This is long and I don't think I could have managed the whole thing in one go. It's interesting but I was expecting a commentary and it doesn't have one. It very much allows the people who appear to tell the story simply by filming them as they go about the usual life of the NYPL. It shows the wide variety of things that libraries do as part of their communities. There is too much of the various guest speakers - too many of them and clips are too long. I'd have liked more of the actual staff in the background, in their offices, picking books, processing books, readers advisory etc. They showed the NYPL management committee and some of the financial demands but no library operates without its staff doing the boring but necessary stuff in the background - it would have been nice to see them appearing more. ( )

Il ne s'agit pas là d'un véritable film documentaire qui présenterait l'origine et le développement de la bibliothèque, ni la constitution de ses collections. Ici s'enchainent sans lien logique apparent les scènes captées au jour le jour dans les différents lieux, aussi bien côté public que côté employés. Aucun commentaire, tout est monté brut de décoffrage.Ces images auraient presque pu être captées par les caméras de vidéo surveillance. Le son en plus. Assez décevant. ( )