Free Library of Philadelphia

About Me

The mission of the Free Library of Philadelphia is to provide all segments of the population of Philadelphia a comprehensive collection of recorded knowledge, ideas, artistic expression, and information; to assure ease of access to these materials; and to provide programs to stimulate the awareness and use of these resources.

We have 54 locations throughout the city. Our Central Library is located at 1901 Vine Street.

Check out our website for our online catalog, e-resources, author events, and the Free Library Blog .

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Readers, learners, other libraries, librarians, and anyone who wants to stay up-to-date with what's going on at the Free Library.

My Blog

Blogs

We're in the early stages of ramping up our blog content over on our site- pretty excited about the upcoming changes! We'll be posting more frequently, as well as inviting various members of the Libra...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:05:00 GMT

Fall Events

We have some really interesting events coming up this fall - in addition to our wildly popular author events, we've got a variety of classes lined up. Learn how to speak a new language, read tarot car...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:29:00 GMT

Twitter update!

We finally got the Twitter account issue ironed out thanks to its customer service team!On that note, if you're following FreeLibraryPhl on Twitter, please add FreeLibrary to your list! We'll be tweet...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:42:00 GMT

Branching out

As we prepare to break ground on the new Parkway Central, our main branch, we've decided to branch out in other ways. The historic Beaux-Arts building will be complemented by a modern addition designe...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:42:00 GMT