New York Library Club, Inc.

Please join the New York Library Club for our Spring Event at Albertine.

WHEN:
Monday April 29, 2019, 5:30 PM-7:00 PM

WHERE:
Albertine,  972 5th Ave, (bet. East 78th and 79th Streets) New York, NY 10075

DETAILS:

A guided tour (free) of the two-floor Albertine with an opportunity to browse the shop. The event will be followed by an informal gathering at a nearby café (at cost).

Albertine is part of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and is located inside the historic landmarked Payne Whitney mansion designed by Stanford White. As indicated on their website, it is “the only bookshop in New York devoted solely to books in French and English with more than 14,000 contemporary and classic titles from 30 French-speaking countries.”  The store regularly hosts authors, debates and discussions open to the public at no charge. Since 2017 the Cultural Services has awarded the Albertine Prize for American readers’ favorite work of contemporary Francophone fiction that has been translated into English.

We will be greeted by the Assistant Director who will explain the history, design and decor of the shop and answer any questions.

Cost/RSVP:
None for the tour. Please RSVP no later than April 26th by replying to this email or at the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nylc-spring-event-tour-of-the-albertine-bookstore-tickets-60368102620

All are welcome. Please distribute this invitation widely.

Please join SLA New York for wine & cheese and listen to Glenn Stein discuss his new exciting book, Discovering The North-West Passage: The Four Year Arctic Odyssey of H. M. S. Investigator and the Mclure Expedition. As well as the book’s fascinating subject matter, Glenn will also talk about the libraries and archives he used to conduct his research.
Date: Thursday April 7th, 2016

Time: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Venue: Troutman Sanders, 875 3rd Avenue at 52nd Street, 17th Floor.

Cost: Tickets are a bargain at just $5 each!

Discovering The North-West Passage has been praised by reviewers as: 

• “a monument to scholarly devotion and documentary research.” (The Arctic Book Review),
• “new insights into how geographical discovery received the recognition of a grateful nation. Recommended.” (Choice)
• “a stirring account of the perilous journey of Robert McClure and his men, the first ever to pass through the Arctic from the Pacific to the Atlantic. In Stein’s words, McClure and his men are fully brought to life in a way no previous account of nineteenth-century exploration has managed.” (Russell Potter, author of Arctic Spectacles: The Frozen North in Visual Culture)

Glenn Stein has researched maritime and polar history since 1975 and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), Life Member of the American Polar Society (APS), member of the Orders and Medals Research Society (OMRS/UK), and of the Life Saving Awards Research Society (LSARS/UK).

Please register by Wednesday April 6th at http://newyork.sla.org/events-2/event-registration/?ee=234

By NYLC member Rebecca Custis:

The library at the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) is truly representative of a on-profit organization devoted to French culture in the New York metropolitan area. The Alliance was formed in 1971 from a combination of the French Institute and the Alliance Française de New York. To put this into perspective, an abundance of films from the French New Wave had scaled down and a new wave period of film and culture was starting to take off throughout the United States. A New Yorker or Frenchman living in New York back then would tell you that this American new wave began in New York City but only the library from The New Yorker could truly confirm that.

People become members of FIAF for many reasons. Americans may join because they want to experience French culture and Frenchmen may join because they want to feel like they are at home in France. Regardless, there is a library that serves these needs and desires at FIAF, the John & Francine Haskell Library. It has historical editions by the likes of Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway that can be viewed on premise. Most of all, it has a well curated collection of books, periodicals and DVDs in which members can digest the French language and its culture.

Is work/life balance simply a myth, or can a busy professional create a healthy balance between home and work? Join us on February 5th to find out.

As well as earning your living, are you a pet owner; raising your family; attending to the care needs of another person; taking a class; committed to a freelance opportunity; trying to fulfill your dreams? Many of us will be attempting to juggle several of these simultaneously, but sometimes even one extra thing can feel like too much.

In this panel, you will hear from professionals who have successfully balanced one or more of these life experiences with their info pro career. They will be sharing stories and tips on what you need to help you on your journey.

Join us at 5:30pm on February 5th at Skadden Arps, 4 Times Square.

Tickets cost just $15 ($20 for non-members) and are available online at http://newyork.sla.org/events-2/event-registration/?ee=151

Our speakers are drawn from a wide variety of info roles:

Anthony Amabile – Electronic Manager, Skadden Arps;

Cynthia Tober – Assistant Professor/Archivist, Bronx Community College;

Steven A. Lastres – Director of Knowledge Management Services, Debevoise;

Sadys Espitia – Research Librarian, Weil, Gotshal & Manges;

Moderator: Kristen Perez – Reference Supervisor, Hughes Hubbard and Reed;

Boo-Hooray Gallery Tour

• Thursday, October 23 6pm-8pm
• 265 Canal Street (bet. Broadway/Lafayette)
• Free to members
• $10/non-members
• Cash Bar at a nearby pub (TBD) following the tour.
• RSVP to: membership@nylibraryclub.org