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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

If you tell that richer story, it, um, it's more powerful, because you see the...

If you tell that richer story, it, um, it's more powerful, because you see the connections, and, frankly, from a library perspective, it reveals just how integral we are to the digital life of the city, in a way that if you just take it one on one, we're sort of less relevant

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If you tell that richer story,
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it, um, it's more powerful, because you see the connections,
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and, frankly, from a library perspective,
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it reveals just how integral we are
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to the digital life of the city,
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in a way that if you just take it one on one,
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we're sort of less relevant.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:46:43
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.
Can we help the city understand the richness - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Can we help the city understand the richness
Should we have personas for, like, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Should we have personas for, like,
What does an older adult need to know - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
What does an older adult need to know
What does a, right, um... in, in, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
What does a, right, um... in, in,
"If that's where people need to go, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
"If that's where people need to go,
I have to say, though, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
I have to say, though,
We want to share the arts with all people, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
We want to share the arts with all people,
Interpreters at theater - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Interpreters at theater
Um, we are not performers, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:34
Um, we are not performers,
I do think about the way a show is directed and staged. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I do think about the way a show is directed and staged.
All those pieces come together - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
All those pieces come together
I'm looking at what the intent of the person is - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
I'm looking at what the intent of the person is
I'm trying to pull out and parse out all of that - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
I'm trying to pull out and parse out all of that
Sign language is more than just how your hands move. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Sign language is more than just how your hands move.
It's this whole three-dimensional space - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It's this whole three-dimensional space
That's where grammar will show up a lot of times - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
That's where grammar will show up a lot of times
So I think that we try to explore that with every play. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So I think that we try to explore that with every play.
One thing that the library has - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
One thing that the library has
And, um, the big difference is there's a section that, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
And, um, the big difference is there's a section that,
Um, we were wondering just, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
Um, we were wondering just,