Editing Brooklyn (section)

==Brooklyn Public Library==
[[File:Brooklyn Public Library by DS.JPG|thumb|right|The Central Library at Grand Army Plaza]]
As an independent system, separate from the New York and Queens public library systems, the [[Brooklyn Public Library]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/ |title=Brooklyn Public Library |access-date=October 24, 2010}}</ref> offers thousands of public programs, millions of books, and use of more than 850 free Internet-accessible computers. It also has books and periodicals in all the major languages spoken in Brooklyn, including English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Hebrew, and [[Haitian Creole]], as well as French, Yiddish, Hindi, Bengali, Polish, Italian, and Arabic. The Central Library is a landmarked building facing [[Grand Army Plaza]].

There are 58 library branches, placing one within a half-mile of each Brooklyn resident. In addition to its specialized Business Library in Brooklyn Heights, the Library is preparing to construct its new Visual & Performing Arts Library (VPA) in the BAM Cultural District, which will focus on the link between new and emerging arts and technology and house traditional and digital collections. It will provide access and training to arts applications and technologies not widely available to the public. The collections will include the subjects of art, theater, dance, music, film, photography, and architecture. A special archive will house the records and history of Brooklyn's arts communities.