Posted in Press Release | October 13, 2022
QPL President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott at the Queens Name Explorer Launch Event at McGoldrick Library
QPL’s “Queens Name Explorer” Project Seeks to Assemble Archive of the Borough's Streets, Buildings, Parks, and Monuments Named After Individuals
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Posted in Press Release | October 12, 2022
At the Newly Opened Teen Tech Center at Crown Heights Library (Left to Right): Ellen West, VP of investor relations and Google NY site lead, Maria Torres-Springer, New York City's Deputy Mayor for Economic and Workforce Development, BPL President and CEO Linda Johnson, a teen…
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Posted in General | October 3, 2022
Queens Public Library joins our City in celebrating Italian Heritage Day & Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which honors the past, present, and future contributions of Indigenous communities and Italian Americans.
In 2021, President Biden issued a proclamation recognizing…
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Posted in Books | September 18, 2022
We're proud to continue the fight against censorship and spotlight banned books.
We're inspired by this list of the 100 most popular banned and challenged books in circulation at Queens Public Library during the past decade.
These stories will open your mind to new…
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Posted in Education | September 9, 2022
How to Recognize What's Called 'School Refusal'—and Get Kids Back in Class
The term “school refusal” used to be more or less synonymous with truancy, invoking a picture of kids hanging out on the street corner, or holed up in their bedrooms playing video games.
While it is…
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