Press Releases

Here is the Library's holiday schedule for the end of December 2020. All Queens Public Library locations providing to-go service will be open from 10AM to 1PM on Thursday, December 24. All QPL locations providing to-go service will be closed on Christmas Day, Friday, December…
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Statement by Queens Public Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott on the Passing of Mayor David N. Dinkins “Mayor Dinkins gave New Yorkers the gifts of learning, literacy, and opportunity by increasing the City’s investment in public libraries, even in the face of…
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Queens Public Library And Queens Defenders Form Partnership To Equip Parolees Released From Prison During The Covid-19 Pandemic With Smartphones, Data Plans And Other Tech Resources Funded Through a $330,000 Federal CARES Act Grant for Museums and Libraries, the “Immediate…
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All Queens Public Library locations providing to-go service will be closed on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020. QPL's telephone reference and Chat with a Librarian services will also be unavailable. Although the Library will be closed, several of our branches will still…
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Queens Memory Marks Its 10th Anniversary With Special Programming Celebrating Its Achievements Queens Memory Has Also Unveiled Its New Logo and Website Queens, NY (September 21, 2020)—Queens Memory, an ongoing community archiving program supported by Queens Public Library and…
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