The grant’s project entitled “The Next Century Of Black Studies” is designed to increase accessibility to the Center’s collection materials, engage new audiences in global Black Studies and fortify the future of research at the Center.

Schomburg Center Awarded $2 Million Mellon Foundation Grant To Strengthen Access to Black Studies Resources

Virginia Woolf: A Modern Mind provides an intimate view of the author through her personal notebooks and diaries, family photographs, and unpublished letters

The New York Public Library Examines Virginia Woolf’s Life and Creative Process in New Exhibition

Dr. Tiya Miles, author of All That She Carried, receives $7,500 prize

The Schomburg Center Announces the Winner of the Lapidus Center’s 2022 Harriet Tubman Prize

Jennifer Fermino Named Vice President for Communications and Marketing at The New York Public Library

Trustee Raymond J. McGuire named Vice Chair and Chair of the Board’s Executive Committee

Abby S. Milstein Named Chair of the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library

An extensive collection of writings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera provides deep insight into their life and work

The New York Public Library Acquires Archive of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne

Librarians from across the system selected over 250 titles from thousands of books

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The New York Public Library Unveils the Best Books of 2022 for Kids, Teens, and Adults

Brent Reidy Named The New York Public Library’s Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research Libraries

La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York comparte los libros en español más prestados de 2022

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, and The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley are three of the most popular books in NYC

Brooklyn Public Library, The New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library each unveil the top checkouts for adults, teens, and children.

New York City’s Three Public Library Systems Share the Top Checkouts of 2022

November 22, 2022—The New York Public Library announced today its <a href="https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/best-books-2022" rel="nofollow">Best Books of 2022</a>, a curated list of more than 250 recommended titles published this year for children, teens, and adults. 
For nearly a century NYPL’s expert librarians have been providing New Yorkers with their year-end recommendations, celebrating books that inspire a love of reading. This year’s list was selected by eight individual committees, which reviewed nearly three thousand books for various ages and genres, including comics, horror, romance, mystery, and poetry.     
The books have been sorted into four categories:
<ul><li>Best Books for Kids (100 titles)</li>
<li>Mejores libros para pequeños / Best Books for Kids in Spanish (35 titles)</li>
<li>Best Books for Teens (50 titles)</li>
<li>Best Books for Adults (75 titles)</li>
</ul>The recommended titles can be found at <a href="https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/best-books-2022" rel="nofollow">nypl.org/bestbooks</a> and are available to check out at <a href="https://www.nypl.org/locations" rel="nofollow">branches across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island</a>—with no <a href="https://www.nypl.org/fines" rel="nofollow">late fees</a>!—or, in many cases, through the Library’s free e-reader app, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/simplye" rel="nofollow">SimplyE</a>. Recommendations can also be found year-round by visiting your local branch, contacting <a href="https://www.nypl.org/ask-nypl/about" rel="nofollow">AskNYPL</a>, tuning in to NYPL’s podcast, <a href="https://www.nypl.org/voices/audio-video/podcast/listen-the-librarian-is-in" rel="nofollow">The Librarian Is In</a>, or online at <a href="https://www.nypl.org/books-music-movies/recommendations" rel="nofollow">nypl.org/recommends</a>.
“One of the biggest strengths of The New York Public Library is the passion, knowledge, and diversity of our librarians and staff. Dozens of our most avid book lovers are enlisted each year to assess and select books that reflect the community and patrons we serve, to entice the most reluctant of readers, and excite the most fervent of bookworms,” said Emily Pullen, manager of Reader Services and Engagement. “Whether the motivation is to find the perfect gift for a loved one, read while traveling during the holiday season, or tackle your New Year’s resolution to read more, the Library’s Best Books list has something for everyone.”
The top 10 books for each category are listed below (in alphabetical order):  
Top 10 Books for Children
<ul><li>Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe</li>
<li>Beauty Woke by NoNieqa Ramos, illustrated by Paola Escobar</li>
<li>Blue: A History of the Color As Deep As the Sea and As Wide As the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, illustrated by Daniel Minter</li>
<li>Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee</li>
<li>Nothing Special by Desiree Cooper, illustrated by Bec Sloane</li>
<li>Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal about the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge, illustrated by Lauren Tamaki</li>
<li>Sir Ladybug by Corey R. Tabor</li>
<li>Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas</li>
<li>Ten Blocks to the Big Wok: A Chinatown Counting Book (English and Chinese Edition) by Ying-Hwa Hu</li>
<li>Wednesday and Woof #1: Catastrophe by Sherri Winston, illustrated by Gladys Jose  </li>
</ul>Mejores libros para pequeños/Best Books for Kids in Spanish
<ul><li>A veces, yo soy todo lo que necesito by Juliana Perdomo</li>
<li>¡A viajar, semillas! by Lorena Ruiz</li>
<li>La casita de Esperanza by Terry Catasús Jennings, illustrated by Raúl Colón</li>
<li>La falda morada de Leo by Irma Borges, illustrated by Francesco Fagnani</li>
<li>Las gallinas de Sonia by Phoebe Wahl, translated by Laura Piperno and Gema Zamorano </li>
<li>9 kilómetros by Claudio Aguilera, illustrated by Gabriela Lyon</li>
<li>Sábado by Jorge Garza</li>
<li>Tengo hambre by Menena Cottin</li>
<li>Una noche sin dormir by Micaela Chirif, illustrated by Joaquín Camp</li>
<li>Yo no fui by Ana Palmero, illustrated by Alejandra Acosta   </li>
</ul>Top 10 Books for Teens
<ul><li>All My Rage: A Novel by Sabaa Tahir</li>
<li>Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White</li>
<li>I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys</li>
<li>I Rise by Marie Arnold</li>
<li>Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao</li>
<li>Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer, illustrated by Jules Zuckerberg</li>
<li>So This Is Ever After by F. T. Lukens</li>
<li>The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes</li>
<li>The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson</li>
<li>Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden, illustrated by Jacquelin de Leon</li>
</ul>Top 10 Books for Adults
<ul><li>The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang</li>
<li>The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere–A Memoir by James Spooner</li>
<li>A Lady For a Duke by Alexis Hall</li>
<li>Nettle &amp; Bone by T. Kingfisher</li>
<li>Path of Totality: Poems by Niina Pollari</li>
<li>Shutter: A Novel by Ramona Emerson</li>
<li>Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora</li>
<li>The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee </li>
<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird &amp; Tom Waltz</li>
<li>Vladimir: A Novel by Julia May Jonas</li>
</ul>About The New York Public Library 
For over 125 years, The New York Public Library has been a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With over 90 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York Public Library receives approximately 16 million visits through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at <a href="https://www.nypl.org/" rel="nofollow">nypl.org</a>. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support the Library at <a href="http://www.nypl.org/support" rel="nofollow">nypl.org/support</a>.

