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The Librarian Is In

The New York Public Library

Arts, Tv & Film, Books

4.7 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Happy new year! Christopher Platt joins Gwen and Frank to talk about hate crimes, privacy and transparency, and how to start a revolution from your local library. Plus: Project Gutenberg reads, our technological future, and our crush on Carla Hayden.

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0:00.0	Hey.
0:09.1	Hi, welcome to the librarian is in the New York Public Libraries podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.
0:14.7	I'm Gwen.
0:16.2	I'm Frank.
0:17.4	And it's 2017.
0:18.9	It is.
0:20.0	Was it not the... Oh, that's right. It wasn't the last time. We're only a couple days into
0:23.8	2017. A year later. So much older. Yes, here we are. Later, we're going to be joined by Christopher
0:28.9	Platt, who is the library's chief branch library officer. He's like a head honcho at NYPO.
0:35.9	Chief Branch Library Officer. Chief Branch Library Officer.
0:39.4	Is that his official title?
0:41.1	I think so.
0:42.0	I copied it down.
0:45.9	Anyway.
0:47.3	Since he's both of our like bosses, bosses, bosses, this is already going really well.
0:51.7	Yes, I know.
0:53.8	Anyway. Do you know that know christopher from way back no
0:57.3	yes like from pre-library i was actually ahead of him in the hierarchy so to speak
1:01.1	i was a senior librarian what happened frank exactly i stayed on the front line is what happened
1:06.5	while he just became this cushy VP oh my gosh i can't believe I'm talking like this. I need to stop.
1:11.4	Let's go back to our...
1:12.1	As we both get fired, that will be really fun.
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