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Introducing the NYPL Grow Up Work Fashion Library
- gringoDan 8y agoThis is great. I think that often libraries are overlooked in the age of Amazon Prime, but they provide invaluable services for people who aren't in the top 10% of income / whoever is the opposite of someone frequenting HN. Quick anecdote - when I moved to NYC last year, I wasn't very happy about the tax rate, but city taxes become a lot more palatable simply by getting a library card. I constantly download books to my phone and place items on reserve that are delivered to a library one block away from where I work. Couldn't be more convenient. Given the size of the NYPL system, I have yet to find something that I want that isn't in the catalog.
- adw 8y agoPeople think libraries are about books, but libraries are about librarians, and many librarians are heroes.
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoCombined with using NYPL to book free museum tickets through Culture Pass, the library card really is a fantastic thing.
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- nashashmi 8y agoPerfect opportunity to create the next Frank Abagnale of our Time to dazzle our minds and fool us into thinking he is fit for a burgeoning career. Because after all, nobody looks past a necktie. Well done NYPL!
- Animats 8y agoBow ties? Are they back?
- nashashmi 8y agoOh yeah!
- natch 8y agoI love and support libraries, but what people really need are skills of the type where interviewers are not concerned about whether or not the applicant is wearing a necktie. Or maybe I’m just out of touch with East Coast culture but a necktie requirement seems unfortunate.