Tag: libraries

Brooklyn Public Library to spark minds with STEM book giveaway powered by energy project

Readers can swing by the library to pick up their latest read.

May. 3, 2024 By Jada Camille

Brooklyn Public Library is bringing the energy — clean energy, that is — during a STEM-themed book giveaway on May 4. The borough’s biggest book-lender is partnering with energy advocates from Community Offshore Wind to donate 3,200 thousand STEM-related titles to young readers.

Brooklyn Public Library expands ‘Books Unbanned’ program as city proclaims ‘Freedom to Read Day’

adams and president of brooklyn public library

Oct. 5, 2023 By Augostina Mallous Mayor Eric Adams, alongside the presidents of New York City’s three public library systems — Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library — joined forces with local librarians and teens at Brooklyn’s Central Library at Grand Army Plaza on Wednesday to mark an influential week…
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‘Our most precious resource’: Pols say restored funding saved Brooklyn Public Library programs the from chopping block

brannan at Brooklyn Public Library press conference

Sep. 20, 2023 By Jada Camille Nearly three months after the City Council struck a deal to restore millions of dollars in funding for the city’s public libraries as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget, Council Member Justin Brannan and New York City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams stopped by the Bay Ridge library…
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