Posted in General | July 18, 2016
Since July celebrates the birth of our nation, we decided that it’s the best time to showcase our New Americans Program! NAP offers help with immigration issues and provides financial and legal advice, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes, and cultural events…
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Posted in General | June 28, 2016
It seems like the news is filled with more and more stories about automated customer service. Virtual assistants, apps that answer your questions, chatbots that designers swear act and sound like humans—there’s a large premium being put on building artificial intelligence that…
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Posted in General | April 28, 2016
We’re very pleased to welcome Dr. Mikisha Morris to Queens Library as the new Executive Director of the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center. She succeeds Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako), who will be retiring in July 2016 after more than 35 years of…
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Posted in General | April 27, 2016
In my first weeks as the newly-appointed President and CEO, I visited every community library to meet the staff and gain an overview of what each library adds to the community. Among the most impactful programs are the Job and Business Academy’s job skills training workshops.…
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Posted in General | April 18, 2016
National Volunteer Week 2016 was technically last week, but you loved our Volunteer Spotlight profiles so much, we wanted to share a bonus one with you! Besides, we love celebrating the important role of volunteers at Queens Library whenever we can!Thank you again to every…
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