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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Um, I think as everybody knows, we went through an RF Q and an RF P process, and working...

Um, I think as everybody knows, we went through an RF Q and an RF P process, and working with a working group, which included members of the board of directors as well as senior staff here at the library, um, we arrived at, um, uh, two semi-finalists and ended up with one finalist group

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Um, I think as everybody knows,
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we went through an RF Q and an RF P process,
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and working with a working group,
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which included members of the board of directors
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as well as senior staff here at the library,
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um, we arrived at, um, uh, two semi-finalists
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and ended up with one finalist group.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:24:30
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.
Francine, you, having worked - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
Francine, you, having worked
First of all, for me, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
First of all, for me,
It's totally different - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
It's totally different
There's even already a difference - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
There's even already a difference
For instance, in Europe, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
For instance, in Europe,
That for me libraries are not about books, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
That for me libraries are not about books,
No, libraries are about people - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
No, libraries are about people
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...