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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

I've seen the light bulbs turn on behind the eyes of a ten-year-old junior scholar

I've seen the light bulbs turn on behind the eyes of a ten-year-old junior scholar

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I've seen the light bulbs turn on
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behind the eyes of a ten-year-old junior scholar.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
02:15:21
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.
I've listened to the octogenarian volunteer - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
I've listened to the octogenarian volunteer
I've greeted hundreds of academics - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
I've greeted hundreds of academics
There is nothing in the world more powerful - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:29
There is nothing in the world more powerful
We should all be so fortunate to make some necessary trouble, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
We should all be so fortunate to make some necessary...
And to have that trouble preserved - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
And to have that trouble preserved
It isn't an accident - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
It isn't an accident
Or that civil rights researchers turned to our collections - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Or that civil rights researchers turned to our collections
Their intention and our mission - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Their intention and our mission
And through national partnerships - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And through national partnerships
Here we go, we're going to go, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:39
Here we go, we're going to go,
Everyone recognizes the problem seems to be increasing. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Everyone recognizes the problem seems to be increasing.
Everyone recognizes that the library has a responsibility - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
Everyone recognizes that the library has a responsibility
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...