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I mean, the way I think about this
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

I mean, the way I think about this on a macro scale... Iris, tell me whether this is...

I mean, the way I think about this on a macro scale... Iris, tell me whether this is cockamamie or not, is, since 2008... cut, city cuts, learned massive efficiencies, you know, with thanks to Christopher and everyone in the branches

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I mean, the way I think about this
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on a macro scale... Iris, tell me
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whether this is cockamamie or not,
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is, since 2008... cut, city cuts,
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learned massive efficiencies, you know, with thanks
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to Christopher and everyone in the branches.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:31
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.
Now the money is moving towards restoration. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Now the money is moving towards restoration.
Rather than use those resources to sort of simply go back - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
Rather than use those resources to sort of simply go back
One, additional time, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
One, additional time,
And, two, additional educational programming. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And, two, additional educational programming.
And to the degree that private money - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
And to the degree that private money
Remember, this is a public-private partnership. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Remember, this is a public-private partnership.
So we use private money - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
So we use private money
Now, let's use public money - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Now, let's use public money
So, hi everybody, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So, hi everybody,
This is my favorite day of the whole semester, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is my favorite day of the whole semester,
And I'm going to hand it over to Billy, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
And I'm going to hand it over to Billy,
This collection opened in 1915 - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
This collection opened in 1915
If you think about what was happening in New York City - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:30
If you think about what was happening in New York City
Instead of going across the street - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
Instead of going across the street
We kept journals at that time - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
We kept journals at that time
Like, "I need a picture of dolls being carried - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
Like, "I need a picture of dolls being carried
I need a picture of a giraffe, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I need a picture of a giraffe,
And that library has millions of pictures. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And that library has millions of pictures.
The problem is, the way it's organized, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The problem is, the way it's organized,
So if it's a picture of a giraffe, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
So if it's a picture of a giraffe,