Title: Opening Doors: Providing support services to library users in need

URL: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/opening-doors/

Description: Rakisha Kearns-White, senior Young Adult librarian at Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library (BPL), left, and Brenda Bentt-Peters, BPL's community outreach supervisor, present at "Creating Welcoming and Supportive Libraries for Asylum Seekers and People Experiencing Homelessness and Poverty."

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Subject:   Staff

Title: Brooklyn Public Library celebrates New York City History Day with students

URL: https://brooklyn.news12.com/brooklyn-public-library-celebrates-new-york-city-history-day-with-students

Description: Brooklyn Public Library celebrates New York City History Day with students Mar 03, 2024, 11:33pmUpdated 2d ago By: Natalie Hernandez and Julia Joseph The Brooklyn Public library celebrated New York City History Day on Sunday by showing off middle and high schoolers' history projects.

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Subject:   CBH

Title: New Sheepshead Bay exhibit puts no barriers on those with disabilities

URL: https://brooklyn.news12.com/new-sheepshead-bay-exhibit-puts-no-barriers-on-those-with-disabilities

Description: Organizations that are dedicated to helping those with disabilities are working together to showcase some of their artists' work. News 12's Lindsay Tanney gives an inside look into what the exhibit in Sheepshead Bay has to offer.

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Subject:   Branches,  Exhibitions,  Sheepshead Bay

Title: Year in Review: Our Last Round-up of Last Year

URL: https://brooklyndowntownstar.com/arts-entertainment/2024/01/24/year-in-review-our-last-round-up-of-last-year/

Description: The Brooklyn Public Library happily reported several highlights for 2023 in a phone interview with the Brooklyn Star.

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Subject:   Books Unbanned,  Book of HOV,  PowerUP,  Branches,  Sunset Park

Title: Senator Julia Salazar and Assemblyperson Emily Gallagher Honor Women of Distinction Luncheon at Wythe Hotel

URL: https://brooklyndowntownstar.com/news_ql/2024/03/06/senator-julia-salazar-and-assemblyperson-emily-gallagher-honor-women-of-distinction-luncheon-at-wythe-hotel/

Description: [Honoree] Lauren Comito is currently the branch manager at the Leonard Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) in Williamsburg and is the executive director of Urban Librarians Unite (ULU), a library workers’ advocacy organization.

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Subject:   Staff

Title: 'Anthem to US' calls on the public to add a piece to the nation's songbook

URL: https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/01/29/anthem-to-us-calls-on-the-public-to-add-to-the-nations-songbook/

Description: Brooklyn Public Library and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts have announced Anthem to US, a new project presented in collaboration with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Queens Public Library.

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Title: Photographs by Sylvia Plachy in BPL Exhibit 'It Happened in New York'

URL: https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/01/29/photographs-by-sylvia-plachy-in-bpl-exhibit/

Description: Brooklyn Public Library currently presents "It Happened in New York," an exhibition of photographs by Sylvia Plachy.

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Subject:   Exhibitions

Title: Newly renovated Center for Brooklyn History reopens with interactive crowd-sourced exhibition: "Brooklyn Is..."

URL: https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/02/01/center-for-brooklyn-history-reopens-with-brooklyn-is/

Description: Led by longtime history programmer, "Brooklyn Is..." gives visitors a new introduction to the landmark building.

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Subject:   CBH,  Exhibitions

Title: Kings Bay Library takes top honors in Brooklyn Robotics League championship

URL: https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/02/07/kings-bay-library-wins-brooklyn-robotics-league-championship/

Description: Kings Bay Library took top honors in Brooklyn Public Library's robotics championship over the weekend, beating 15 teams from libraries around the borough for first place. Cortelyou Library and New Lots Library took second and third place respectively.

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Subject:   Branches,  Events,  Kings Bay,  Cortelyou,  New Lots

Title: Pro-Palestinian Protestors disrupt Sen. Gillibrand at Brooklyn Heights Association's 2024 Annual Meeting

URL: https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/03/05/pro-palestinian-protesters-disrupt-sen-gillibrand-at-brooklyn-heights-associations-2024-annual-meeting/

Description: BHS presented its Community Service Awards to groups and individuals who have made a significant contribution to the neighborhood's quality of life. [One of] this year's winners [was] Brooklyn Public Library, with its award accepted by Rachel Tiemann, librarian and branch manager at the Brooklyn Heights Library.

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Subject:   Branches,  Brooklyn Heights

Title: 10 Secrets of the Center for Brooklyn History

URL: https://untappedcities.com/2024/02/13/secrets-center-for-brooklyn-history/

Description: Dedicated to preserving and encouraging the study of Brooklyn’s extraordinary 400-year history, the Center for Brooklyn History not only preserves the borough’s past but also connects to present-day communities. Here, we take a look at 10 secrets from the building’s history and explore modern-day community initiatives!

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Subject:   CBH

Title: Macon Library Podcast Celebrates Bed-Stuy's Creative Pulse

URL: https://www.bkreader.com/non-profit-community/macon-library-podcast-celebrates-bed-stuys-creative-pulse-8208223

Description: Three librarians turned podcasters are spilling the tea on all things art, books and locals in their podcast.

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Subject:   Branches,  Macon

Title: Book Sanctuary Movement Grows

URL: https://www.pw.org/content/book_sanctuary_movement_grows

Description: The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) in New York, for one, launched Books Unbanned, enabling teens and others around the country to sign up for a free digital library card that grants online access to BPL’s collection of books that have been frequently challenged or banned. Libraries in Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Seattle have since followed suit with their own digital library card programs.

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Subject:   Books Unbanned

Title: Open Newsroom: A Talk on NYC’s Toxic Sites in the Age of Climate Change

URL: https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/03/05/open-newsroom-toxic-superfund-sites-climate-change/

Description: THE CITY met with New Yorkers at the Brooklyn Public Library for a conversation about what a changing environment means for NYC’s four federal Superfund sites as part of the Hazard NYC project.

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Subject:   Events

Title: This late-night party at the Brooklyn Public Library is a bookworm’s dream

URL: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/this-late-night-party-at-the-brooklyn-public-library-is-a-bookworms-dream-022124

Description: The eighth annual Night in the Library will return to Brooklyn’s Central Library at Grand Army Plaza on Saturday, March 16. The free event will kick off at 7pm and run until 2am with programming including live music, guided conversations, workshops and more.

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Subject:   Events