library for the preferring arts at lincoln center, and the business library at 34 not stream and maddison avenue. >> host: what do you do as directors. >> collections, fellowships, reference and research and preservation. >> 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 f