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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]