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Preservation Week 2021 Artist Interviews and Artist Books Tue, April 27, 2021 | 1:00 PM ET... Join us as we discuss how interviews with artists have informed conservators’ approaches to the preservation of Ben Denzer's 20 Slices and Didier Mutel's edition of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae naturalis principia Mathematica. https://artist_interviews_artist_books.eventbrite.com

Preservation Week 2021 Investigating Plastics in The Special Collections Mon, April 26, 2021 | 12:00 PM ET... Conservator Chantal Stein will share her research and process for identification and storage solutions for problematic plastics in the David Wojnarowicz Papers. https://investigating_pastics.eventbrite.com

National Preservation Week The American Library Association created national collections Preservation Week to bring awareness to the 1.3 billion items that need treatment to reduce the risk and rate of damage. Along with national partners, including the Library of Congress, Institute of Library and Museum Services, American Institute for Conservation, Society of American Archivists, and Heritage Preservation, preservationists work to mitigate the risk associated with our cul...tural and information heritage, especially in digital collections. The theme for this year's Preservation Week is "Preserving Community Archives." Community archives are organized by members of physical or self-identified communitiesspecifically those marginalized by traditional collecting institutionsand are focused on documenting and interpreting their own histories. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and New York Times Magazine journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has been appointed as the honorary chair of Preservation Week 2021. As the creator of The New York Times's landmark 1619 Project, Hannah-Jones examines slavery's modern legacy, reframing the way we understand the history of slavery and the contributions made by Black Americans to this nation. Learn more about our preservation efforts in the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation & Conservation Department at library.nyu.edu.

The Bobst Library building is closed as of 2:30 PM ET due to an emergency water shut off. University facilities are working to fix the issue. Remote services will continue to be available. Physical services like locker pickup will be unavailable until the building reopens. The Bobst vaccination clinic will remain open. Follow live updates at tinyurl.com/april-23-closure.

Happy birthday, Shakespeare. Our research guide shares many online audio and video materials related to Shakespeare, his plays, and his contribution to literatureincluding films, documentaries, and critical commentary. Click the link in our bio for ebooks, audio, and visual materials. tinyurl.com/e56kwsmt

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. #MLK #mlkday #nyumlkweek Atomazul - stock.adobe.com

This year’s DOC.NYC, the largest documentary film festival in the United States, runs from November 11 through November 19. One of its films, Wojnarowicz, directed by Chris McKim, had its world premiere during this year’s festival. Wojnarowicz took shape in his imagination as he delved into the papers of the artist David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), held in the Downtown Collection in NYU’s Special Collections. Read more by clicking the "News" link in our profile.

@DOCNYCfest opens today, featuring WOJNAROWICZ and a special ticket discount for NYU students, staff and faculty! See the lineup of 200 films streaming nationwide and get tickets at docnyc.net #docnyc Use Code: DOCNYC-NYULIBRARY for $3 off your screening of WOJNAROWICZ.

In this interview, Dean Booth discusses the NYU Libraries' efforts to support the University's affordability initiative. Read the full exchange by clicking the "News" link in our profile.

Jojo Karlin has been drawing since she was young, but during her graduate studies, she saw new possibilities for using art in her academic notes. Jojo, a digital scholarship services provostial postdoctoral fellow at NYU, is interested in ways our impressions of people influence and contribute to our understanding of their ideas. Read more by clicking the "News" link in our profile.