Things have been cooking at NYPL ever since Josh Greenberg came to run our digital library. Earlier this year, he announced NYPL Labs, where you can get a peek at the library’s digital works in progress. Today, he and his crew soft launched a redesign of the NYPL Digital Gallery, which now provides access to more than 7,000 items from our collections.
Some Times coverage of our big event yesterday.
Some of our older, more experienced gamers, who are also members of the Library’s teen advisory committees, were a tad disappointed that we only had E and T games. Instead of moping, they jumped in and started teaching the younger kids how to plan.
I couldn’t have been happier with the event. Go, Jack, go.
Getting ready for games at the Library today. See you in Astor Hall.
Big can be good. I didn’t think that SXSWi could be good big. Last year, with more than 6,000 in attendance, the event felt like it was about to spill over the edges, and like all of the creative juice that I normally drink up there would get soaked up by the pavement.
Even though this year’s festival was attended by more than ever, some 7,500+, it felt as cohesive as it did in 2003. It still feels like the place to be if you have any interest in staying in tune with the filed.
And, man, do I love hanging out in Austin, especially with my kid.
Arggg. Edward Rothstein slams one of the best things we are are going to do all year.
The following text is taken from our announcement:
Whaaa!!! Teens @ Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street Friday, March 21 @ 4:30 p.m. Game On @ The Library! You want games? We got games! Check out the very first big-screen Game On @ The Library event in Astor Hall! Challenge your friends to Guitar Hero, Wii Sports and Naruto on Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360! For ages 12 & Up!Astor Hall
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street
New York, New York 10018
For additional information: (212) 930-0605
Admission is FREE
The first Rogue Librarian appeared in this film from 1986.