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Visit to Chatham Square Library, NYC

The Chatham Square Branch of the New York Public Library is located in the heart of New York City’s Chinatown. It houses a Chinese Heritage collection with special resources about the Chinese experience in the United States. It’s also got experienced librarians who gave Boston Street Lab guidance about bilingual signage. More photographs available in the [...]

Nate Hill—library outposts

The concept of a storefront library is not unique to this moment in Boston. There is a gentleman who has been thinking about library outposts for some time. Boston Street Lab is thrilled that Nate Hill, currently heading up the Greenpoint branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, has agreed to sign on as a Project Advisor to the [...]

Meeting with Boston Public Library

Development of the library program for the Storefront Library is underway. Today, Boston Street Lab met with librarian Rebecca Campbell of the Boston Public Library (BPL), who will be helping to coordinate the advisory role of the BPL as we develop the services, activities, and events of the temporary library program. Our challenge is to [...]