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Correctional Services: Libraries on the Island

by Sarah Ball, Supervising Librarian, Correctional Services
March 29, 2010

For twenty years, New York Public Library's Correctional Services program has provided books to the inmates of Rikers Island jail and provided reference services by mail to inmates throughout the state.

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From NYPL President Tony Marx: All Big Six Publishers Now Selling E-Books To Libraries

MAY 1, 2013: The New York Public Library's campaign to bring greater e-book access to Library patrons in New York and around the nation has gained great momentum over the past few months. Recently, Simon & Schuster became the fifth of the Big Six publishers to join the fray, lending

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Seeing with the Senses: A Celebration of Art for Those with Low Vision and Blindness

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney and the Guggenheim present "Seeing with the Senses"—an afternoon of art-making workshops, verbal description and touch tours for those with low vision or blindness.

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