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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Our city's great performance halls, and she's also, I think, a wonderful embodiment of...

our city's great performance halls, and she's also, I think, a wonderful embodiment of that welcoming, generous spirit that the Library tries to embody as well

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our city's great performance halls,
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and she's also, I think, a wonderful embodiment
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of that welcoming, generous spirit
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that the Library tries to embody as well.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:09
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
There's so many more jobs than just running - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
There's so many more jobs than just running
Like, there's a lot more to our job than this entails. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Like, there's a lot more to our job than this entails.
Because we also have fire inspector. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Because we also have fire inspector.
That's basically you're working in a building, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
That's basically you're working in a building,
Like, I know the three people I helped get that job, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Like, I know the three people I helped get that job,
You're not a security guard, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
You're not a security guard,
And from EMS, EMT, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And from EMS, EMT,
So I'm not saying you're going to do that, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So I'm not saying you're going to do that,
It's unlimited overtime, it's a pension, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
It's unlimited overtime, it's a pension,
But I'm just saying, there's so many - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
But I'm just saying, there's so many
I took sanitation, cops, corrections, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
I took sanitation, cops, corrections,
I was a correctional officer before Wall Street, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I was a correctional officer before Wall Street,
Like, the library offers you so much to do, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
Like, the library offers you so much to do,
We're looking to get strong women - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
We're looking to get strong women
Because necessarily you won't see a lot of women - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
Because necessarily you won't see a lot of women
Because we really do want women in the program, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
Because we really do want women in the program,
If we can't get a job, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
If we can't get a job,
You'll have a business counselor, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
You'll have a business counselor,
This is... "I want to start this, I want to do this. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
This is... "I want to start this, I want to do this.
I want to put it in writing." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I want to put it in writing."