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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Everyone recognizes that the library has a responsibility to serve all patrons and to be...

Everyone recognizes that the library has a responsibility to serve all patrons and to be welcoming, but there is sometimes a tension between what one kind of patron needs and what another kind of patron needs

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Everyone recognizes that the library has a responsibility
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to serve all patrons and to be welcoming,
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but there is sometimes a tension
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between what one kind of patron needs
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and what another kind of patron needs.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
02:20:00
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.
And so lines have to be drawn about, you know, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
And so lines have to be drawn about, you know,
And then there was the question - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
And then there was the question
As versus where should we be relying on the city, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
As versus where should we be relying on the city,
We have a policy that talks about - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
We have a policy that talks about
And so it would embrace most of this conduct, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And so it would embrace most of this conduct,
I don't know if we want to give more flexibility or less. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I don't know if we want to give more flexibility or...
So if you don't do certain things, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
So if you don't do certain things,
You aren't allowed to just come into the library and sleep. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
You aren't allowed to just come into the library and...
So the barring policy, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So the barring policy,
So that is also part - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So that is also part
I am not an expert at this topic, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
I am not an expert at this topic,
And in the libraries is a place - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And in the libraries is a place
And I do believe that as much as we need rules, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:24
And I do believe that as much as we need rules,
You know, the mayor's made this commitment - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
You know, the mayor's made this commitment
I think that they're developing a plan to be able to do it. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I think that they're developing a plan to be able to do...
And we house in this room three collections. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And we house in this room three collections.
The Print Collection, the Photo Collection, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The Print Collection, the Photo Collection,
The Print Collection, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The Print Collection,
And in our Photographic Collection, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And in our Photographic Collection,
And this present collection that is - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And this present collection that is