NOVEMBER 9, 2022—The New York Public Library’s Board voted unanimously that, effective today, Abby S. Milstein will succeed Evan R. Chesler as its next Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Milstein, an attorney and founding partner of the law firm Constantine Cannon, has been a member of the Library’s Board of Trustees for 25 years, most recently serving as both Vice Chair and Chair of the Executive Committee since 2014. Her appointment was confirmed at today’s Board of Trustees meeting, held at the iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.

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JANUARY 27, 2023—The New York Public Library has acquired the archives of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. The dual collection comprises the couple’s literary and personal papers and stands as a rich testament to two of the most successful and important writers in postwar America.
The collection offers a substantial account of their life and work, providing personal and professional documentation of their careers and intellectual legacies. Noteworthy pieces in the collection include:
<ul><li>Correspondence spanning six decades, including letters to and from Margaret Atwood, Richard Avedon, Candice Bergen, Helen Gurley Brown, Michael Crichton, Nora Ephron, Allen Ginsberg, Lillian Hellman, Diane Keaton, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Norman Lear, Jacqueline Onassis, Philip Roth, Charles Schulz, Tennessee Williams, and many others;</li>
<li>Several hundred photographs, many of them candid images taken throughout the couple’s life, including photographs from their 1964 marriage and of the family at home and on travels;  </li>
<li>Screenplay drafts—26 in total—that the couple worked on together that reveal the iterative nature of their collaborations. </li>
</ul>More highlights are listed below. 
The collection, once processed, will be available to researchers at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue, one of the Library’s world-renowned research centers: a fitting final home for the bicoastal couple’s papers. Although a California native, Didion considered both New York and California as home. The pair met in New York and spent significant periods living in the City. In Didion’s final interview with Time magazine in January 2021, she was asked: "Which feels more like home: New York or California?" Didion responded, "Both." 
The collection, of approximately 240 linear feet, provides exceptional detail into the life and work of Didion and Dunne, beginning with memorabilia from Didion’s infancy and featuring unique items concerning their careers, their marriage and family, and their deaths. It is the most comprehensive collection of the authors' materials and includes personal and professional papers; manuscripts and typescripts for journalism, essays, books and screenplays; photographs; correspondence; art and ephemera; inscribed copies of books from Didion and Dunne’s library; and more. 
The acquisition was approved by the Library’s Program &amp; Policy Committee of the Board of Trustees at its Jan. 26 meeting. The processing, preserving, and cataloging of the archive will begin immediately, after which the collection will be housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division. It is expected to be available to patrons in early 2025.  
“The Library is thrilled to announce that our outstanding research collections will now include the archive of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, iconic voices of postwar American journalism, fiction, and screenwriting,” said Declan Kiely, Director of Special Collections and Exhibitions at The New York Public Library. “We anticipate that the Didion and Dunne papers, once processed, will become one of our most heavily used collections and an essential resource for scholars, students, and those interested in their intensely collaborative life and work. Both deeply intimate and professionally significant, this collection is incomparable in its scope of materials, providing unprecedented insight into their creative process. We can’t wait to make this available to the public and inspire the next generation of thinkers and writers.”
Further highlights of the acquisition include: 
<ul><li>Early journalistic writings including notes and typescripts from Didion’s interview with former Manson Family member Linda Kasabian and a file entitled “Haight Ashbury 1967” filled with autograph notes, typescripts, fragments, and a checklist of the pieces Didion wished to include in Slouching Towards Bethlehem;</li>
<li>Transcriptions of the “confessions” from the Central Park jogger case (later revealed to be false), annotated by Didion during her research for her New York Review of Books essay on that topic; </li>
<li>Dunne’s extensive correspondence with the murderer of Brandon Teena, which led to a New Yorker piece that was adapted into the Oscar-winning 1999 film Boys Don’t Cry;</li>
<li>Notes and drafts related to Didion's later works The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights;</li>
<li>Extensive records of menus, recipes, guest lists, setup notes, and handmade cookbooks documenting the couple's dinner parties;</li>
<li>Didion’s “Babyhood” book with portions filled out by her mother, with clippings and cards inserted celebrating her birth, a lock of her hair, and calendars noting early milestones—for example, 12 January 1935: “laughed aloud”;</li>
<li>Over 140 letters between Didion and her family from her college and Vogue years, 1954–57.</li>
</ul>As agent for the sale of the archive, Marsha Malinowski of Marsha Malinowski Fine Books &amp; Manuscripts LLC writes: “The Estate could not be more pleased with the placement of the Joan Didion/John Gregory Dunne Archive at The New York Public Library. The synergy of the archive with existing archives at NYPL is nothing short of extraordinary. Together, NYPL’s holdings now document the expansive story of American literary culture of the 20th and 21st centuries with even greater gravitas.”
Paul Bogaards, the spokesperson for the Didion Dunne Literary Trust, the custodians of the writers’ intellectual property, confirmed the Trust’s enthusiasm for the acquisition: “Joan and John were great admirers and supporters of The New York Public Library, so this is an ideal home for their archive. The Didion Dunne collection will be populated with materials that reinforce the importance of their work as great chroniclers of American life. The archives provide detailed documentation of their writing and creative process and an intimate window into their lives. They will be a welcome and essential resource for future generations of readers, students, and scholars of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne.” 
The Library anticipates the Didion and Dunne papers will become one of its most heavily used collections, an essential resource for scholars, students, journalists, and writers studying Didion, Dunne, American literature and journalism, and more. The archive will join a number of collections from their contemporaries in the Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Division including correspondence from authors who were friends and fellow literary figures, such as the Camilla and Earl McGrath papers, the Tom Wolfe papers, the Jean Stein papers, the Ted Solotaroff papers, and the recently acquired Renata Adler papers (currently undergoing processing), as well as the New York Review of Books records. Didion and Dunne had a close and long-standing relationship with Bob Silvers, co-founder and long-time editor of the Review—Didion once said of Silvers, “I trust him more than anyone.” 
"The acquisition of the Didion and Dunne papers reflects the Library’s commitment to collecting the papers of paradigm-changing writers—and in particular, women writers,” said Julie Golia, Associate Director, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books and Charles J. Liebman Curator of Manuscripts. “Didion’s literary contributions, her public persona, and her tenacity in the face of grief have shaped the work of countless intellectual successors, both known and unknown. At The New York Public Library, Didion’s papers will continue to inspire new generations of authors."
While both Didion and Dunne were prolific writers on their own, they also worked together on screenplays including the 1976 film A Star is Born, starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson; the 1972 film adaptation of Didion’s novel Play It As It Lays, starring Anthony Perkins and Tuesday Weld; and the 1996 Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer film Up Close and Personal (based on the biography of journalist Jessica Savitch). Each draft includes handwritten annotations from both Didion and Dunne; together, they offer in-depth documentation of their editorial partnership and their impact on American popular culture.
Dunne died at 71 in 2003. Two years later, their daughter, Quintana Roo Dunne, died at 39. Didion wrote about her husband’s death and her daughter’s illness in The Year of Magical Thinking (2005), which won the 2005 National Book Award for nonfiction and was adapted for the Broadway stage in 2007 in a one-woman production starring Vanessa Redgrave. Didion died in December 2021 at age 87 from complications of Parkinson's disease.
About the Manuscripts and Archives Division
The Manuscripts and Archives Division holds over 29,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archives across almost 6,000 collections. The division holds some of the Library’s greatest treasures, from illuminated manuscripts to founding documents of the United States. The strengths of the division are the papers and records of individuals, families, and organizations, particularly in greater New York City; the American Revolution; the U.S. Civil War; American literature and literary culture; the history of publishing; and LGBTQ+ history. Serving thousands of researchers a year, the division’s collections support cutting-edge research and scholarship across many disciplines. 
About The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With 92 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming, and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York Public Library serves nearly 17 million patrons who come through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at nypl.org. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support the Library: nypl.org/support

