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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

And we, when we did the design in 1991, they already told me, "Francine, you don't need...

And we, when we did the design in 1991, they already told me, "Francine, you don't need libraries anymore in the future." And that's in a way still a kind of opinion we hear a lot

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And we, when we did the design in 1991,
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they already told me, "Francine,
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you don't need libraries anymore in the future."
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And that's in a way still a kind of opinion we hear a lot.
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13 seconds
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13
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:20
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.
It's totally because people, they still think of libraries - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
It's totally because people, they still think of...
A lot of people have no awareness - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
A lot of people have no awareness
That will probably be the center of the catalog... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
That will probably be the center of the catalog...
Plus, we only got halfway... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Plus, we only got halfway...
That needs to be, like, life-sized. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
That needs to be, like, life-sized.
I almost wanted to be... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I almost wanted to be...
No problem. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
No problem.
Reminds me of a couple of paintings that was done - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Reminds me of a couple of paintings that was done
I don't know if you know what that is, oriental ism? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I don't know if you know what that is, oriental ism?
Eh... in chapter one - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Eh... in chapter one
She, she doesn't like the story, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:26
She, she doesn't like the story,
Um, it's trying to take traditional literature - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Um, it's trying to take traditional literature
And how it was the actual boredom - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And how it was the actual boredom
I feel so similar to that so, so frequently. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I feel so similar to that so, so frequently.
I, I read these things, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:23
I, I read these things,
So I hope that one of the things - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
So I hope that one of the things
Um, it can develop in a organic and genuine way. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Um, it can develop in a organic and genuine way.
So I'm going to read this last piece, um. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So I'm going to read this last piece, um.
"When this man enters a room - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:45
"When this man enters a room
"He is a man because he claims he's claimed his identity - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:20
"He is a man because he claims he's claimed his...