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A public library system is a network of one or more libraries that are accessible to the public and are generally supported by public funds. Public Library Systems are comprised of a single Central Library, and any number of Branch Libraries, both of which are represented by the Public Library type... More
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x San Francisco Public Library The Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco Library Main Branch Anza Branch Library 5,436,916
The San Francisco Public Library is a public library system serving the city of San Francisco. Its main library is located in San Francisco's Civic Center, at 100 Larkin Street at Grove. The first public library of San Francisco officially opened in...
Bayview Branch Library
Bernal Heights Branch Library
Chinatown Branch Library
Eureka Valley Branch Library
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x Burnaby Public Library        
Burnaby Public Library or BPL is a public library that serves Burnaby, British Columbia and the surrounding Lower Mainland. It allows users to borrow books, videos, dvds and magazines. Burnaby's first library was founded in 1927 as the North Burnaby...
x Detroit Public Library Detroit Public Library, Main Branch entrance on Woodward Ave.     7,191,553
The Detroit Public Library (DPL) is the second largest library system in Michigan by volumes held (after the University of Michigan Library), and is the 20th largest library system in the United States. It is composed of a Main Library on Woodward...
x The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County   The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Central Library The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Central Library 4,566,728
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (PLCH) is a public library system in the United States. In addition to its main library location in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, PLCH operates 41 regional and branch locations throughout Hamilton...
x New York Public Library   New York Public Library Main Branch Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 20,017,441
The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States, behind only the Library of Congress. It is an...
New York Public Library Main Branch
x Hemet Public Library   Hemet Public Library Central Library Hemet Public Library Central Library 82,743
The Hemet Public Library is a public library in Hemet, California, which opened its current new library in July 2003. The library is one of the newest libraries in Riverside County, California. The library can trace its history back to 1906 when...
x Vancouver Public Library   Vancouver Central Library Vancouver Central Library 2,670,000
The Vancouver Public Library (VPL) is the second largest public library system in Canada, with more than 2.8 million items in its collections, 22 branches, approximately 375,000 cardholders, and nearly nine million item borrowings annually. The...
Vancouver Library Britannia Branch
Vancouver Library Carnegie Branch
Vancouver Library Champlain Heights Branch
Vancouver Library Collingwood Branch
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x Winnipeg Public Library        
The Winnipeg Public Library is a public library service that is provided by the municipality of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Most branches provide programming for children, teens, and some to adults. The Library also contains an Outreach Department...
x County of Los Angeles Public Library Library Pico Rivera     8,930,798
The County of Los Angeles Public Library is the 4th largest public library system in the United States which serves residents living in 51 of the 88 incorporated cities of Los Angeles County, California. United States and those living in...
x San Diego Public Library   San Diego Public Library Central Library San Diego Public Library Central Library 4,930,234
The San Diego Public Library is a public library system serving the city of San Diego, California. The San Diego Public Library was established on May 19, 1882, by an elected board of library trustees. The first location was rented space in the...
x Escondido Public Library Escondido Public Library's Main Branch Escondido Public Library Central Library Escondido Public Library Central Library 308,291
The Escondido Public Library is a public library system serving the city of Escondido, which is situated in San Diego County, California. The collection of the library contains 275,000 volumes, circulates 750,000 items per year and serves a...
x Coquitlam Public Library        
Coquitlam Public Library is a public library that serves Coquitlam, British Columbia and in 2008 had a budget of $4,199,977. The library was established as part of the Centennial School Library in 1969. A public Library Board was established in 1977...
x Kitchener Public Library        
The Kitchener Public Library (KPL) is the public library system for the city of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It has a main branch in the downtown core, and four smaller branches throughout the wider community. The main branch, located in downtown...
x Surrey Public Library        
Surrey Public Library is a municipal public library system serving Surrey, British Columbia and the surrounding Lower Mainland. Surrey Public Library has services and programs for patrons of all ages. Prior to 1983, Surrey was a member of the Fraser...
x San Diego County Library       1,571,637
The San Diego County Library is a public library system serving San Diego County in the U.S. state of California. Any person living in the state is eligible for a free library card. During the 2009–2010 fiscal year, the library circulated over 10...
