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Library Center
Building a New Donnell Library Center
The New York Public Library is beginning an extensive transformation that
will expand and reshape its services as it moves forward in an era of changing
use and information needs. Among the many improvements are a number of new
state-of-the-art facilities. The transformation starts at the Donnell Library
Center, which will close on September 1 to begin construction of a new library
that opens in 2011 as part of a development project with Orient Express
Hotels.
All of Donnell’s collections and services will remain available to the public
during construction of the new library. A phased transition in service will
begin this spring with some collections finding permanent new homes in other
NYPL locations. The Library is also planning a temporary site that will provide
service until the new library opens. For up-to-date information, please check
www.nypl.org.
New Locations of Donnell Collections and Services
Children’s Collections
Including Winnie the Pooh and Friends
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
42nd Street and Fifth Avenue
Historic and reference children’s materials are available in the Rose Main
Reading Room. Circulating children’s materials are now available in the Children's Center at 42nd Street, Room 84. Winnie the Pooh and Friends
will move to the Humanities Library in the near future.
Hours: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tue & Wed: 11 a.m. to 7:30
p.m.; Sun: 1 to 5 p.m.
Donnell Media Center
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
Reserve film
and video collection
Circulating
audio collection
Study Center
for on-site viewing Hours: Mon & Thu: Noon to 8 p.m.; Tue, Wed, Fri:
11 a.m. to
6 p.m.; Sat: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Mid-Manhattan Library
455 Fifth Avenue at 40th Street
Documentary
and world cinema video collections
Hours: Mon, Tue, Wed: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thu, Fri, Sat: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sun:
1 to 5 p.m.
World Languages Collection
Mid-Manhattan Library
455 Fifth Avenue at 40th Street
Hours: See Above
Adult Materials and Teen Central
Adult materials and Teen Central will be relocated to the Grand Central Branch,
at 135 East 46th Street, while the new library is being constructed. Check www.nypl.org for forthcoming details about this
location, which is expected to open in early spring. Until this new location
is completed, the Teen Advisory Group meetings and programs for teens, including
author talks, gaming, web 2.0 programs, and summer reading related activities,
will be held at the Columbus Branch. Teen Central staff will also be there
to work with young adult library users.
Auditorium Concerts and Film Programs
Programming will be expanded at The New York Library for the Performing Arts and
other Manhattan branches.
Expanded hours in midtown branches
Hours will be expanded at midtown branches, including:
Terence Cardinal Cooke – Cathedral Branch,
560 Lexington Avenue (at East 50th Street)
58th Street Branch Library
127 East 58th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues)
Columbus Branch Library
742 Tenth Avenue (between 50th and 51st Streets).
Sunday service will be available in Manhattan at the
Mid-Manhattan Library, Countee Cullen Branch, and Seward Park Branch.
