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Off the Shelf Spring 2021 1 Feature SPRING 2021 OFF THE SHELF A LOOK INSIDE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY FEATURE A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT upgraded fleet of flexible, tech-savvy Bookmobiles will bring WiFi as well as March marks one year since our city A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT books throughout the borough. And our went into lockdown and our lives—and librarians continue to provide one-on-one Library—totallyThis summer, transformed. tens of thousands Twelve of phone training for older adults Zooming monthsBlack later, Lives our librarians Matter protesters and staff gathered for the very first time. “After six months on the steps of Central Library to BPL POET- are still finding new ways to reach of being alone… your wonderful classes Brooklynitesdemand across racial the justice distance. in our city and came to me,” one of them recently wrote. across the nation. As painful as it is We are now providing grab-and-go lobby “I again began to feel that I am still a IN-RESIDENCE BPL Poet-in-Residence Cyrée Jarelle Johnson to confront the racism that continues service at 48 neighborhood libraries, person able to create, to learn, and to to shape our country and its many BPL, in collaboration with Brooklyn where patrons can pick up books, job interact socially with a new group of the 2020 Lambda Literary Award in institutions, including our own, it has Poet Laureate Tina Chang, has named search kits, arts and crafts supplies, and understanding people.” Gay Poetry. Johnson earned an MFA in also renewed our sense of purpose as Cyrée Jarelle Johnson as the Library’s more. Hundreds of thousands of children, Creative Writing from Columbia University a public library. There is perhaps no Against the odds, Brooklyn Public first ever Poet-in-Residence. teens, adults and older adults continue with support from the Davis-Putter institution better poised to help peopleLibrary continues to ensure that every to tune into our virtual programs, from Scholarship Fund. understand our shared past and move Brooklynite has the resources and The Poet-in-Residence program offers financial coaching to grief support toward a genuinely democratic future.opportunities they need to create, to the recipient space at BPL’s Central Johnson noted, “A lot of my poetry groups to writing workshops with our first learn and to find their community. Library, research support, a stipend education focused on individual poems To that end, hundreds of our librarians ever Poet-in-Residence. and mentorship. The program, which of first books. I can’t wait to explore and library staff joined virtual was initiated by Chang, is designed to what comes after that with Tina’s For thoseconversations without affordable about how broadband BPL can enhance the Library’s poetry collections guidance. I hope to make the most of at home,cultivate we’re ain culture the midst of racial of installing justice and programs while amplifying the mentorship by completing my second rooftopwithin antennas our institution on 46 branches and every which Linda E. Johnson voices of Brooklyn writers in the service and third manuscripts tentatively entitled will extendneighborhood free, reliable we WiFiserve, into and the formed a President & CEO of positive change and social justice. Psychedelica and Travesties respectively. surroundingDiversity communities. Council to translateSoon, our ideas into Eligible candidates had to demonstrate I also look forward to planning events action. residency in Brooklyn and have no more that bring disabled poetics to a wider As you will see in this issue of Off the than one published collection. Nearly 80 audience, particularly in a city as Shelf, despite the ongoing pandemic, applicants were evaluated on originality, inaccessible as New York can be.” In This Issue Brooklyn Public Library continues to skill, vision and commitment to literary Poet-in-Residence .................... 01 The Poet-in-Residence is made possible by the take action. At the Center for Brooklyn civic engagement. Outlining the qualities Academy of American Poets with funds from Older Adults ......................... 02 History, we are democratizing access. that led to Johnson’s selection, Chang the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. BookMatch .......................... 04 stated, “Cyrée’s powerful intelligence, Below is an excerpt from Johnson’s “an eight Bklyn Reach .......................... 05 commitment to underrepresented year old with asperger’s contemplates suicide” Today’s Teens, Tomorrow’s Techies & communities, loyalty to teaching and when I was a child on the lips of the woods Librarians of Tomorrow ................ 06 research, and undeniable talent in the preachers lectured on Jonah’s hubris and I’d think I don’t need to know this BrooklynologyLinda E. ....................... Johnson 08 field of poetry demonstrates all that is I just wanted to live in the sea. no good Grab & PresidentGo Programming & CEO ............... 10 possible now.” was religion, I’d set my inner visions Donor Spotlight ....................... 