Lionizing a Library Lion:
Paul LeClerc has done fantastic work leading the NYPL
Under his stewardship, the library has become one of the most important electronic resources of the information age while strengthening its roots as the place to go when you want to, well, take out a book.
Last year, 26 million visitors from around the globe trolled the library's digital catalogue of more than 500 million items - including 700,000 images and 26,000 downloadable e-books - in English, Hebrew, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Greek.
In a city where the average citizen has limited discretionary income, the NYPL is plainly invaluable. LeClerc, whose resignation will be effective in 2011, is owed many thanks for not only maintaining, but elevating and modernizing one of the New York's great cultural institutions.
READ MORE ! @ Daily News: 11/24/09 Editorials
Paul LeClerc has done fantastic work leading the NYPL
Under his stewardship, the library has become one of the most important electronic resources of the information age while strengthening its roots as the place to go when you want to, well, take out a book.
Last year, 26 million visitors from around the globe trolled the library's digital catalogue of more than 500 million items - including 700,000 images and 26,000 downloadable e-books - in English, Hebrew, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Greek.
In a city where the average citizen has limited discretionary income, the NYPL is plainly invaluable. LeClerc, whose resignation will be effective in 2011, is owed many thanks for not only maintaining, but elevating and modernizing one of the New York's great cultural institutions.
READ MORE ! @ Daily News: 11/24/09 Editorials


