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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. [4] 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 ...
Rosenbach in particular was seminal in the rare book world, helping to build libraries such as the Widener Library at Harvard, The Huntington Library and the Folger Shakespeare Library. In 2013, the Rosenbach became a subsidiary of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation , but maintains its own board and operates independently of the public ...
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The foundation was established as a "community trust" by the Fidelity Trust Company in December 1918. Initially the committee charged with the distribution of funds was composed of five individuals: one appointed by the Pennsylvania governor, one appointed by the senior judge of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania, one appointed by the judge of the Orphans' Court, and two ...
Parkway Central Library also known as Free Library or Central Library is the main public library building and administrative headquarters of the Free Library of Philadelphia system. It is the largest library, and only research library, of 54 library branches in the Free Library system. The library opened on Vine Street in Philadelphia in 1927 ...
In 1914, the South Philadelphia branch became the 16th branch of the Free Library to be built with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie. [1] This branch is currently located in the Community Health and Literacy Center at Broad and Morris Street. The original South Philadelphia branch was located at Broad and Ritner Streets and opened on November 24 ...
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.
The Reading Olympics is Philadelphia's largest annual reading competition, engaging up to 2000 students from 4th-8th grade from Philadelphia's public, parochial, charter, independent and after-school programs. [1] The program aims to foster a love of reading, develop teamwork skills, and bring students from different parts of the city together ...