12 on the brooks and the rivers A poet and writer, Johnson’s work has BPL Presents ......................... 13 that drained in the sea—a giver appeared in The New York Times, Boston who held us imprisoned, but diluted their poisons All photos, unless indicated, by Gregg Richards Review, Vice, Rewire News and The Root, with conch shells and salt memory. in play-doh Cover: Valentine’s Day grab-and-go craft kits at among other publications. Slingshot, his and felt I’d sculpt blue whale and narwhal, Bay Ridge Library so deeply I felt first collection of poetry, was awarded I belonged to the sea Inside front cover: A wall of patrons’ Valentine’s Day notes to BPL at Greenpoint Library OFF THE SHELF SPRING 2021 1 FEATURE Floral arranging at Carroll Gardens Library Detail from a Landscape Painting class (pre-pandemic) English and Chinese), Chair Yoga, The highly popular Books by Mail program, American Sign Language, Falls Prevention run by Coordinator Judith Blaise, provides (held in English, Spanish and Russian), books, audiobooks and videos to people Latin Dance: Salsa and Merengue, who are homebound or have a visual Charcoal Drawing and Thanksgiving disability. The program was on hiatus in the from a Lenape Perspective, conducted in spring and summer but resumed in the fall. SERVICES partnership with the Lenape Center. Creative Aging art classes, with support from the Sills Family Foundation and Apple Because many older patrons were Bank, also moved online and continue not familiar with virtual platforms, SOA to offer an essential lifeline to Brooklyn’s staff provided one-on-one assistance FOR older adults. over the phone to directly assist those encountering challenges accessing In the words of Fay N., one of the programs online. A writing program Creative Aging participants: OLDER ADULTS at Midwood Library called “What’s Your Story?... We’d like to know!” was “ I cannot adequately express my For older adults, the challenge of staying connected conducted via teleconferencing to ensure thanks for Brooklyn Public Library’s has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. all participants could have access. Creative Aging program. After six It has not been easy for any of us to devising innovative strategies to reach out SOA also launched Telephone Buddies, months of being alone and depressed, readjust our lives to the restrictions and to older Brooklynites. an initiative that pairs BPL staff members your offer of wonderful classes came necessary safety measures brought on with older patrons to make weekly Led by Lyman Clayborn, Coordinator of to me…I again began to feel that I by the COVID-19 pandemic. But for older check-in calls. Since the program,s launch Services for Older Adults, the committed am still a person able to create, to adults, many of whom are not familiar in May, BPL has made over 2,200 calls. To staff of SOA have worked with librarians at with current technology or have limited reach older adults who may not be regular learn and to interact socially with a branches across the BPL system to adapt access to it, the situation has been even library users, SOA partnered with the New new group of understanding people.” and develop new programs for virtual more challenging. York City Housing Authority to install BPL platforms targeting older adults with a apps and programs on the tablets NYCHA In order to assist older adults in remaining range of interests and needs. Offerings To learn more about BPL’s provides to their older residents in order to engaged and connected to the world, have included: Finances in Difficult Times, Services for Older Adults and help them them more easily connect to the BPL’s Services for Older Adults (SOA) a James Baldwin Birthday Celebration, our upcoming programs, Library’s offerings. department has been hard at work Landscape Painting (conducted in both visit: bklynlibrary.org/ outreach/older-adults 2 OFF THE SHELF SPRING 2021 OFF THE SHELF SPRING 2021 3 BKLYN BKLYN REACH: BOOKMATCH WOMEN’S EXPANDING WI-FI HISTORY BEYOND THE BRANCHES MONTH Internet access is a lifeline for those applying for jobs, completing schoolwork or accessing trusted To date, thanks to the generosity of EDITION information and social services. About individuals, private foundations and a third of Brooklyn households lack corporations, Bklyn Reach has been wireless internet at home and two- implemented at over 20 BPL branches, thirds of those households lack cellular with priority given to neighborhoods To celebrate the 2021 iteration of Women’s History Month, this booklist, created by BPL data plans. When the Library closed most adversely impacted by the digital librarian Juanita James, features books that celebrate the contributions, sacrifices and its branches a year ago in response divide. Over the next few months, Bklyn triumphs of women from all walks of life, backgrounds and nationalities. BookMatch is a to COVID-19, one of the ongoing Reach will be extended to over 50 readers’ advisory service that uses what readers like (and dislike) to create customized concerns was how to continue branches.
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