Coordinates: 40°01′54″N 75°08′43″W / 40.03169°N 75.14528°W / 40.03169; -75.14528
| Free Library of Philadelphia | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1891 |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Branches | 54 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music Print and Picture Collection (largest in the U.S.A) |
| Size | 4,240,304 |
| Access and use | |
| Population served | 1,526,006 |
| Other information | |
| Budget | $45,043,901 |
| Director | Siobhan A. Reardon |
| Website | http://www.freelibrary.org/ |
The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The library is the tenth largest public library system in the United States. The governance of the library is unique among public libraries in the United States, as it is neither a city agency or nonprofit organization. The library is governed by both an independent city agency managed by its own board of directors and a separate nonprofit organization, The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation. The library was visited 6.1 million times in Fiscal Year 2011.
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