Questions
- For fastest service please call Telephone Reference
at 212-340-0830 from Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm, EST
- Ask Librarians Online -- chat and email
reference, staffed by the librarians of the Telephone Reference Department.
- ¡Información en Vivo! -- Bibliotecarios
a su servicio en línea. Horas de servicio son de las 9:00 de la mañana
hasta las 9:00 de la tarde, hora del este.
Contact Us
Switchboard 212-930-0800
Hours 212-661-7220
LEOLine [telephone renewals] 212-262-7444
Exhibits & Events 212-869-8089
Press Inquiries 212-221-7676
Friends of the Library 212-930-0653
Office of Adult Services - 212-340-0948 [oas@nypl.org ]
Questions about films, lectures, author readings, book discussions, poetry
workshops, concerts, exhibits, and other events for adults, Books to Remember,
No Crystal Stair, booklists for adult readers.
Office of Community Outreach Services - 212-340-0918
Questions about ESOL and citizenship classes, literacy classes, services to
seniors, assistive technology, library events in languages other than English,
services to pre-release and ex-inmates.
Office of Children's Services - 212-340-0906 [kids@nypl.org ]
Questions about books for children through 6th grade, library events for children,
summer reading, schools outreach, On Lion for Kids, CLASP, 100 Picture Books,
New York is Book Country.
Office of Young Adult Services - 212-340-0909 [teenlink@nypl.org ]
Questions about books for teens 7th through 12th grade, summer reading, schools
outreach, CLASP, TeenLink, and Books for the Teen Age.
Office of Information Services [ref@nypl.org ]
Questions about online databases, Ask Librarians Online, Best of Reference
Branch Libraries Information Systems - 212-340-0946 [blis@nypl.org ]
Overdues, fines, collection agency cases, problems with iPAC, LEO catalog
or LEO via telnet.
Other Questions?
Manhattan Borough Office 212-621-0626
Bronx Borough Office 718-579-4200
Staten Island Borough Office 718-442-8562
Individual branch locations.
