"Ex Libris: La biblioteca pública de Nueva York" lleva al espectador a la trastienda de una de las más grandes institu | dG1fNGc1TDBhSnhfWUU
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00:32This collection opened in 1915.
00:34In the past 100 years, every single working artist in New York City probably used this collection.
00:40Andy Warhol stole lots of stuff from us.
00:44This is the world's largest circulating free picture file.
00:48This is a place that's meant to be used by people who make things.
00:53We are in a transformation of our branches from wonderful but passive repositories and spaces to education centers.
01:09The most famous crime-fighting dog in the country.
01:19Country.
01:20Country.
01:21Good job.
01:22How's it going Ravi?
01:23You like the book?
01:24Yeah.
01:25Awesome.
01:26Libraries have always been this adjunct to the education system in the city.
01:30There are 127 city agencies.
01:32We probably do business with 30 or 40 of them.
01:35We're out there trying to improve the lives of the people and the communities that we serve.
01:40I couldn't afford to go to film school.
01:42I learned from the library.
01:43So one of the things I want to do is I want to continue to add value to people.
01:47What I took for granted is the importance of the public value of what we do.
01:55We do mind-building, soul-affirming, life-saving work.
02:00For me libraries are not about books.
02:03That's what a lot of people think.
02:04That is a storage space for books.
02:06No, libraries are about people.
02:08People, people?
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02:19flaminging,