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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Rather than use those resources to sort of simply go back to our previous practices, some...

Rather than use those resources to sort of simply go back to our previous practices, some of which we learned were more inefficient than they needed to be, to use that reinvestment for two purposes

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Rather than use those resources to sort of simply go back
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to our previous practices,
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some of which we learned were more inefficient
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than they needed to be, to use that reinvestment
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for two purposes.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:55
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.
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,
So if you go in looking for something - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So if you go in looking for something
So what they slowly started doing - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
So what they slowly started doing