x Los Angeles Public Library Los Angeles Central Library   Encino–Tarzana Branch Library 5,769,000
The Los Angeles Public Library system (LAPL) serves the residents of Los Angeles. With more than six million volumes, it is one of the largest publicly funded library systems in the world. The system is overseen by a Board of Library Commissioners...
x Thunder Bay Public Library TBPL Brodie Street Branch      
The Thunder Bay Public Library serves the citizens of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and surrounding areas. The library got its start when the Port Arthur Library opened a Mechanics' Institute in the schoolhouse in 1876. Membership fees were $20.00...
x Fairfax County Public Library McLean Library 2002   Burke Centre Library 2,646,098
The Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) is a public library system headquartered in Suite 324 in the Fairfax County Government Center at 12000 Government Center Parkway in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Hennen's American...
Centreville Regional Library
Chantilly Regional Library
Dolley Madison Library
Fairfax Regional Library
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x North York Central Library North York Central Library      
North York Central Library is located in northern Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of Yonge Street and Park Home Avenue, north of Sheppard Avenue. The library is located on the west side of Yonge Street beside Mel Lastman Square in the...
x Minuteman Library Network Framingham Public Library Entrance      
The Minuteman Library Network, founded in 1984, is an organization of 41 public and academic libraries in eastern Massachusetts (not including Boston, that immediate area is served by the Boston Public Library, sometimes considered one of the most...
x Connemara Public Library Connemara Public Library      
Connemara Public Library at Chennai is one of the four National Depository Libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India. Established in 1890 the library is a repository of centuries-old publications,...
x Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County        
The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County serves the communities of Mahoning County, Ohio from its administrative offices in Youngstown, Ohio with 15 branches in the cities of Campbell, Canfield, Greenford, Lake Milton, North Jackson,...
x Sycamore Public Library Sycamore Public Library1 Sycamore Public Library Central Library Sycamore Public Library Central Library 50,502
The Sycamore Public Library, in Sycamore, Illinois, was erected in 1905 in the former location of Mansion House, Sycamore's oldest structure. Construction began in May of that year and the library officially opened to the public on Thanksgiving Day,...
x Riverside Public Library   Riverside Public Library Central Library Riverside Public Library Central Library 488,265
The Riverside Public Library system serves the city of Riverside, California. The main library is located adjacent to the historic Mission Inn in downtown Riverside. Seven other branches are located throughout the city. On July 9, 1888, the...
x Newark Public Library Newark PL jeh Newark Public Library Main Branch   1,580,549
The Newark Public Library is the public library system for the city of Newark, New Jersey. In 1902 John Cotton Dana became employed at the Newark Public Library in Newark, New Jersey from until his death in 1929. He established foreign language...
x Boston Public Library USA Boston Public Library 2 MA Boston Public Library Main Branch   8,413,483
The Boston Public Library (est.1848) is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was the first publicly supported municipal library in the United States, the first large library open to the public in the United...
x Uxbridge Free Public Library UxbridgeLibrary 050 Uxbridge Free Public Library Central Library Uxbridge Free Public Library Central Library 39,997
The Uxbridge Free Public Library is a public library in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The first library in the town of Uxbridge was the Uxbridge Social and Instructive Library (1775–1812), managed by George Southwick at his store in the Quaker City...
x Saint Louis Public Library STLCentrallibrary SLPL Central Library   2,815,376
The St. Louis Public Library is a municipal public library system in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. It operates sixteen locations, including the main Central Library location. Although similarly named, the St. Louis Public Library is unrelated to...
x Twinsburg Public Library Twinsburg Public Library Twinsburg Public Library Central Library Twinsburg Public Library Central Library 134,985
The Twinsburg Public Library is located in Twinsburg, a community located northeast Summit County, Ohio, roughly halfway between Akron and Cleveland. It began as the Samuel Bissell Memorial Library in 1910 but its name was changed in 1931 to comply...
