How libraries are helping the community:
- The New York Public Library: Donated food on November 6th NYPL Donates Food to New Yorkers
● Queens Borough Public Library: Offering information help to the public in Queens at all of its functioning branches; includes information on obtaining food and water, FEMA grants, and how to help those affected by the hurricane: http://www.queenslibrary.org/hurricanesandy
● Brooklyn Public Library: Offers information about public resources including Bookmobiles for patrons in affected areas, warming centers in affected areas, supply drives, and lists of other resources, such as the Red Cross and FEMA, available in Brooklyn: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/hurricane
● For a recap of how libraries in the area fared, ways to provide relief aid, and the creative initiatives established by professionals in response to Hurricane Sandy, see American Libraries’ “Libraries Weather the Storm” and School Library Journal’s “Libraries respond to Hurricane Sandy”.