Chinatown Storefront Library Blog Archive
Locating Libraries in Metro Stations, Stockholm.
Inauguration day of "T-Sture", the new Metro Library at Stureplan, Stockholm from Ã…ke Nygren. Here's a glimpse of what appears to be the opening of a new library in a Metro Station in Stockholm. (Note the fresh flowers, cafe area, and acrobats.) We've been exploring...
Open-air Reading Room at Bryant Park, NYC
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Storefront Library at Chinatown Coalition Meeting
Boston Street Lab announced the Storefront Library at the most recent meeting of The Chinatown Coalition (TCC).  TCC brings together neighborhood residents, community members, businesses, and institutions committed to serving Boston's Chinatown. The TCC meets...
Historic photos of original Boston Public Library Branch in Chinatown
Storefront Library internships
Boston Street Lab has reached out to Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Service for interns to participate in development the Storefront Library program this summer and interns to help operate the library next fall. Interns must be graduate students...
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...
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...
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,...
Ideas from "Abroad"
Last week, we took a trip to the Bay Area and met staff at two remarkable libraries: the San Francisco Public Library Chinatown Branch and the Oakland Public Library Asian Branch. San Francisco and Oakland have large Asian American communities, each with a thriving,...