Produced by Carla Foust, and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's note Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. [Illustration: CENTRAL BUILDING THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY] HANDBOOK _of_ THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 1916 Copyright, 1916, by THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY CONTENTS THE CENTRAL BUILDING: PAGE EXTERIOR 7 SCULPTURE 13 THE REAR OF THE BUILDING 15 FIRST FLOOR ENTRANCES 17 ELEVATORS 19 EXHIBITION ROOM 19 CURRENT PERIODICALS ROOM 19 BUSINESS OFFICES 21 TECHNOLOGY DIVISION 21 PATENTS ROOM 22 THE LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND 22 SECOND FLOOR ORIENTAL DIVISION 23 JEWISH DIVISION 23 SLAVONIC DIVISION 23 SCIENCE DIVISION 25 ECONOMICS DIVISION 25 BUSINESS OFFICES 25 THIRD FLOOR PUBLIC CATALOGUE ROOM 27 INFORMATION DESK 31 APPLICATION FOR BOOKS 31 THE MAIN READING ROOM 31 THE LIBRARY'S BOOKS 33 USE OF BOOKS 39 STACK 39 GENEALOGY ROOM 39 AMERICAN HISTORY DIVISION 39 RESERVE BOOKS 41 PRINTS ROOM 43 ART AND ARCHITECTURE 43 MAP ROOM 45 STUART GALLERY 45 GENERAL GALLERY 45 PRINTS GALLERY 45 MANUSCRIPT DIVISION 46 MUSIC DIVISION 47 BASEMENT NEWSPAPER ROOM 47 CENTRAL CIRCULATION BRANCH 49 CHILDREN'S ROOM 51 LIBRARY SCHOOL 51 PUBLIC TELEPHONES 53 BUSINESS OFFICES 53 TRAVELLING LIBRARIES OFFICE 53 CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT (BRANCHES): CIRCULATION OF BOOKS 55