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  1. good news
    Change of Plans: You’ll Still Be Able to Browse the NYPL’s Picture CollectionResearchers howled and the library reversed itself.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  2. research
    In Defense of BrowsingThe NYPL’s imperiled Picture Collection supports a kind of research where keywords don’t find the story.
    By Leanne Shapton
  3. the group portrait
    New York Public Library’s Human Search Engines“One thing that historians learned this year is that digitization can never replace the archives.”
    By Christopher Bonanos
  4. design edit
    A Nick Cave Installation, a Squiggly Lamp, and Other Things I Liked This WeekIncluding the city’s best new rooftop.
    By Diana Budds
  5. street view
    Look! Books! The Tired Old Mid-Manhattan Library Gets a Sharp New RenovationAn understated top-to-bottom rehab puts open access — and open books — front and center (and a café on the roof).
    By Justin Davidson