Queens Library Apps

The Queens Library App is your gateway toQueens Library’s services on your mobile device. Experience QueensLibrary like never before, anywhere you have a network connection.You can search our catalog, view account information, requestbooks, search and register for events, find our locations or askfor assistance, and much more. In addition, users can join ourvibrant online community. Our App is a great companion to AdobeReader, Overdrive Media Console, the Kindle application, Acoustikapplication, Blio Reader, and axisReader so you can discover andenjoy new digital content for FREE as a Queens Library cardholder.*

Queens Public Library founded the QueensMemoryprogram in 2010 to preserve a record of life in Queens, oneof thefive boroughs of New York City and home to one of the mostdiversepopulations in the world.The Queens Memory team collaborates with community memberstocollect oral histories, photographs, and other mementos to shareonDigitalArchives.QueensLibrary.org. Staff and volunteercuratorsexhibit donated items in public galleries onQueensMemory.org andsome of these items join the library’scollections in the DigitalPublic Library of America.This App is a tool for submitting images and audio recordings fromamobile device directly to Queens Library staff for review.Approvedphotos and audio documenting Queens history will join thelibrary’spermanent archival collections, where they will be freelyavailableto researchers. Anyone can contribute to our collections.If youknow people living remarkable lives in Queens, you canrecordinterviews with them, take portraits of them, or digitizetheirhistoric photos and upload them using this simple App. QueensMemoryalso collects “wild sound” ambient recordings of publicplaces andevents in Queens, such as busy street corners orfestivals. Expectevery 15 minutes of audio recording to take abouta minute toupload. The main Queens Memory website(QueensMemory.org) has afaster upload feature for largerfiles.Features:• Upload .png and .jpg format image files• Upload .wav, .m4a, .aac and .mp3 format audio files• Select files that are stored locally on your mobile device• Receive confirmation messages from Queens Library staff asyourmaterials are reviewed and added to the library’sdigitalarchives• Share your images and audio under a CreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalLicense,available at the followingsite:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode