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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

And the skills that you learn today won't, um, uh, be sufficient in a couple of years,...

And the skills that you learn today won't, um, uh, be sufficient in a couple of years, which is why the role of a library will, if we want to be in the space, will be continually important, because there will be a different set of people continually left behind

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And the skills that you learn today
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won't, um, uh, be sufficient in a couple of years,
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which is why the role of a library will,
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if we want to be in the space,
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will be continually important,
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because there will be a different set of people
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continually left behind.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:16
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
So it's not that broadband isn't crucial - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So it's not that broadband isn't crucial
If we can widen the focus - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
If we can widen the focus
Look, this project succeeded because it got us to this point. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Look, this project succeeded because it got us to this...
I wanted to ask you - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I wanted to ask you
Do I see myself as a political poet? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Do I see myself as a political poet?
I mean you use, I mean, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
I mean you use, I mean,
Well, I think language is political, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Well, I think language is political,
I think it was, um, Richard Wright who said - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
I think it was, um, Richard Wright who said
For me, I don't think the surface, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
For me, I don't think the surface,
Has that always been part of your style, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Has that always been part of your style,
I mean, it's part of your language, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I mean, it's part of your language,
I go back to Baldwin, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
I go back to Baldwin,
And I think perhaps the poet - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
And I think perhaps the poet
And there is a kind of innuendo, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And there is a kind of innuendo,
What I mean by that is that - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:27
What I mean by that is that
It really takes me back - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
It really takes me back
Simplicity say that also in a way morphs - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
Simplicity say that also in a way morphs
Got your library card? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Got your library card?
Okay, so you want to take these pictures - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Okay, so you want to take these pictures
Yes. You want to transfer it to here, correct? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Yes. You want to transfer it to here, correct?