Joy Behar.
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