My Library: Sam
What’s your name and how old are you? Sam. I’m 26. So when did you get your New York Public Library card? I got my library card about seven years ago when I came to New York from the Chicago area to...
View Article2011: The Year of the Rabbit
According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar, 2011 is the year of the rabbit, a zodiac symbol that is equivalent to Pisces in the Western tradition. This year the festival begins on February 3rd and ends...
View ArticleApril in the Reader's Den: The Haiku of Matsuo Bashō
The Edo period of Japan (1603 - 1868) was considered one of the most stable and peaceful eras in Japanese history. At this time Japan was a fuedalist state ruled by shoguns of the Tokugawa family, but...
View ArticleYoga: History and Resources at NYPL
As the holidays are slowly creeping in the corner, starting this week, we are often reminded of this unwelcoming annual maelstrom of booking trips, planning family gatherings and get-togethers with...
View Article2012: The Year of the Dragon
According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. In the Chinese zodiac, the dragon is equivalent to the Aries in Western tradition.January 23, 2012 to February 9, 2013 will mark...
View ArticleThe Jews of Shanghai: Uncovering the Archives and Stories
"Life was difficult in Shanghai, but infinitely better than anything they had left behind. From lower-middle-class comfort, the Tobias family was reduced to poverty but not to starvation. There was...
View ArticleAsia's Africans
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. What better time to discover or learn more about Afro-Asians? As our groundbreaking exhibition Africans in India shows, some became navy commanders, army...
View ArticleResearching Sex, Sexuality and Sexology
Sexology, the interdisciplinary scientific study of sex has been an integral component to the study of humanity. If you are currently researching any topics relating to the areas of sexology, sexuality...
View ArticleResearching Japanese Culture and History
Last week I had the opportunity to participate in a series of research workshops organized by the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) held at Harvard. It was a great...
View ArticleKhmer Dance Project Videos Available Online
One of the stunning new collections from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division now available in the Library’s Digital Collections is the Khmer Dance Project (KDP). Funded by a grant from the Anne Hendricks...
View ArticleDocumenting Tiananmen Square
Twenty-five years ago, the world watched Beijing's Tiananmen Square, as demonstrations by Chinese citizens rallying for democracy drew the attention of Chinese military, with deadly results. Long after...
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