Opinion What Could Kill My New York Bookstores? It won’t be Amazon or the coronavirus. It will be artificially high rents. By Sarah McNally Ms. McNally is the owner of McNally Jackson Books and Goods for the Study. Sarah McNally outside one of her stores in Manhattan.Credit…Calla Kessler/The New York Times […]
New Yorkers know what it means to be a good neighbor. Whether you live in Sugar Hill, Tottenville, Morris Park, Bensonhurst, or Breezy Point, we find community and support in one another—in good times and in tough ones. Right now, our neighborhoods may feel different than they did a few […]
This Vast Photo Archive Is Hidden Inside a Cold, Heavily Guarded Limestone Mine Over 11 million Getty images are on ice near Pittsburgh. BY ISAAC SCHULTZ MAY 11, 2020 This Vast Photo Archive Is Hidden Inside a Cold, Heavily Guarded Limestone Mine The mine slows the degradation of the photos. The […]
Print Subscribe Share/Save Mapping Pandemics at the Library April 23, 2020 by Neely Tucker Sewer engineer’s map of Washington, D.C., 1894. Highlights show fatal cases of zymotic (infectious) diseases. Geography and Maps Division. John Hessler is a specialist in the Library’s Geography and Map Division, focusing on computational geography and geographic information science. He’s also […]
Aqui Book Riot LIBRARIANS UNDER PANDEMIC DURESS: LAYOFFS, NAPKIN MASKS, AND FEAR OF RETALIATION Kelly Jensen Apr 24, 2020 For institutions ranked among the most trustworthy and beloved, it’s shameful how the individuals who comprise libraries are treated as disposable. As the pandemic lurches forward, more and more libraries are doing […]
Untold lives blog| 21 April 2020 From our homes to yours – the work of the Modern Archives and Manuscripts team Like many people, British Library staff have been working from home over the past few weeks and will be doing so for the foreseeable future. Whilst there are […]
Collecting #CovidStoriesNYC Open Call via Social Media for Images Documenting a Socially-Distanced NYC For nearly a century, the Museum of the City of New York has been documenting New York City’s stories regardless of their nature.At any given moment, there are a myriad of stories playing out on our streets, in public […]
Luxembourg Photothèque seeking images of daily life during Covid-19 RTL|Update: 02.04.2020 15:30| © Pixabay The Photothèque in Luxembourg City is seeking to expand their coronavirus photo collection. The ongoing pandemic is an important historical event, both in Luxembourg and abroad. The Photothèque is therefore inviting people to share their photos from recent […]
Senhor Presidente da República, Senhor Presidente da Assembleia da República, Senhor Primeiro Ministro, Senhora Ministra da Cultura, Senhores Presidentes dos Grupos Parlamentares da Assembleia da República, CC: Senhor Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa; Senhor Presidente da Câmara Municipal do Porto; Senhor Secretário-Geral da Associação Nacional dos Municípios Portugueses (ANMP); Associação Portuguesa […]
Andreas Brown, Longtime Owner of Gotham Book Mart, Dies at 86 An appraiser and archivist, he bought the celebrated mid-Manhattan shop in 1967 from its founder, Frances Steloff and ran it for 40 years. Andreas Brown bought the celebrated Gotham Book Mart from its founder, Frances Steloff, and ran it […]
Asociación de Archiveros de Castilla y León Manifiesto por el valor social de los archivos Las personas y organizaciones firmantes se comprometen a impulsar, en cuanto les sea posible desde su respectivo ámbito de actividad y responsabilidad, el papel fundamental que desempeñan los archivos para la sociedad a través de […]
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN RADICAL BOOKSHOPS DIE BOB BATSON 04-13-18 Every month or so I check the Wikipedia page for LGBT bookstores to update the “closed” section, a list that has started to reach an upsetting length. Occasionally certain entries have been deleted from the page entirely, likely the result of a far-right edit-a-thons or […]
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