NYPL Debuts Free Digital Gallery of 275,000 Images

-- Library Journal, 3/7/2005 2:00:00 AM

The New York Public Library (NYPL) March 3 launched an online gallery of 275,000 images from its vast collection accessible via its web site at no charge. Treasures in the NYPL Digital Gallery include Civil War photos, New York City history, 16th Century maps of North America, sheet music covers, floor plans of pre-war apartments, Yiddish theater placards, Japanese prints, menus, Russian Civil War posters, theater photos, and more. “By opening the doors of our acclaimed collections to users over the Internet,” NYPL president Paul LeClerc said, “we are plunging fully into an exciting new era of Library service. These visual materials, many of which are unique to the Library, will be available to anyone in the world with an Internet connection at any time, free of charge. We see new possibilities for exciting intellectual discoveries and accomplishments by scholars, researchers, and artists from remote locations who will be able to easily use our materials.”