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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Right. Which also requires some, some tweaks of our policy choices, which is fine as long...

Right. Which also requires some, some tweaks of our policy choices, which is fine as long as we're still doing what we want to and believe the citizens need us to do

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Right. Which also requires
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some, some tweaks of our policy choices,
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which is fine as long as we're still
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doing what we want to
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and believe the citizens need us to do.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:21
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 mean, the way I think about this - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:22
I mean, the way I think about this
Now the money is moving towards restoration. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Now the money is moving towards restoration.
Rather than use those resources to sort of simply go back - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
Rather than use those resources to sort of simply go back
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,