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Title: Handbook of The New York Public Library

Author: New York Public Library

Release Date: January 31, 2009 [EBook #27954]

Language: English

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[Illustration: CENTRAL BUILDING

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY]

HANDBOOK

_of_

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC
LIBRARY

1916

Copyright, 1916, by
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

CONTENTS

THE CENTRAL BUILDING: PAGE

EXTERIOR 7

SCULPTURE 13

THE REAR OF THE BUILDING 15

FIRST FLOOR

ENTRANCES 17

ELEVATORS 19

EXHIBITION ROOM 19

CURRENT PERIODICALS ROOM 19

BUSINESS OFFICES 21

TECHNOLOGY DIVISION 21

PATENTS ROOM 22

THE LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND 22

SECOND FLOOR

ORIENTAL DIVISION 23

JEWISH DIVISION 23

SLAVONIC DIVISION 23

SCIENCE DIVISION 25

ECONOMICS DIVISION 25

BUSINESS OFFICES 25

THIRD FLOOR

PUBLIC CATALOGUE ROOM 27

INFORMATION DESK 31

APPLICATION FOR BOOKS 31

THE MAIN READING ROOM 31

THE LIBRARY'S BOOKS