Editing Free Library of Philadelphia (section)

{{Short description|Public library system in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox library
| library_name = Free Library of Philadelphia
| image = The_Free_Library_of_Philadelphia_(53574634710).jpg
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| library_logo = 
| location = 1901 [[Vine Street (Philadelphia)|Vine Street]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]
| coordinates = {{coord|39.9595|-75.1710|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-PA|display=title}}
| established = 1891
| num_branches = 55
| items_collected = Chamber Music Collection<br />Children's Literature Research Collection<br />Drinker Choral Music Library<br />Early American Children's Books<br />Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music<br />Map Collection<br /><br />Print and Picture Collection (largest in the U.S.A)<br />Rare Book Collections<br />Sheet Music Collection<br />Theatre Collection
| collection_size = 4,240,304
| pop_served = 1,560,297<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/assets/2015/05/2015-state-of-the-city-report_web.pdf |title=Philadelphia 2015: The State of the City |date=2015 |publisher=The Pew Charitable Trusts |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221232811/http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/assets/2015/05/2015-state-of-the-city-report_web.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2016}}</ref>
| director = Kelly Richards
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| website = http://www.freelibrary.org/
}}

The '''Free Library of Philadelphia''' is the [[public library]] system that serves the city of [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/philadelphiacountypennsylvania |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101141044/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/philadelphiacountypennsylvania |archive-date=2019-01-01 |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania}}</ref> It is the 16th-largest public library system in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nation's Largest Public Libraries: Top 25 Rankings |url=https://libguides.ala.org/librarystatistics/largest-public-libs |access-date=July 14, 2023 |website=American Library Association}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/graphics/agencies/A154.htm|title = Free Library of Philadelphia, Board of Trustees of the| date=9 October 2024 }}</ref> 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 Library of Philadelphia through philanthropic dollars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation|url=https://libwww.freelibrary.org/support/foundation/|access-date=2016-11-30|archive-date=2018-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910133851/https://libwww.freelibrary.org/support/foundation/|url-status=dead}}</ref>