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022—Virginia Woolf is the focus of the latest free exhibition opening at The New York Public Library. <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/virginia-woolf" rel="nofollow">Virginia Woolf: A Modern Mind</a> will explore the life and creative genius of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century literature through her personal notebooks and diaries, family photographs, and unpublished letters. 
Free timed tickets are now available to reserve for the exhibition, which opens November 18, 2022, at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Virginia Woolf: A Modern Mind is the first major exhibition of Woolf's writings at the Library in 30 years and is drawn entirely from NYPL's holdings, which represent one of the most important collections of her work in the world. Her intimate diary entries, spanning four decades, guide this exhibition, which uncovers how the influential author of Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse came to reject the conventional forms of her Victorian predecessors, experiment with shifting perspectives and stream-of-consciousness narration, and explore the innermost thoughts of her characters.
Highlights of the exhibition include:
<ul><li>Mementos from Woolf’s early years, including her 1897 diary and unpublished photos from her youth;</li>
<li>Early drafts of Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and the final draft of To the Lighthouse (1927), written in large notebooks that Woolf bound or re-covered herself (as she did for many of the drafts of her major novels);</li>
<li>Original dust jacket designs for Woolf’s books by her sister Vanessa Bell—their relationship offers an inside look at how Woolf’s creative process developed; </li>
<li>Intimate letters and diaries documenting her relationship with Vita Sackville-West, who was the inspiration for Orlando (1928); </li>
<li>Books that Virginia Woolf printed by hand for the Hogarth Press; and</li>
<li>Virginia Woolf’s last diary entry, dated 1941.</li>
</ul>The Library has one of the most significant collections of Virginia Woolf materials in the world. Housed in the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, accessible at the Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, materials held by the Library include Virginia Woolf’s diaries and notebooks; draft material for all of her works of fiction; nearly 3,000 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence; photographs; books; legal documents; and her walking stick. The collection, which spans the years 1888 to 1941, numbers nearly 3,700 individual items and began with the acquisition of Woolf’s manuscripts in 1958, directly from her husband, Leonard Woolf. The Library has continued to add to the Woolf collection, most recently through the support of Susan Tane and through the extraordinary gift of the William Beekman Collection of Virginia Woolf and Her Circle, which includes unpublished letters and photographs and unique copies of Woolf’s books and original dust jacket art.
Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), née Stephen, was an English novelist, essayist, biographer, and feminist. She was central to the Bloomsbury Group, a coterie of British artists, writers, and intellectuals active in the first half of the twentieth century. In 1917, Woolf founded, with her husband, Leonard, the Hogarth Press and published several foundational works of modernism, including T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land in 1923. She was a prolific writer, publishing eight novels, two collections of short stories, a biography, and several books of essays, in addition to other works. She wrote approximately 4,000 letters, and kept a diary for most of her life before dying by suicide in 1941. 
 
“Virginia Woolf’s writings are central in the evolution and history of literary modernism, long one of the core collecting areas—and one of the most frequently accessed—of the Berg Collection at The New York Public Library,” said Declan Kiely, Director, Special Collections and Exhibitions. “Since acquiring Virginia Woolf’s manuscripts in 1958 from her husband, Leonard Woolf, the Library has remained true to what was most important to him: that the Virginia Woolf collection of papers be ‘kept together and made available to serious students.’ This material is available to all researchers regardless of institutional affiliation; all you need is a research project—and a library card.”
 
