Nominate Your Local Library
The "NYC Neighborhood Library Awards" nomination process gets underway today through December 18th. Â
Julie Sandorf, president of the Charles H. Revson Foundation, and Sarah Needham, program officer at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, talk about the awards and last year's winners Edwin Maxwell, manager of the New Lots branch of Brooklyn Public Library, and Robert Gibbs, manager of the NYPL's Stapleton branch on Staten Island, talk about the impact of the awards, plus the new 6+day schedules.
→Nominate your library: Use this form to nominate your local library - or cast your vote online by visiting any of the three library systems’ homepages or in person at your local branch. (The nomination form is available in six languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Korean, and Haitian Creole.)
→Tweet: Shout out your library on Twitter to @NYCLibAwards with the hashtag #MyNYCLibrary.  And share a work of fiction that opened your mind by tweeting @BrianLehrer using the hashtag #FictionOpensMinds.
Behold, a panoramic view of our studio! Kicking off @NYCLibAwards -- nominate yours here: https://t.co/2cQH0MeRK5 pic.twitter.com/NNhPX8xjjX
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 18, 2015
Have you ever read a piece of fiction that made you less certain about your opinions? Tell us about it using #FictionOpensMinds.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 18, 2015
@BrianLehrer #FictionOpensMinds I nominate James Baldwin's "Another Country" for its deft treatment of racism and sexuality
— Fred Howard (@bushwickbaby) November 18, 2015
@BrianLehrer Native Son by Richard Wright, library book, made me think about systemic racism and our justice system. #fictionopensminds
— Michael Miller (@mlmnyc) November 18, 2015