x Mississauga Library System        
The Mississauga Library System (MLS) services Mississauga, Ontario with 17 branch libraries plus the Central Library, which has five floors of material. The Central Library is the biggest and main library of the Mississauga Library System. The...
x London Public Library        
The London Public Library is the public library system of London, Ontario Canada. All locations offer art exhibits, programs for adults, teens and children, including author readings, summer reading program, health-oriented activities and more. In...
x Denver Public Library   Central Library   2,010,968
The Denver Public Library is the public library of the city of Denver, Colorado in the United States. Its administrative headquarters is on the seventh floor of the Central Library in Downtown Denver. In 2010, the library had 2,288,842 items in its...
x Albany Town Library        
Albany Town Library is a public library in Albany, Orleans County, Vermont. It is located at 1031 Main St. in Albany, Vermont (mailing address: PO Box 512, Albany, VT 05820-0512). According to 2000 Census figures as reported by the Vermont...
x Saint John Free Public Library SJFPL1      
The Saint John Free Public Library incorporated in 1883, was the first tax supported public library in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, hence the inclusion of "Free" in the title. The Saint John Free Public Library consists of three branches, the...
x Hong Kong Public Library Kowloon Public Library at Ho Man Tin, previously known as Kowloon Central Library Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong Central Library  
The Hong Kong Public Library (HKPL) system in Hong Kong consists of 66 static and 10 mobile libraries offering a total collection of 12.5 million items. The network of libraries are interconnected by a digitalised library management system, the...
x Yiu Tung Public Library        
Yiu Tung Public Library (耀東公立圖書館) is a public library, located in Yiu Tung Estate, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong. Facilities: Services:
x Osceola County Library System Exterior of the Hart Memorial Central Library Osceola County Library System Central Library Osceola County Library System Central Library 308,468
The Osceola Library System is a public library system located in the Kissimmee, Florida area of Central Florida. The main branch is the Hart Memorial Central Library in historic downtown Kissimmee. The system itself has four large branch locations...
x Brooklyn Public Library The Central Library at Grand Army Plaza October 2005, with the entranceway still under excavation     4,489,647
The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is the public library system of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is the fifth largest public library system in the United States. Like the two other public library systems in New York City, it is an...
x Clark County Public Library   Clark County Public Library Central Library Clark County Public Library Central Library 406,007
Clark County Public Library is the public library of Clark County, Ohio, United States. It is based in Springfield, Ohio and has a collection of approximately 500,000 items. The Clark County Public Library traces its beginnings to the Springfield...
x Alaska State Library        
The Alaska State Library and Historical Collections is located in Juneau, Alaska, with an office in Anchorage (61°13′08″N 149°53′19″W / 61.2190°N 149.8886°W / 61.2190; -149.8886 (Alaska State Library, Anchorage Office)) featuring the Talking...
x Manchester Central Library The Library theatre is located in the basement of Manchester Central library ( Alternative view)      
Manchester Central Library is a circular library south of the Town Hall Extension in Manchester, England. It is the headquarters of the Manchester Library & Information Service, which also consists of 22 other community libraries. Designed by E....
x Orange County Public Library   Orange County Public Library Central Library Aliso Viejo Public Library 2,674,191
The OC Public Libraries (OCPL) is a network of community libraries in Orange County, California. With 34 branches covering the county from the Pacific Coast to the inland canyons of Southern California, OC Public Libraries serves a diverse...
Fountain Valley Library
Orange County Public Library Central Library
x Minneapolis Public Library exterior seen from slightly above street level Minneapolis Central Library Minneapolis Central Library 2,974,086
The Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center (MPL) was a library system serving the residents of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. It was originally founded in 1860 as a publicly traded, private library called the Minneapolis...
x North Bengal State Library        
North Bengal State Library is the largest library in the North Bengal region which is situated in the Cooch Behar city. North Bengal State Library is a pride of Cooch Behar. This library has so many valuable manuscripts and Classic "Punthis" written...
x Ohio Wesleyan University Library BeeghlyJayWalk1      
The Ohio Wesleyan University Library is the library system of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. It comprises five individual libraries and is the second largest academic library in Ohio among liberal arts colleges, ranked by number of...
