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February 5, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff
Filed under Books, FEATURED EVENTS
The library at the new Goethe Institut location at 72 Spring Street opened for business on February 2, 2010. The new opening hours are: Tues. – Thurs. 2 – 7 pm; Fri. 12 – 5 pm; Sat. 10am – 1 pm
The Goethe-Institut New York Library is one of the few German-language lending libraries in the United States and has the impressive number of approximately 7,000 volumes, including books (one-quarter of which are in English), audio books, DVDs, CDs, newspapers and magazines in store.
The collection features four areas of specialization:
contemporary German art;
contemporary and classic German literature;
German film; and
German history from the late 19th century to the present.
The library also publishes two blogs:
Current Writing in German is an up-to-date summary of German literary activities in the United States, new translations into English, literary award winners and other news of interest.
Librarian in Residence provides impressions, ideas and insights from the library scene in the United States and Germany.
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