“Virginia Woolf: A Modern Mind gives intellectual and physical space in the form of an exhibition gallery—a room of one’s own, in other words—to Virginia Woolf, her feminist writings, her incisive literary criticism, and her development of modernist narrative techniques,” says Carolyn Vega, curator of the exhibition and the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. “She called herself a ‘dabbler in dreams;’ she was also ambitious, insightful, and deeply committed to her work. This exhibition explores her life, writings, and the lasting impact she made on the modernist landscape.”
 
Patrons can also visit the Library’s free permanent exhibition, the <a href="https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/treasures" rel="nofollow">Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures</a>, to see further Woolf-related items, including:
<ul><li><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/written-word/item/4102" rel="nofollow">Virginia Woolf's walking stick</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/written-word/item/11228" rel="nofollow">Portraits of Virginia Woolf and her father, Leslie Stephen, from Violet Dickinson's photo album</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/written-word/item/11229" rel="nofollow">Diary entry by Woolf from November 1918</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/written-word/item/11230" rel="nofollow">Letter from Virginia Woolf to David Garnett (1922)</a></li>
</ul>Since opening last fall, the exhibition has received over 350,000 in-person visits and also features increased access for students through the Center for Educators and Schools. Multilingual audio guides and full exhibition content are available in Spanish and Chinese on the <a href="https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/bloomberg-connects" rel="nofollow">Bloomberg Connects app</a>.
Support for The New York Public Library’s Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos Exhibitions Fund, and Jonathan Altman.
Additional support for Virginia Woolf: A Modern Mind is provided by the Judge and Mrs. Samuel D. Levy Memorial Publication Fund.
<h3>About The New York Public Library</h3>
For over 125 years, The New York Public Library has been a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With over 90 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York Public Library receives approximately 16 million visits through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at <a href="http://www.nypl.org/" rel="nofollow">www.nypl.org</a>. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support the Library at <a href="http://nypl.org/support" rel="nofollow">nypl.org/support</a>.

