Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore and Salman Rushdie Hit New York Galas
Actors reacted to a tentative deal to end their strike at a Creative Time fund-raiser, and the New York Public Library hosted its annual Library Lions gala.
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The Case of the Internet Archive vs. Book Publishers
In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers sued. Owning a book means something different now.
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How a Jay-Z Exhibit Took Over the Brooklyn Public Library
“The Book of Hov,” an elaborate summer exhibition at the borough’s main branch, was quietly conceived by his team as a surprise tribute that opens Friday.
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A Joan Didion Party at the New York Public Library
Writers and editors celebrated the author, and sampled her recipes, at a party commemorating the library’s acquisition of her voluminous archive.