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  2. New York Public Library - Wikipedia

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    The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest public library in the United States behind the Library of Congress and the fifth-largest public library in the world. It is a private, non-governmental, independently ...

  3. Open Library - Wikipedia

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    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 Hargrave Malamud, [6] Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization.

  4. List of digital library projects - Wikipedia

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    Public domain books in the United States: An online digital library of free public domain audiobooks, read by volunteers. Around ninety percent of the collection is in English. Literary Kicks: Ludwig von Mises Institute: Literature: Libertarianism and economics: Libertarian and Austrian School economics resources Ludwig von Mises Institute [40]

  5. List of New York Public Library branches - Wikipedia

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    Built after the New York Public Library was formed as a combination of two libraries in the late 1890s. The architectural firm Carrère and Hastings constructed the structure in the Beaux-Arts style, and the structure opened on May 23, 1911.

  6. 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 ...

  7. E-book lending - Wikipedia

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    E-book lending or elending is a practice in which access to already-purchased downloads or online reads of e-books is made available on a time-limited basis to others. It works around the digital rights management built into online-store-published e-books by limiting access to a purchased e-book file to the borrower, resulting in loss of access ...