DECEMBER 19, 2022—New York City’s three library systems—the Brooklyn Public Library, The New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library—have unveiled the most popular books of the year, sharing the top checkouts of 2022 at each system for adults, teens, and children. The annual lists include the top titles in all formats: e-books, audiobooks, and physical books. 
The top checkout for the Brooklyn Public Library was the novel The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave, a mystery about a woman searching for the truth about her husband’s disappearance. The most borrowed book at The New York Public Library was The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, a novel about a woman looking for her best possible life through enchanted books. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley, a tension-filled mystery told from different points of view, was the favorite of patrons at Queens Public Library.
Several of the books on the libraries’ lists were featured titles on <a href="https://www.nypl.org/virtualbookclub" rel="nofollow">WNYC’s “Get Lit!” virtual book club, a partnership with The New York Public Library</a>, which was started at the height of the pandemic and has led to approximately 150,000 checkouts over the past two years. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, the top checkout at both Brooklyn and NYPL last year, remained on Brooklyn’s list. At NYPL, two “Get Lit” titles were featured: This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub made an appearance on the system-wide list, while The Candy House by Jennifer Egan was a top checkout in Manhattan.
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s historical fiction novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo appeared on all three lists and popular selections also included Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, and People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry.
The full lists of 2022 top checkouts can be found at <a href="https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/top-checkouts-2022" rel="nofollow">www.nypl.org/topcheckouts2022</a>; <a href="http://bklynlib.org/topcheckouts2022" rel="nofollow">http://bklynlib.org/topcheckouts2022</a>; or <a href="http://www.queenslibrary.org/" rel="nofollow">queenslibrary.org</a>. 
Adult titles are below:
<h4>Brooklyn Public Library</h4>
<ol><li>​The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave</li>
<li>The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig</li>
<li>Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney</li>
<li>The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab</li>
<li>People We Meet on Vacation: A Novel by Emily Henry</li>
<li>Malibu Rising: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid</li>
<li>Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty</li>
<li>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid</li>
<li>The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett</li>
<li>Klara and the Sun: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro</li>
</ol>The New York Public Library (which includes the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island)
<h4>Systemwide:</h4>
<ol><li>The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig</li>
<li>Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus</li>
<li>The Lincoln Highway: A Novel by Amor Towles</li>
<li>Malibu Rising: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid</li>
<li>People We Meet on Vacation: A Novel by Emily Henry</li>
<li>This Time Tomorrow: A Novel by Emma Straub</li>
<li>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid</li>
<li>Book Lovers by Emily Henry</li>
<li>Verity by Colleen Hoover</li>
<li>It Ends with Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover</li>
</ol>Bronx:
<ol><li>The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave</li>
<li>The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig</li>
<li>It Ends With Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover</li>
<li>Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner</li>
<li>Dream Town by David Baldacci</li>
<li>Wish You Were Here: A Novel by Jodi Picoult</li>
<li>Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel by Anthony Doerr</li>
<li>The Lincoln Highway: A Novel by Amor Towles </li>
<li>Run, Rose, Run: A Novel by Dolly Parton and James Patterson</li>
<li>The Match: A Novel by Harlan Coben</li>
</ol>Manhattan:
<ol><li>Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner</li>
<li>Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney</li>
<li>Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel by Anthony Doerr</li>
<li>The Lincoln Highway: A Novel by Amor Towles</li>
<li>Malibu Rising: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid</li>
<li>The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig</li>
<li>The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave</li>
<li>Harlem Shuffle: A Novel by Colson Whitehead</li>
<li>The Candy House: A Novel by Jennifer Egan</li>
<li>People We Meet on Vacation: A Novel by Emily Henry</li>
</ol>Staten Island
<ol><li>The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave</li>
<li>Run, Rose, Run: A Novel by Dolly Parton and James Patterson</li>
<li>It Ends With Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover</li>
<li>What Happened to the Bennetts: A Novel by Lisa Scottoline</li>
<li>Dream Town by David Baldacci</li>
<li>Invisible: A Novel by Danielle Steel</li>
<li>High Stakes: A Novel by Danielle Steel</li>
<li>People We Meet on Vacation: A Novel by Emily Henry</li>
<li>Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty</li>
<li>The Four Winds: A Novel by Kristin Hannah</li>
</ol>Queens Public Library 
<ol><li>The Paris Apartment: A Novel by Lucy Foley</li>
<li>It Ends With Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover</li>
<li>The Judge’s List: A Novel by John Grisham</li>
<li>Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty</li>
<li>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid</li>
<li> The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave</li>
<li>Verity by Colleen Hoover</li>
<li>Wish You Were Here: A Novel by Jodi Picoult</li>
<li>The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab</li>
<li>What Happened to the Bennetts: A Novel by Lisa Scottoline</li>
</ol>“New Yorkers have character and it’s no surprise that this year’s top checkouts show they love good books with great characters,” said Brian Bannon, The New York Public Library’s Merryl and James Tisch Director of Branch Libraries and Education. “The titles checked out at The New York Public Library this year are wonderful stories that invite readers to take a break from the hustle of everyday life and visit new places (and time periods) with interesting people doing fascinating things. We’re delighted to share these books with our patrons and welcome all New Yorkers to use their library card and choose their next adventure.”
“In a year where we saw unparalleled attempts to restrict and challenge access to books, New York City’s libraries continue to stand behind and protect the freedom to read,” said Amy Mikel, BPL’s Director of Customer Experience. “It’s wonderful to see New York’s readers reaching for books that spark imagination and illuminate the lived experiences of others, and bring us all together."
“This year’s list of top 10 checkouts reflects the eclecticism of our readers' interests,” said Nick Buron, QPL’s Chief Librarian. “For the first time in years, nonfiction didn't make the cut. The mix of mystery, thrillers, romance, fantasy, and historical fiction suggests a need to take a break from a challenging time. We also are excited to see Colleen Hoover make her QPL debut with two blockbuster, self-published novels.”
The top checkouts for children’s books at the three library systems predominantly featured titles from popular series, such as Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney and Dog Man by Dav Pilkey. For young adults, Malinda Lo’s teen novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club appeared on all three teen lists. The book was a featured title of the libraries’ Banned Book Challenge in May, which encouraged New Yorkers to read 10 banned books. 
The top 10 books for children and teens are listed below. 
<h4>TOP 10 LISTS FOR CHILDREN</h4>
Brooklyn Public Library Top 10 Checkouts for Children
<ol><li>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling</li>
<li>Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>Guts by Raina Telgemeier</li>
<li>Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi</li>
<li>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling</li>
<li>Wrecking Ball (Diary of A Wimpy Kid, Book 14) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>Dog Man Fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey</li>
<li>Minecraft by Sfé R. Monster, art by Sarah Graley</li>
<li>Sisters by Raina Telgemeier</li>
</ol><h4>The New York Public Library Top 10 Checkouts for Children</h4>
<ol><li>Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 16) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 14) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 15) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 12) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 3) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 13) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li> Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 2) by Jeff Kinney</li>
</ol>Queens Public Library Top 10 Checkouts for Children
<ol><li>
<h4>Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey </h4>
</li>
<li>Dog Man: Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey</li>
<li>Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 16) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>Dog Man: Fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey</li>
<li>Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey</li>
<li>Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey </li>
<li>The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 15) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 14) by Jeff Kinney</li>
<li>Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey</li>
<li>The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 13) by Jeff Kinney</li>
</ol><h4>TOP 10 LISTS FOR YOUNG ADULTS</h4>
Brooklyn Public Library Top 10 Checkouts for Young Adults
<ol><li>Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo</li>
<li>Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto</li>
<li>Bleach by Tite Kubo</li>
<li>We Were Liars by E. Lockhart</li>
<li>One Piece by Eiichiro Oda</li>
<li>A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas</li>
<li>One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus</li>
<li>Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley</li>
<li>Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo</li>
<li>Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo</li>
</ol>New York Public Library Top 10 Checkouts for Young Adults
<ol><li>​The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han</li>
<li>A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas</li>
<li>One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus</li>
<li>Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo</li>
<li>It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han</li>
<li>Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo</li>
<li>We Were Liars by E. Lockhart</li>
<li>A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas</li>
<li>The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes</li>
<li>We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han</li>
</ol>Queens Public Library Top 10 Checkouts for Young Adults
<ol><li>Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo</li>
<li>One Piece by Eiichiro Oda</li>
<li>The Cruel Prince by Holly Black</li>
<li>Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo</li>
<li>A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas</li>
<li>Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo</li>
<li>They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera</li>
<li>Bleach by Tite Kubo </li>
<li>The Book Thief by Markus Zusak</li>
<li>The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han</li>
</ol> 
About Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn Public Library is one of the nation’s largest library systems and among New York City’s most democratic institutions. As a leader in developing modern 21st century libraries, we provide resources to support personal advancement, foster civic literacy, and strengthen the fabric of community among the more than 2.6 million individuals who call Brooklyn home. We provide nearly 65,000 free programs a year with writers, thinkers, artists, and educators—from around the corner and around the world. And we give patrons millions of opportunities to enjoy one of life’s greatest satisfactions: the joy of a good book.
About The New York Public Library
For over 125 years, The New York Public Library has been a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With over 90 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York Public Library receives approximately 16 million visits through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at <a href="http://www.nypl.org/" rel="nofollow">www.nypl.org</a>. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support the Library at nypl.org/support.
About Queens Public Library
Queens Public Library is one of the largest and busiest public library systems in the United States, dedicated to serving the most ethnically and culturally diverse area in the country. An independent, non-profit organization founded in 1896, Queens Public Library offers free access to a collection of more than 5 million books and other materials in multiple languages, technology and digital resources, and more than 80,000 educational, cultural, and civic programs annually. QPL consists of 66 locations across the borough, including branch libraries, a Central Library, seven adult learning centers, a technology center, one universal pre-kindergarten, and two teen centers that attracted more than 11 million visitors in 2019. 

