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2. 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.

3. 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 ...

4. 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.

5. List of largest libraries - Wikipedia

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   Library and Archives Canada Canada: Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Vancouver 27 million Largely a free reference library CAD165 million 853 Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia: Saint Petersburg: 26.5 million [28] Berlin State Library Germany: Berlin: 23.4 million [29] 1.4 million [29] Boston Public Library

6. Birkenhead Central Library - Wikipedia

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   The library offers the traditional lending service for books including large print, foreign language titles, talking books and digital audio and video media, newspaper and magazine reading and local community information. There is also a dedicated children's library and a reference library on the upper floor containing extensive local archives.

7. Public libraries in North America - Wikipedia

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   The first free continuous children's library in the United States was funded privately, founded in 1835 in Arlington, Massachusetts. [14] New York lawyer, governor and bibliophile Samuel J. Tilden bequeathed millions to build the New York Public Library. He believed Americans should have access to books and a free education if desired. In 1902 ...