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| May 8 2025 | Hayden was abruptly fired by President Trump via email, two days after giving testimony to Senate committees, with no explanation provided. |
| May 8 2025 | President Donald Trump fired Carla Hayden from her position as Librarian of Congress. |
| June 2024 | Restored funding for Sunday library services. |
| November 26 2023 | NYPL discontinued Sunday services at select branches and reduced adult and children's programs due to budget constraints related to the New York City migrant housing crisis. |
| February 14 2023 | Lilly Endowment gifted a $2.5 million, five-year grant to launch programs fostering understanding of religious cultures in Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East. |
| March 16 2022 | Opened the Charleston Library, the newest branch in the New York Public Library system, located in Staten Island. |
| 2021 | Julius C. Jefferson Jr. completed his term as president of the American Library Association |
| October 5 2021 | NYPL eliminated all late fees for book and item returns, clearing existing patron debts from their records. |
| October 5 2021 | Eliminated all late book fees and cleared existing patron debt, a policy initiated by library president Anthony Marx in 2011. |
| January 6 2021 | Library's Madison Building and Cannon House Office Building were the first buildings in the Capitol Complex to be evacuated during the Capitol riots. |
| 2020 | Julius C. Jefferson Jr. became president of the American Library Association |
| 2020 | Celebrated 125th anniversary by calculating and publishing a list of most checked-out books, with 'The Snowy Day' topping the list. |
| 2020 | NYPL celebrated its 125th anniversary by calculating and publishing a list of its most checked-out books of all time. |
| 2018 | Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden retired the Library of Congress Living Legend program, ending the recognition of creative contributors to American life. |
| July 2018 | The New York Public Library launched an initiative allowing NYC library card holders free access to 33 prominent New York cultural institutions, including the Whitney Museum and the Guggenheim Museum. |
| 2017 | Hayden announced the Librarian-in-Residence program to support future librarians by providing work experience in various library disciplines. |
| 2017 | Library announced the Librarian-in-Residence program to support the future generation of librarians. |
| 2017 | The Rose Main Reading Room and Public Catalog Room were separately designated as New York City landmarks. |
| June 2017 | Launched Subway Library, a collaborative initiative with Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Public Library, MTA, and Transit Wireless, providing New York City subway riders with digital access to e-books, excerpts, and short stories. |
| 2016 | Julius C. Jefferson Jr. completed his term as president of the Freedom to Read Foundation |
| 2016 | NYPL released the SimplyE app, allowing patrons to explore and check out ebooks from multiple vendors with increased ease, and made the app's code open source. |
| September 14 2016 | Carla Hayden sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress, the first woman and first African American to hold the position. |
| 2015 | James H. Billington retired after 28 years of service as Librarian of Congress. |
| 2015 | BookOps facility processed and sorted almost eight million library items, consolidating previously separate departmental functions into a single location for improved efficiency. |
| 2014 | Launched 'Library Simplified' project to improve e-book checkout processes for library patrons. |
| 2013 | With a major gift from David Rubenstein, the library established the Library of Congress Literacy Awards. BARD, a digital talking books mobile app, was also started. |
| 2013 | Julius C. Jefferson Jr. became president of the Freedom to Read Foundation |
| February 2013 | New York and Brooklyn Public Libraries announced a merger of their technical services departments, creating BookOps, a centralized facility in Long Island City aimed at saving approximately $3.5 million annually and improving library services. |
| 2012 | Congress.gov website launched to provide a state-of-the-art framework for Congress and the public. |
| 2011 | Completion of the major restoration project. The Main Branch was renamed after Stephen A. Schwarzman in recognition of his significant financial contribution. |
| 2010 | The library sponsored the Gateway to Knowledge mobile exhibition, visiting ninety sites across states east of the Mississippi. |
| 2010 | NYPL reduced staff by approximately 16 percent as part of their consolidation program and moved back-office operations to a new Library Services Center in Long Island City. |
| April 2010 | The library announced plans to archive all public communication on Twitter, including communications since Twitter's launch in March 2006. |
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