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December 16, 2022—The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is pleased to announce that Dr. Tiya Miles is the winner of the 2022 Harriet Tubman Prize for her book All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (Random House, 2021). 
The Harriet Tubman Prize awards $7,500 to the best nonfiction book published in the United States on the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic World.
A jury composed of distinguished historians Drs. Vincent Brown, Marisa Fuentes, and Paul Polgar selected the winner from three finalists chosen by a national committee of librarians and scholars. In addition to Miles’s All That She Carried, the other finalists were Dr. Olivette Otele’s African Europeans: An Untold History (Basic Books) and Dr. Joshua D. Rothman’s The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America (Basic Books).
The jury commented about the winning title:
“Tiya Miles’s All That She Carried [renders] complex, fraught, and painful life worlds palpable, through the analysis of an embroidered cotton bag passed from mother to daughter across several generations. From an ordinary and treasured object with intimate meaning, Miles weaves a wide-ranging and profound story that captures the poignancy of American slavery and its legacies. She also bestows on us her gift of storytelling. Undeterred by the robust, deafening and often gaping silence of slavery’s archives, Miles creatively draws interdisciplinary methods from a range of fields including black feminist and environmental studies, and public history, to chart not only the trauma and loss of enslavement but, more centrally, the love and resilience enslaved people expressed within its bounds. Beautifully, and at several points lyrically, written, Miles’s path-breaking book conjures the perspectives of Black women in slavery and freedom and reveals their determination to imagine a future and family—two things denied by slavery’s laws and violence. From what might have been a simple exhibit label and artifact, Miles draws together the story of families, the study of material culture, and the red record of American slavery to construct a haunting museum for the history of the present.”
“I am elated to receive the 2022 Harriet Tubman Prize for All That She Carried. To have my book share space with the memory of that great woman is an honor made even more special as I am currently writing a study of her life. I am grateful for the recognition of the Lapidus Center and moved by the beautiful commentary of judges whose work I greatly admire,” Dr. Miles said. 
Dr. Michelle Commander, Deputy Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives at the Schomburg Center, praised this year’s prize winner, “I have always found Dr. Miles’ scholarship thoughtfully rendered and expertly researched. I am thrilled to see this incredibly-inspiring book win the 2022 Harriet Tubman Prize. All That She Carried is a moving account of slavery and its aftermath that offers insight into the intricacies of Black familial life and care in midst of and after slavery, including the extraordinary endeavors of Black women to survive, love, and show reverence across generations. Indeed, All That She Carried quite beautifully constructs a narrative centered on three women–Rose, Ashley, and Ruth, rightfully situating their lives and histories into the archive and into readers’ consciousnesses in an indelible manner.”
Dr.Tiya Miles is the Michael Garvey Professor of History and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 
The 2022 Harriet Tubman Prize will be presented to Dr. Miles during a Lapidus Center program in Spring 2023. Details are forthcoming. 
 
About the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery 
The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery, founded in 2014 with a generous $2.5 million gift from Ruth and Sid Lapidus, generates and disseminates scholarly knowledge and works on the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery pertaining to the Atlantic World. The Center supports the work of researchers with long-term and short-term fellowships. Given the centrality of Atlantic slavery to the making of the modern world, Lapidus fellowships ensure that slavery studies are a cornerstone of the Schomburg Center’s broader research community. The Center engages the public with a variety of programs, an annual nonfiction book prize, exhibitions, conferences, and partnerships with local, national, and international institutions. Dr. Commander is the author of Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic, Avidly Reads Passages, and editor of Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery &amp; Abolition.  To learn more about the Lapidus Center, please visit <a href="https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/lapidus-center" rel="nofollow">https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/lapidus-center</a>.
About the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Founded in 1925 and named a National Historic Landmark in 2017, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the world’s leading cultural institutions devoted to the preservation, research, interpretation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diasporan, and African experiences. As a research division of The New York Public Library, the Schomburg Center features diverse programming and collections totaling over 11 million items that illuminate the richness of global black history, arts, and culture. Learn more at <a href="https://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg" rel="nofollow">schomburgcenter.org</a>.
About the New York Public Library 
For over 125 years, The New York Public Library has been a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With over 90 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York Public Library receives approximately 16 million visits through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at nypl.org. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support the Library at nypl.org/support.

19 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022—La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York ha compartido los libros en español más populares del año, con la novela Violeta de Isabel Allende ocupando el primer puesto. La lista anual incluye los títulos más prestados en todos los formatos: libros electrónicos, audiolibros y libros físicos. 
 
Los 10 títulos en español más prestados en la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York fueron: 
<ol><li>Violeta de Isabel Allende</li>
<li>Steve Jobs: Edición en Español de Walter Isaacson</li>
<li>22/11/63: Una novela de Stephen King</li>
<li>Manhattan Beach de Jennifer Egan</li>
<li>Dune (Nueva edición) (Las crónicas de Dune 1) de Frank Herbert</li>
<li>Principios de Ray Dalio</li>
<li>La sombra del viento de Carlos Ruiz Zafón</li>
<li>Cien años de soledad de Gabriel Garcí­a Marquez</li>
<li>El amor en los tiempos del cólera de Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, ilustrado por Luisa Rivera</li>
<li>84, Charing Cross Road de Helene Hanff</li>
</ol> 
La Biblioteca también ha publicado listas de los 10 títulos en inglés más prestados. Todas las listas están disponibles en <a href="http://nypl.org/topcheckouts2022" rel="nofollow">nypl.org/topcheckouts2022</a>.
Los usuarios y usuarias interesadas en saber más sobre los recursos digitales, servicios, programas y recomendaciones de libros pueden suscribirse a <a href="https://pub.email.nypl.org/nyplenespanol" rel="nofollow">NYPL en Español</a> para obtener más información.
 
Acerca de la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York
Durante 125 años, la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York ha sido un proveedor gratuito de educación e información para los residentes de Nueva York y de otros lugares. Con 92 sedes -incluidas bibliotecas de investigación y sucursales- en el Bronx, Manhattan y Staten Island, la Biblioteca ofrece material gratuito, acceso informático, clases, exposiciones, programas y mucho más a todo el mundo, desde niños pequeños hasta eruditos, y ha registrado cifras récord de asistencia y circulación en los últimos años. La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York recibe aproximadamente 16 millones de visitas al año y millones más en todo el mundo que utilizan sus recursos en <a href="http://www.nypl.org">www.nypl.org</a>. Para ofrecer esta amplia gama de programas gratuitos, la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York depende de la financiación pública y privada. Más información sobre cómo apoyar a la Biblioteca en nypl.org/support.