x Chetham's Library Baronial Hall Chetham's      
Chetham's Library in Manchester, England is the oldest free public reference library in the United Kingdom. Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and Chetham's School of Music, was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham...
x Noel Wien Public Library        
The Noel Wien Public Library, operated by the Fairbanks North Star Borough, is located in Fairbanks, Alaska. It has a branch library in North Pole, Alaska. Its current director is Greg Hill, who also writes a regular column for the Fairbanks Daily...
x Phoenix Public Library Phoenix Central Library - North East Corner - 2008-12-27 Burton Barr Central Library Burton Barr Central Library 1,810,067
The Phoenix Public Library is a municipal library system serving Phoenix, Arizona, and operated by the City of Phoenix. There are 16 branches currently in operation citywide, anchored by the flagship Burton Barr Central Library on the northern edge...
x Paris Carnegie Public Library The Paris Public Library, shortly after its completion, is depicted in this early 1900s postcard Paris Carnegie Public Library Central Library Paris Carnegie Public Library Central Library 33,612
The Paris Carnegie Public Library was opened to the public on June 24, 1904. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places and is still home to the Paris Public Library in Paris, Illinois, located in Edgar County. The 1904...
x Huntington Beach Public Library Huntington Beach Public Library      
The Huntington Beach Public Library and Cultural Center (HBPL) is located in Huntington Beach, California. This medium-sized public library offers free wireless access, online databases, books, children's programs, computers, DVD movies, CD music...
x MIT Science Fiction Society        
The MIT Science Fiction Society (or MITSFS) is a literary society and library of science fiction and fantasy books and magazines, located at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It claims to have the "world's largest open-shelf collection of...
x Biblioteca Argentina Dr. Juan Álvarez The main entrance of the Biblioteca Argentina on Presidente Roca St., Rosario.      
The Biblioteca Argentina Dr. Juan Álvarez is a public library in Rosario, Argentina. It is the more important library in the city and in the province of Santa Fe. The library houses 186,000 books. It has three floors and includes a reading room for...
x Portsmouth Public Library Portsmouth Public Library Portsmouth Public Library Central Library Portsmouth Public Library Central Library 170,373
The Portsmouth Public Library is a public library located near downtown Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. It has served the city since 1879. The library has five branch locations in Scioto County: Lucasville, New Boston, McDermott, South Webster, and...
x John Steinbeck Library        
The John Steinbeck Library is a public library in Salinas, California. The library was named after writer John Steinbeck in 1969. The library held the Steinbeck archives until 1998 when they were transferred to the new National Steinbeck Center. The...
x Smyrna Public Library        
The Smyrna Public Library is the only independent, city-operated library in the state of Georgia. It is located at 100 Village Green Circle in downtown Smyrna, Georgia. It is the only public library in the county which has not joined the Cobb County...
x Reading Borough Libraries        
Reading Borough Libraries are responsible for public library provision in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. Despite the Public Libraries Act 1850 it was not until the 1870s that serious thought was given to the creation of a free public...
x Twin Lakes Library System   Twin Lakes Library System Central Library Twin Lakes Library System Central Library 69,288
The Twin Lakes Library System is a single-county public library system that services the citizens of Milledgeville and BaldwinCounty, Georgia with two facilities. The library system provides the public access to books, movies, music, periodicals,...
x Blackstone Library Timothy B. Blackstone Bronze Plaque      
T. B. Blackstone Memorial Library is a building that is part of the Chicago Public Library System and is named after Timothy Blackstone. It is now known as the Chicago Public Library - Blackstone Branch and commonly referred to as Blackstone Library...
x City of Playford Library Service   Playford Civic Centre Library Playford Library Smithfield  
The City of Playford Library Service is the public library service of the City of Playford which is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The City of Playford Library Service consists of the branch Libraries at Elizabeth and...
x Edmonton Public Library Strathcona Public Library Edmonton Alberta Canada 01      
The Edmonton Public Library (EPL) is a publicly funded library in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, available for use by any member of the public. Children are eligible for free library cards, while adults pay an annual fee (though this fee can...
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