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Free Library of Philadelphia
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<p>The Free Library of Philadelphia is the <a href="/facts/Public_library/VDjIpJS8">public library</a> system that serves the city of <a href="/facts/Philadelphia/2bFFCCTU">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania. It is the 16th-largest public library system in the United States. 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. 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 of Philadelphia through philanthropic dollars. </p>