DECEMBER 5, 2022—The New York Public Library is pleased to announce that Jennifer Fermino, a long-time communications professional and former journalist, will be its new Vice President for Communications and Marketing. Fermino is a former reporter with both the New York Post and the Daily News, where she served as the City Hall Bureau Chief under Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio. She was also the Communications Director for the New York City Council and a Senior Advisor for External Affairs to former Speaker Corey Johnson. Most recently, Fermino was the Managing Director of Communications at Moonshot Strategies, a New York City-based political consulting, communications and government relations firm. 
“Whether it's championing free-speech, providing free access to knowledge, or the many services and programs that improve the everyday lives of New Yorkers, The New York Public Library is an institution that inspires people all over the world—including me. It is an honor to be part of the team that makes this amazing mission possible,” said Fermino. 
“Jennifer knows New York City inside and out, through her work as a reporter, with the City Council and in politics. In addition to being an accomplished communications professional, Jennifer is also a life-long lover of public libraries and books. All of this makes her uniquely positioned to be the Library’s Vice President of Communications and Marketing, and we are thrilled to welcome her to the team,” said Anthony W. Marx, President of The New York Public Library. 
“This really is a dream job for me. In 2001, I moved to New York City as a waitress with dreams of a career in publishing. The staff at what was then the Mid-Manhattan Library helped me draft my first resume. Now that I’m actually working at the Library, I hope I can help other people just as I was helped,” Fermino said.  
<h3>About The New York Public Library</h3>
For over 125 years, The New York Public Library has been a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With over 90 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York Public Library receives approximately 16 million visits through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at <a href="http://www.nypl.org/" rel="nofollow">www.nypl.org</a>. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support the Library at <a href="http://nypl.org/support" rel="nofollow">nypl.org/support</a>.

December 29, 2022—The New York Public Library (NYPL) is pleased to announce that it has named Brent Reidy its Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research Libraries. Reidy served as the Library’s interim director since April of this year, following the retirement of William Kelly, the former Mellon Director. Reidy’s tenure will begin immediately. 
Reidy will be responsible for NYPL’s world-renowned public research centers, which includes the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, and the Yoseloff Business Center. The research centers encompass 460 staff members, 47 million collection items and 4 million annual visitors. His purview includes collection strategy, acquisition, preservation, and access, while also serving as a national voice on the direction of humanities research.
"We knew that we needed someone with a compelling, pragmatic and ambitious vision to lead the Research Library in the 21st Century,” said Anthony W. Marx, President of The New York Public Library. “I am thrilled to announce that after an exhaustive search we have found that person in our long-time colleague Brent Reidy. Brent’s demonstrated leadership experience and his sophisticated approach to systems, processes, and structure make him ideal for this crucial role. But what has always most impressed me about Brent is his deep passion for the Library’s public mission. His enthusiasm and commitment are exactly what the Library needs right now."  
“The Research Library is one of the most storied institutions in the world, with an unparalleled public mission that makes it unique among its peers,” said Reidy. “I am deeply honored to be able to work alongside the talented individuals that bring this mission to life everyday. The Library’s goal of providing free access to and advancing knowledge is imperative as we navigate the  challenges of the 21st century. I look forward to working with my colleagues to build upon the Library’s extraordinary record of accomplishments, and to meet those challenges head on." 
Prior to his appointment, Reidy served as the Senior Director for Digital Research where he led the team responsible for digitization, digital preservation, and access for the library’s research collections. Under his stewardship, the Library doubled its digital storage, launched a digitization strategy focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and increased access to the Library's extensive collection of digitized books. 
Reidy began his tenure at NYPL in May 2017 as Deputy Director, and later Interim Executive Director, for the Library for the Performing Arts. He was previously a Senior Consultant at AEA Consulting, a global management consulting firm serving the cultural sector, where he worked on projects for organizations including the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, the New York Philharmonic, and the Frick Collection. 
Reidy holds a BA from Dartmouth College in Music and a PhD from Indiana University in Musicology. His areas of research include the development of a national cultural policy under the Kennedy Administration.
About The New York Public Library 
For over 125 years, The New York Public Library has been a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With over 90 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York Public Library receives approximately 16 million visits through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at <a href="http://www.nypl.org">www.nypl.org</a>. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support the Library at nypl.org/support.

Feb 3, 2022  - The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has received a $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation — the nation’s largest funder of the arts, culture, and humanities — which will be used to further the research of global Black Studies. Since 1996, the Mellon Foundation has awarded more than $9 million to the Center for projects that provide open access to scholarly materials, make accessible research on African Diasporic History, and support technological advancements. 
The latest grant will fund “The Next Century Of Black Studies”, which aims to build the institution’s capacity to meet the needs of the next generation of scholars, students, and patrons. 
The project will increase the Center’s capacity, support the creation of an advisory panel of scholars to reimagine opportunities from collecting, and engage the public in programming about the future of global Black studies. 
“Support from the Mellon Foundation will bear fruit for decades to come as we endeavor to envision the next 100 years of this institution,” said Joy Bivins, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. “The Next Century of Black Studies is a key building block of critical resources needed for the Schomburg Center’s future, ensuring that we remain at the vanguard of the discipline.”
As the Schomburg Center prepares to commemorate its 100th anniversary, the Mellon Foundation’s support of “The Next Century of Black Studies” will also inform advancements to usher in another 100 years of the institution’s work in collecting, preserving, and sharing the culture and history of the African diaspora.
 
About The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding. The Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. Learn more at mellon.org.

 
About the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Founded in 1925 and named a National Historic Landmark in 2017, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the world’s leading cultural institutions devoted to the preservation, research, interpretation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diasporan, and African experiences. As a research division of The New York Public Library, the Schomburg Center features diverse programming and collections totaling over 11 million items that illuminate the richness of global black history, arts, and culture. Learn more at schomburgcenter.org.
 
