New York Public Library

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[edit] Overview

The New York Public Library (NYPL) services the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. "The mission of The New York Public Library is to use its available resources in a balanced program of collecting, cataloging, and conserving books and other materials, and providing ready access directly to individual library users and to users elsewhere through cooperating libraries and library networks. The New York Public Library's responsibility is to serve as a great storehouse of knowledge at the heart of one of the world's information centers, and to function as an integral part of a fabric of information and learning that stretches across the nation and the world." ([1])

[edit] Services

Personal Computers

Books by Mail

Personal Reading Machines

Free Classes

Check out all of NYPL's services for older adults by visiting their website: [2].

[edit] Contact Information

Check NYPL's website for hours and locations: [3].

Mailing address:

The New York Public Library

Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street

New York, NY 10018

General Information: 212-930-0800

Hours of Services: 212-661-7220

Exhibitions & Events: 917-ASK-NYPL (917-275-6975)

Telephone Reference: 917-ASK-NYPL (917-275-6975)