The New York Public Library Astor Lenox And Tilden Foundations
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Nonprofit Overview
Mission: The mission of the new york public library is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities.
Programs: The branch libraries - the services of the 88 branch libraries extend far beyond the traditional lending role usually associated with neighborhood libraries, to provide vital outreach services and programs to schools, nursing homes, hospitals, shelters and prisons, and to the blind and physically handicapped, including book-by-mail deliveries to the homebound. For more information, see schedule o.
the research libraries - during fiscal 2017, the four research libraries - the stephen a. Schwarzman building; the science, industry and business library; the schomburg center for research in black culture; and the library for the performing arts, dorothy and lewis b. Cullman center - had 3. 6 million on-site users. The research libraries sponsored 2,209 programs, attended by 101,554 patrons. Library staff responded to 517,000 reference inquiries. Of 46. 43 million collection items, approximately 17. 44 million are books and book-like materials, and the remainder consists of items such as audio recordings, films, maps, sheet music, prints, and clippings. For more information, see schedule o.