Mission The mission of The New York Public Library is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities.
Description The New York Public Library is a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With 92 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York Public Library serves more than 18 million patrons who come through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at www.nypl.org.
To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support the Library at nypl.org/support.
New York Public Library has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 614 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The New York Public Library employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).
Overall, 58% of employees would recommend working at New York Public Library to a friend. This is based on 614 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
61% of job seekers rate their interview experience at New York Public Library as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at New York Public Library.