Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Bande-annonce (EN)

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00:00 [traffic noise]

00:04 [car horn]

00:05 [traffic noise]

00:07 [phone ringing]

00:10 Good morning, thanks for calling Ask My Pio. How can I help?

00:13 I see you've got one book on hold called Working with Bereavement.

00:17 Oh, the Gutenberg Bible is temporarily unavailable for viewing.

00:23 A unicorn is actually an imaginary animal.

00:27 [music]

00:36 This collection opened in 1915.

00:39 In the past hundred years, every single working artist in New York City probably used this collection.

00:44 Andy Warhol stole lots of stuff from us.

00:48 This is the world's largest circulating free picture file.

00:52 This is a place that's meant to be used by people who make things.

00:57 [music]

01:03 We are in a transformation of our branches from wonderful but passive repositories and spaces to education centers.

01:14 The most famous crime-fighting dog in the country.

01:24 Country. Good job.

01:26 How's it going, Robbie? You like the book? Awesome.

01:30 Libraries have always been this adjunct to the education system in the city.

01:34 There are 127 city agencies. We probably do business with 30 or 40 of them.

01:39 We're out there trying to improve the lives of the people and the communities that we serve.

01:44 I couldn't afford to go to film school. I learned from the library.

01:47 One of the things I want to do is I want to continue to add value to people.

01:51 [music]

01:54 What I took for granted is the importance of the public value of what we do.

01:59 We do mind-building, soul-affirming, life-saving work.

02:05 For me, libraries are not about books. That's what a lot of people think.

02:09 That it's a storage space for books. No, libraries are about people.

02:13 [music]