Our Librarians

Just like real librarians, Human Librarians take care of their books! They find and train books, and plan events so these books can share their stories with interested readers. Human Librarians also make sure all books are supported before, during, and after events. Our Librarians are artists, writers, educators, social workers, and non-profit mavens who want to help generate more empathy in the city they love. If you have any questions or want to get involved, contact them at humanlibrarynyc@humanlibrary.org.

Human Library in the News

• A "Human Library" Allows Users to Check out "Books" to Reduce Prejudice (My Modern Met, 19 September 2021) 
• Checking out the "Human Library" (The Today Show, 9 August 2021)

• The Art of Listening (The Express Tribune, 12 June 2021)
• 'Human Libraries' are bigger than ever. Could they help Utah? (The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 June 2021)
• The rise of the human library: How lending people out for conversations is tackling prejudice (Image, 29 May 2021)
• Human 'books' encourage the spirit of understanding​ (RNZ, 4 October 2020)
• The Human Library is Tackling Diversity and Inclusion One Person at a Time (Forbes Magazine, 13 July 2020)
• Texas A&M 'Human Library' Facilitates Honest Dialogue Between Aggies (Texas A&M Today, 7 March 2020)
• When the Books are People: How the Human Library Targets Bias (School Library Journal, 20 February 2020)
• The Woman Behind India's Human Library, Where the 'Books' are People! (CNBC TV18, 24 November 2019)
• Dancing with Diversity: Human Library event spurs an ongoing conversation about inclusion(Catalyst Midland, 21 November 2019)

Human Library in Action