ann thornton is joining us from the library. what the deuce because i am the director of the research library for the new york public library. >> what does that mean? >> that are for research libraries. there is this one in midtown manhattan. the schomburg center for research in black culture in harlem. the library for the performing arts at lincoln center, and the business labor at 34th street and madison avenue. >> what do you do? >> am responsible for collections, exhibitions, fellowships, reference and research services for all of the facilities as well as preservation. >> we will have ann thornton sure some of those collections and some of the research library are familiar. where are we right now? >> we are in the magnificent rose reading them in the new york public library. this is what the heart and soul of the library. you see her lots of users are taking advantage of the libraries resources, not only our physical resources, books and materials, also access to technology which is incredibly important. >> even though this

. >> going to have ann thornton show us some of the collections in some of the research library pair fer naila. where are we right now? >> we're in the magnificent rose main reading room of the new york public library. this is really he heart and soul of the library. you see here lots of users who are taking advantage of the library's resources, not only our physical resources, our books and materials, but also access to technology which is incredibly important. >> and even though his room is quiet and sedate, you look out the window, you can see the entire city of new york. >> absolutely. that's right. and when the library was founded in 1911, of course there weren't these tall buildings outside the reading room. instead all you could see was sky. so, it's really a place where the city has really groin around the library. >> why called the rose reading room? >> the rose family named this reading room in honor of their children when it was renovated in 1998. and during that renovation, every square inch of the surfaces in this room were touched by a crafts person. so it's really been