Archive for April, 2007
Waiting for The Other Shoe
Community Board #2 is preparing for elections once again and the forces of reform are still completing the mission supported by Borough President Scott Stringer. New members were appointed and those whose agenda did not clearly have the community in intellect were allowed to exit, stage left. Under …
Upcoming Program (Wed. May 2): ScienceDirect
Sheldon Wein and Mary Beth Bobish, librarians in the Public Services Unit of the NYSL, will introduce ScienceDirect, a database for scientific research that contains increasingly than 1,800 Elsevier journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, social sciences and trade areas, offering approxi…
New Finding Aid: Martin Henry Glynn Papers, 1913-1924
A finding aid, or collection guide, is now available online for the papers of Martin Henry Glynn, journalist and politician; Governor of New York State, 1913-1914. These papers contain an assortment of manuscript and printed materials related primarily to his political career as well as his role as…
Crosscurrents
Several issues have been bubbling up to the surface in SoHo, as it has in America. Within the final few weeks Don Imus and his silly “nappy-headed ho’s” comment killed his career on CBS radio - causing Lenny Bruce to roll by in his grave and giving not just a few rappers reason to look by their shou…
Selected New York State Town and County Histories Digitized and Searchable
Selected county and town histories from the State Library’s collection have been digitized. These publications, online in PDF, were recently indexed and are now searchable. Included are Annals of Albany, by Joel Munsell, published within 1850 and 1859, and Troy and Rensselaer County, New York, a His…
Beyond Trump
While the City Council fiddles, Trump is preparing to build on Spring and Varick Street. And, unless Quinn takes a stand against that illegal development - purporting to be condos in the guise of a hotel - we will soon have a 45 story monstrosity sitting right here in Hudson Square.The ramifications…
Upcoming Program (April 12): The Health of the Wild Bird Population Reflects on the Health of the Environment
Ward Stone, Wildlife Pathologist at the New York State office of Environmental Conservation, will discuss factors influencing the health of the bird population, ranging from pesticides and pollutants to mortality factors such as trains, windows, glass buildings and windmills. Additionally, global …
Upcoming Program (April 19): Regulating Drinking Water in New York State
Jack Dunn, Assistant Director of the Bureau of Water Supply Protection within the NYS area of Health, will discuss and reply questions on the regulation of public water supplies across the state. The who, how and when of drinking water monitoring and regulation will be addressed, as well as a histor…
Upcoming Program (April 25): ScienceDirect
Sheldon Wein and Mary Beth Bobish, librarians in the Public Services Unit of the NYSL, will introduce ScienceDirect, a database for scientific research that contains increasingly than 1,800 Elsevier journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, social sciences and trade areas, offering approxi…
