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2. Public library - Wikipedia

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   [56] [57] The library in Campfield, Manchester was the first library to operate a "free" lending library without subscription in 1852. [58] Norwich lays claim to being the first municipality to adopt the Public Libraries Act 1850 (which allowed any municipal borough with a population of 100,000 or more to introduce a halfpenny rate to establish ...

3. Little Free Library - Wikipedia

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   60,000 [5] Website. littlefreelibrary .org. Little Free Library is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization [1] that promotes neighborhood book exchanges, usually in the form of a public bookcase. More than 150,000 public book exchanges are registered with the organization and branded as Little Free Libraries.

4. Lending library - Wikipedia

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   Lending library. A public library building in Altona, Illinois, a small village in the Midwestern United States. A lending library is a library from which books and other media are lent out. [1] The major classifications are endowed libraries, institutional libraries (the most diverse), public libraries, and subscription libraries.

5. History of libraries - Wikipedia

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   [165] [166] The library in Campfield, Manchester was the first library to operate a free lending library without subscription in 1852. [167] Norwich lays claims to being the first municipality to adopt the Public Libraries Act 1850 (which allowed any municipal borough with a population of 100,000 or more to introduce a halfpenny rate to ...

6. Public libraries in North America - Wikipedia

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   Public libraries in North America. Patrons studying and reading at the New York City Public Library. A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is generally funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also civil servants .

7. Open Library - Wikipedia

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   Open Library. Open Library is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published". Created by Aaron Swartz, [3] [4] Brewster Kahle, [5] Alexis Rossi, [6] Anand Chitipothu, [6] and Rebecca Malamud, [6] Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization. It has been funded in part by grants ...

8. Library of things - Wikipedia

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   A library of things is any collection of objects loaned, and any organization that practices such loaning. Objects often include kitchen appliances, tools, gardening equipment and seeds, [ 1 ] electronics, [ 2 ] toys and games, art, [ 3 ] science kits, craft supplies, musical instruments, and recreational equipment such as sports and outdoors ...

9. Free Library of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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   The Free Library of Philadelphia is a non-Mayoral agency of the City of Philadelphia governed by an independent Board of Trustees as per the Charter of the City of Philadelphia. [4] The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation is a separate 501 (c) (3) non-profit with its own board of directors and serves to support the mission of the Free ...