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A Short-Term Exhibition The New Members Party New Book Funds

YOUR FAVORITE
NEW YORK CITY READS
Members who joined the Library within the last year enjoyed a special reception We are extremely grateful to those Library members and friends who have
and building tours on June 4. Welcoming remarks were given by Head Librarian created book funds in recent years. In doing so, they have greatly enhanced our
Carolyn Waters and novelist Caitlin Macy, author of Spoiled and Mrs. Long-term collection while providing important budget relief. You may have seen these
members welcomed their new counterparts. Photos by Paula Berg special bookplates in some of the books you’ve borrowed.

Since we began creating book funds, fifteen have been established in a variety
of genres including performing arts and contemporary fiction; ancient cultures
and civilizations; poetry; biography; British literature, arts and history; world
literature in translation, and more.
THE LIBRARY provides members with
Recently, two Library members created new book funds. One did so to honor access to digital audiobooks, reference
his wife’s birthday and together they decided the focus would be on literary works, magazines, newspaper articles,
fiction and essays. The other member, a Charles Dickens fan, established The scholarly journals, and e-books. To get
Lavinia Wilfer Fund for Literary Fiction. started, click the Electronic Resources
tab on our home page. For assistance,
If you would like ask at the reference desk or email
We’re collecting members’ favorite information about creating reference@nysoclib.org.
books about or set in New York City a book fund, please contact
for a Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery Director of Development
display later this year. Joan Zimmett at
jzimmett@nysoclib.org
Send your suggestion to SmallExhibit@ or 212.288.6900 x207.
nysoclib.org by Monday, August 6 with
a sentence or two on why you love it
and why it should be better known.
The book must be in our collections.
Members’ names will appear with
their submissions.

Watch our e-news and website for
more on upcoming exhibitions.

Book Recommendations

Looking for a great summer read? See
bit.ly/NYSLSummer18 for staff
recommendations, including a wide
variety of fiction from classic and fantasy
to historical and young adult, epic history,
memoir, travel essays, true crime,
and more.

Photo by Harriet Shapiro

From top left: Cary Lochtenberg and Terezka Vanzan; Anne McCann, Carol Weston, and Joseph McCann;
Cynthia Hanson, Zareen Sethna, and Raphael Badagliacca; Kathleen Tripp with speaker Caitlin Macy;
Library Conservator Christina Amato discusses her work with Brigid and Kevin O’Rourke and Carly
Huth; Colleen and James Rybakoff Some books recently purchased with our new book funds.

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