Posted in General | November 2, 2016
November is Native American Heritage Month! We’re excited to honor a selection of notable First Nation figures who have made significant cultural contributions in a variety of fields. We’ll be showcasing two per week—if only we had time for more!
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Posted in General | November 1, 2016
Thank you to everyone who submitted a poem to Queens Library’s Summer Poetry Contest!
We welcomed hundreds of poets from all over New York State to submit an original poem reflecting the 2016 Summer Reading theme of “Get in the Game.”
Thanks as well to our panel of judges—…
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Posted in General | August 17, 2016
“I have always associated Fridays with libraries,” says Florence Odigie from Arverne. “When I was younger, my mother would take me and my siblings to the Arverne Community Library to check out books for the week. Once I was older, I still continued this tradition and would often…
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Posted in General | July 18, 2016
Since July celebrates the birth of our nation, we decided that it’s the best time to showcase our New Americans Program!
NAP offers help with immigration issues and provides financial and legal advice, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes, and cultural events…
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Posted in General | June 28, 2016
It seems like the news is filled with more and more stories about automated customer service. Virtual assistants, apps that answer your questions, chatbots that designers swear act and sound like humans—there’s a large premium being put on building artificial intelligence that…
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