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Opinion: Bobst Library is falling apart

Bobst is an iconic library, but it needs to be modernized so that it looks as good on the inside as it does on the outside.

Hannah Kim, Contributing Writer • April 6, 2022

With springtime comes throngs of bright-eyed, turquoise-nametag-wearing high schoolers who can be seen sauntering around NYU’s campus. They’ll make stops at the Kimmel Center...

The National Emergency Library Must Support Both Authors and Readers

While the creation of the National Emergency Library is good in principle, the service’s current model is detrimental to authors.

Helen Wajda, Deputy Opinion Editor • April 13, 2020

As libraries across the country have closed in response to COVID-19 in the past month, the Internet Archive announced that they were creating a National Emergency Library that...

Digital decay must be prevented

Richard Shu, Deputy Copy Chief • February 25, 2015

The problem of digital decay (our files being unreadable in the future because tech software changes so much) should be addressed.