LibraryLoversLeague

An informal network of library lovers working to save NYC's threatened public libraries. Books not billionaires!

[Urban Librarians Unite @ULUNYC]

If @NYCMayorsOffice wants public libraries open during the COVID-19 crisis, we ***NEVER*** want to hear that we aren't essential services during budget season again. And you can count on us shouting that from the rooftops.

[LibraryLoversLeague @LibraryLoversNY]

A local county commission nitpicking a library’s newspaper subscriptions...

https://t.co/YU9wHR6r3Z

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

Finland’s new national library has a lofty mission, says Helsinki’s @tommilaitio: It’s a kind of monument to the Nordic model of civic engagement. https://t.co/sFqDQasnxw

[LibraryLoversLeague @LibraryLoversNY]

“Writers and academics revolted, arguing that the stacks had to remain or the main branch would no longer be a place for serious scholarship. They won, but then the project just seemed to stall.”
https://t.co/6Xo3lj0zKK

[LibraryLoversLeague @LibraryLoversNY]

This is where we started, with a (successful!) campaign to save our local gem. Opened in 1904, the first Carnegie children’s library in Brooklyn. https://t.co/IeKgZ7k1KS

[Melville House @melvillehouse]

PATIENCE & FORTITUDE, Scott Sherman's tale of the activists who saved @nypl from the billionaires, is now out in PB: https://t.co/XTMIl5EgdI

[saveNYPL @saveNYPL]

Hey @nyclandmarks, Pls landmark *ALL* eligible interiors of the great @nypl when you meet Tues, including Map Room https://t.co/GPMRcXRLQy

[LibraryLoversLeague @LibraryLoversNY]

On real estate wheeling and dealing, NYPL-style https://t.co/6OXhljyhNI

[saveNYPL @saveNYPL]

"There is a column to be written about plutocrats buying investment aeries in the sky while public institutions are relegated to basements…"

[saveNYPL @saveNYPL]

Donnell Library's replacement is B.Y.O.B.
— Bring Your Own Books.

[saveNYPL @saveNYPL]

Incredible shrinking library.
New Donnell opens on 53rd St, with only 20,000 books
—down from 2008 total of 300,000.
https://t.co/YqwhigL4jn

[LibraryLoversLeague @LibraryLoversNY]

Thanks @HDC_NYC for honoring our library-saving work w/ @saveNYPL and @DefendLibraries -- no more shady sell-offs!

[saveNYPL @saveNYPL]

We're honored to receive @HDC_NYC's Grassroots Award w. @DefendLibraries & @LibraryLoversNY!
https://t.co/kscCeJeSyz

[saveNYPL @saveNYPL]

.@dieterknickbock How many books were once in housed the 42nd St. Research Library?
We may never know the answer: https://t.co/edKE2TdSRi

[Theodore Grunewald @TedGrunewald]

Citizens begged "Save Our Library!"
@NYCGreenfield & #BuildDeBlasio's @NYCCouncil sold it.
https://t.co/xGt48RiAw3

[S.J. Pearce @homophonous]

It's a bit rich for NYPL to be retweeting this when they removed much of their research collection to NJ. @saveNYPL https://t.co/Swglg2fP9I

[LibraryLoversLeague @LibraryLoversNY]

Councilmember Levin interview re: deal on #Brooklyn Heights Library | Brooklyn Daily Eagle https://t.co/OYQoEmLX9f

[LibraryLoversLeague @LibraryLoversNY]

RIP E.L. Doctorow, who called @NYPL plan "A death wish for 42nd St Research Library" http://t.co/RT3PGcx5QZ

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: E.L. Doctorow, an author of award-winning novels, has died at 84
http://t.co/MYakr2t5qJ

[Barnard Library and Academic Information Services @barnlib]

#triggerwarning https://t.co/Uo6YdGyGcK