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Peterborough Town Library, the first completely tax-supported public library in the United States, Peterborough, New Hampshire. The first free public library supported by taxation in the world was the Peterborough, New Hampshire Town Library which was founded at town meeting on April 9, 1833. [12]
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Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places by state (50 C) Lists of Carnegie libraries in the United States by state or territory (52 P) Libraries in insular areas of the United States (3 C)
A public library is a library which is open to the general public, in contrast to types of library which are only open to specific groups of people, such as academic libraries. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
In the United States of America, state library agencies established in each state have long been a catalyst for a great deal of the motivation for public library cooperation. This has been since the founding of the movement, starting in 1890 when Massachusetts created a state Board of Library Commissioners charged to help communities establish ...
The American Library Association has published data on the size of 25 largest public libraries in the United States. These data are from the Institute of Museum and Library Services's Public Libraries Survey (PLS) for fiscal year 2016. The largest public libraries in the U.S. are far larger than the median public library in the country; almost ...
Public libraries in Cardiff, Wales; Libraries in Dallas, Texas; New York City: List of Brooklyn Public Library branches; List of New York Public Library branches; List of Queens Public Library branches; List of Hennepin County Library branches, Minnesota; List of public libraries in Los Angeles County, California; List of libraries in Seattle ...
University and college academic libraries in the United States (8 C, 286 P) Pages in category "Libraries in the United States" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.