NY Public Library

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• 2-21-16
  

  5 Amazing Digital Collections for Cultural Historians from the NY Public Library

  by Mary Rizzo

  And they’re free. And free is always good.

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Ed
  6-24-15
  

  Historians and archivists say the NY Public Library no longer functions as a world-class research library

  by Scott Sherman

  What went wrong at one of the world’s eminent research institutions?

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• SOURCE: Open Culture website
  3-31-14
  

  New York Public Library Puts 20,000 Hi-Res Maps Online & Makes Them Free to Download and Use

  The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division is very proud to announce the release of more than 20,000 cartographic works as high resolution downloads.

• SOURCE: WSJ
  3-5-13
  

  NYC exhibit showcases Mary Cassatt as printmaker

  NEW YORK — The New York Public Library's archive is so massive that some of the material has never been seen except on request.Beginning Friday, the library presents a selection of those hidden gems, a group of works showcasing the extraordinary printmaking skills of American impressionist artist Mary Cassatt."Daring Methods: The Prints of Mary Cassatt" includes 88 prints donated to the library in 1900 by Samuel Putnam Avery, a Manhattan art dealer who developed a close working relationship with the artist....