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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

No, libraries are about people who want to get knowledge to them, and that can be done by...

No, libraries are about people who want to get knowledge to them, and that can be done by books, it can be done by many other ways

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No, libraries are about people
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who want to get knowledge to them,
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and that can be done by books,
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it can be done by many other ways.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
01:25:51
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 very much about learning, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
It's very much about learning,
And so libraries are, they're not only... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And so libraries are, they're not only...
There are cultural importance, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
There are cultural importance,
It has... here it's a little bit different, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
It has... here it's a little bit different,
Uh, so it's very much important - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Uh, so it's very much important
Um, I think what is maybe also important, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
Um, I think what is maybe also important,
It's a city archive, it's the circulating library. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It's a city archive, it's the circulating library.
I'm dreaming of, especially if I think of this building, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
I'm dreaming of, especially if I think of this...
Maybe when I did design the... the... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Maybe when I did design the... the...
Famous library we did in Delft, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Famous library we did in Delft,
It's in a library for the technical university in Delft, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
It's in a library for the technical university in...
And we, when we did the design in 1991, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
And we, when we did the design in 1991,
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