About The New York Public Library
For over 125 years, The New York Public Library has been a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With over 90 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York Public Library receives approximately 16 million visits through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at nypl.org. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support the Library at nypl.org/support.

“I am deeply honored to serve in a leadership role of an institution whose impact across New York City and its neighborhoods has been and will increasingly be profound and critically necessary,” said McGuire. “I am excited about my partnership with our Chair, Abby Milstein who has the breadth and depth of experience and judgment to lead the Library forward.”
McGuire has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to cultural and education institutions, presently serving on a number of boards including the American Museum of Natural History, the Hotchkiss School, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. In addition, McGuire currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Hess Corporation, Vornado Realty Trust and KKR &amp; Co., Inc. He is a graduate of Harvard, where he also received his A.B., M.B.A. and J.D. Mr. McGuire was recently presented with the W.E.B Du Bois Medal by the Hutchins Center for African &amp; African American Research, the highest honor given by Harvard in the field of African and African American studies. 
At the meeting, the Board also voted to create a prestigious new category of Trustees, the Board of Advisors, who provide essential counsel, advocacy, and support for the Library. The inaugural class will be chaired by Trustee Stephen A. Schwarzman. 
Milstein succeeds Chesler, who will now serve as Chair Emeritus and has been a member of the Library’s Board of Trustees since 2009, becoming Chair in 2014. Under Chesler’s leadership the Library navigated a period of profound change, including a worldwide pandemic and the ongoing recovery. Chesler also steered the Library through the creation of its Midtown Campus, a nexus of learning anchored by the reimagined Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) and the transformation of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. During his tenure, the Library vastly increased the breadth and reach of the physical and digital materials available through the Research Libraries, including doubling the number of research volumes available to patrons through the ReCAP partnership with Columbia, Princeton, and Harvard; expanding access to digital collections and launching a scan-and-deliver service during the pandemic; acquiring archives belonging to luminaries such as Tom Wolfe, Martha Graham, James Baldwin, and many others; as well as opening the Library’s first-ever permanent exhibition, the Polonsky Exhibition of the New York Public Library’s Treasures. 
Also over this time, the Library’s branches underwent a remarkable transformation: strengthening and growing educational offerings for all ages, most recently, expanding spaces and services to teens with the City’s support; eliminating late fines in 2021; building the Library’s own e-reading app, SimplyE; and, over the past 8 years investing more than $1 billion in capital improvements system wide, including the construction of new branches as well as extensive renovations of several historic locations. Furthering his commitment to children and teens, Chesler, with his wife Barbara, have made an investment to support the development and success of young patrons at Allerton Library, his childhood branch. 
“It has been a singular honor to have chaired the board of the New York Public Library for the past eight years, the Library is one of the brightest stars in the constellation of extraordinary cultural institutions that we are so fortunate to have in New York,” said Chesler. “I am confident that Abby Milstein will be a wonderful board chair and that Ray McGuire will be an invaluable partner as they, along with Tony Marx and his leadership team, take this great institution to yet greater heights in service to the people of New York.” 
“The Library has experienced a remarkable period of transition—offering  enhanced access and support for New Yorkers—and Abby, Evan, and Ray have provided extraordinary guidance and leadership throughout this time of change,” said Anthony W. Marx, President of The New York Public Library. “I am deeply grateful to Evan for his incredible service to the Library and our City. For the past eight years, he has been an insightful and collaborative partner and it has been an honor to work with him. I look forward to continuing that legacy and spirit of partnership with Abby and Ray, and I am excited by the wonderful work we have and will accomplish together.” 
 
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A longtime supporter and advocate of the Library, Milstein has held key positions on numerous Board committees, setting the direction of the system,  and has provided leadership of benefit events, such as NYPL’s annual Library Lions Gala and the Library’s Literary Luncheon, which she chaired or co-chaired for 15 years. With her husband Howard, her generous and longtime philanthropic support led to the creation of the <a href="https://www.nypl.org/press/new-york-public-library-break-ground-expansion-underground-storage-research-materials-iconic" rel="nofollow">Milstein Research Stacks</a>, providing optimal storage, security, and access for the Library’s extraordinary research collections. She continues to steward the Milstein legacy at the Library through the Irma and Paul Milstein Division and the children's room at 96th Street Library, which were named by Howard's parents.
“The New York Public Library has a magnificent mission: inspiring lifelong learning, advancing knowledge, and strengthening our communities,” said Milstein. “We freely share our treasures and we proactively encourage engagement.  I am greatly honored to have this opportunity to work with dedicated fellow trustees and staff to fulfill this mission for the benefit of all.”
Milstein sits on the Board of the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation and for 13 years was a Commissioner on the New York City Public Design Commission. She was Co-Chair of the New York State Regents Commission on Library Services and has served as a member of the Cornell University Library Council. She is also an inaugural member of the Cambridge University Library Advisory Committee. Formerly, she was an Assistant Commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs and Director of Legal Writing and Moot Court at Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School, where she was an adjunct professor. She was Chair of the Board of the New York Legal Assistance Group for 18 years, served as a Trustee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund, Inc, and has been Secretary and Chair of the Bar Association’s Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar. She also chaired the Governor’s Judicial Selection Committee for the 1st Judicial Department of New York. Milstein was an inaugural member of the Poverty Justice Advisory Board, as well as a trustee at the National Humanities Center and a member of the Cornell University Arts and Sciences Advisory Council.
A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University (Radcliffe), where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School—Milstein has served for many years on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Harvard Law School and was a member of the Law School Visiting Committee and the Visiting Committee for the University Libraries. 
The Board of Trustees also named trustee Raymond J. McGuire as Vice Chair and Chair of the Board’s Executive Committee. A member of the Library’s Board of Trustees since 2006, Mr. McGuire left his role as Vice Chairman of Citigroup and Chairman of Citi’s Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory business to pursue public service in 2020 as a candidate for the mayoralty of New York City. During his tenure at the Library he has provided key board leadership and core support through its Annual Fund and yearly benefit events and has served on many Board committees, including his most recent role as Co-Chair of the Nominating Committee from 2014 - 2021.

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