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September 6, 2019

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September 4, 2019

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Peg + Cat & Their Creators Visit…

August 28, 2019

The creators of Peg + Cat, the popular PBS television show and book…

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August 14, 2019

The Queens Public Library team at the 2017 Run the River 5K.…

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Hot New Book Releases in July and August

August 14, 2019

Here are some of the new books coming to the Library for adults,…

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In Historic Expansion of Census 2020…

August 1, 2019

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Stories of Dreams Realized and Journeys…

July 24, 2019

This spring, more than 170 adult students celebrated their…

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July 17, 2019

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July 17, 2019

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July 15, 2019

This June, we celebrated Immigrant Heritage Month with our Bring…

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Queens Public Library Marks the 70th…

July 10, 2019

QPL’S Tech Lab, a Hub for Innovation and Education, Offers Hands-On…

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Empowering Young Robot Builders

July 9, 2019

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Workers Compensation Administrator

August 23, 2019

The Workers’ Compensation Administrator is responsible for managing and investigating all matters involving…

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Queens Memory Community Coordinator

August 23, 2019

The Queens Memory Community Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the Queens Memory Ambassadors Program.…

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General Counsel, Senior Vice President

August 23, 2019

The General Counsel, Senior Vice President is an Executive level position reporting directly to the President and…

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Teen Librarian – Multiple Locations…

August 15, 2019

Provides library service to the community with an emphasis on teens and preteens.  Provides reference and readers…

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Children’s Librarian – Multiple…

August 14, 2019

Performs excellent internal and external customer service and library service in response to the information needs…

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Library Custodian

August 8, 2019

With considerable latitude for independent action, the Library Custodian position represents an exciting and…

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Interactive and Visual Designer

July 24, 2019

The Interactive and Visual Designer position is primarily responsible for developing and designing print and…

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Assistant Library Custodian

July 11, 2019

The Assistant Library Custodian (ALC) will work in partnership with the community library staff to create a clean…

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Director of Adult Learning

June 27, 2019

Within the larger scope of formal and informal learning of the Programs & Services Department (PSD) and…

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Uniformed Security Guard

June 3, 2019

Makes scheduled routine patrols of Central (internally and external grounds) and other library facilities when…

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Entrepreneurship Counselor

April 30, 2019

Within the larger scope of formal and informal learning of the Programs & Services Department’s (PSD) Adult…

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Senior Manager of Special Events

March 25, 2019

Reporting to the Executive Director of the Queens Library Foundation, the Senior Manager of Special Events is…

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