Quantcast
Channel: NYPL Blogs: Blog Posts by Subject: Consumers
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 48 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Start Traveling with the Help From NYPL’s Periodical Collections!

Sick of NYC’s cold weather?  Got the traveling bug in you?  Why not stop by the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building to check out our latest travel magazines for the newest tips, trips, and activities...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Precarity: A Reader's Guide

It is striking the United States has not developed a discourse of precarity. Today,the gap between rich and poor stands at its widest in history, and the unemployment rate hangs around at 8.9%; this...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Earth Day Booklist

The first Earth Day was proclaimed on April 22, 1970 by one of its principal founders, Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. Already frustrated by the attitudes of big business, Senator Nelson, as the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Adventures in Marketing Research: SimplyMap

It's already been a couple of months since I and a colleague attended a morning of presentations by budding entrepreneurs finishing up their session of FastTrac® NewVenture™. Two weeks before that...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Beyond Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Be an Educated Consumer All Year Long

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have entered our lexicon as the first days of the traditional holiday shopping season, marked by door-busters and free shipping for online purchases. The deals come fast...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Education and Employment: Online Diploma Mills

In an environment of globalization, economic volatility and rapid advancement of technologies, the American world of work is evolving with an upward spiral of academic requirements and qualifications....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Conquer Clutter in 2013

New Year's greetings.,[Newsboy throwing confetti], Digital ID 1587814, New York Public LibraryHappy New Year's Eve! This year remember that the New York Public Library can help you in achieving any of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Bookstore Mystique: Martin Boyd, Joyce Cary, and Elizabeth Bowen

There was a time — in what has come to seem more and more a mythical past — when books were everywhere. Along the relatively short stretch of Fifth Avenue between the New York Public Library and...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Environmental Special Libraries and Museums

Ever since I was young, spurred on by my Recycling Queen aunt, my brother and I become very conscious of recycling and our global footprints. I started recycling papers, cans, bottles and reusing...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Booktalking "Human Footprint" by Ellen Kirk

People may not be aware of how much they eat, wear, buy and throw out in their lifetimes. This book brings in the numbers.In your lifetime, you will drive 627,000 miles in a car, eat enough bread to...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Make Your Move

There is a good chance that you are starting your summer off in a new home. May, which has been referred to as National Moving Month, kicked off the relocation season. Anyone who has ever moved knows...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Palaces of Consumption: The History of Department Stores

A.T. Stewart opened New York City’s first department store in 1846. New Yorkers flocked to the palazzo style “Marble Palace," on Broadway between Chambers and Reade Street to browse through a wide...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

How to Clean Things

How to Clean... in NYPL Digital CollectionsHow did you learn how to clean? I guess my parents taught me, and after a few years of chores it just became second nature. Don't mix ammonia and bleach. Sort...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Booktalking "Get Real" by Mara Rockliff

Cheap stuff wreaks havoc on the environment. Organic, fair trade, and recycled goods are better for the environment and for the people, plants and animals who inhabit it. The United States and Canada...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Preservation Week 2015: Taking Care of Your Collections at Home

The New York Public Library has an enormous amount and variety of collection materials, and those collections require care to help them last. But the Library also has a Preservation Division to care...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

130 Years of Good Housekeeping Tips

On May 2, 1885, the first issue of Good Housekeeping was published, and today it is one of the  five surviving "Seven Sisters" of women's magazines. In some ways, the word "housekeeping" alone seems...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Back in the U.S.S.R.: The Color Red in Early Advertising

Art in Advertising, 1895Green, as you know, is the color of money. Red is for everything else, or at least it may seem so from the way it was used in early advertisements. Red, indeed, has been...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Spring Cleaning in 5 Steps

The sunlight is streaming through the curtains and illuminating all of the dust which means that it's time for SPRING CLEANING!  Never fear, because the experts have graciously put all their knowledge...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Getting Free E-Audiobooks On Your Phone

When I tell people that I listen to free e-audiobooks from the library on both my phone and my computer, I often get a puzzled look and the question, "We can do that?"Yes, we can!You don’t even need a...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Celebrate Health Literacy Month: Be Your Own Healthcare Advocate

If you are coping with health issues, for yourself or loved ones, there is a lot to keep track of. In addition to office appointments, there is medical information, various advice and opinions from...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 48 View Live




Latest Images