Definition of Public library

1. Noun. A nonprofit library maintained for public use.

Generic synonyms: Library

Definition of Public library

1. Noun. A library provided essentially as a public service rather than as a commercial venture. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Public Library

public health
public holiday
public holidays
public house
public housing
public interest
public intoxication
public key
public key certificate
public key cryptography
public keys
public knowledge
public lavatory
public law
public lecture
public library (current term)
public life
public limited companies
public limited company
public mover
public nudity
public nuisance
public office
public officer
public officers
public offices
public opinion
public opinion poll
public opinions
public ownership

Literary usage of Public library

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1908)
"27, 1907, gives a preliminary report of her observations, which Mr. Adam Strohm. of the Free public library, Trenton, NJ, has translated for the LIBRARY ..."

2. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"O. public library. Work of the Cleveland public library with the children ... Important laws relating to public libraries and the public library commission. ..."

3. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1905)
"The public library says to any organization it sees going among the people, ... The public library uses every team that is harnessed and is going in the ..."

4. Municipal and Institutional Libraries of Indiana: History, Conditon and ...by William Elmer Henry, Indiana Louisiana purchase exposition commission by William Elmer Henry, Indiana Louisiana purchase exposition commission (1904)
"Alexandria public library 5 Anderson—public library of Anderson 7 Angola—Sorosis Library 9 Attica public library 10 Aurora public library 12 Bedford Public ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Specific Educational Activities of the public library.— The main lines of direct educational activity in vogue in American libraries are noted below. ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"New Repub 5: Nat 'Educ Assn 1915:1081-5 public library and the pursuit of truth. ... FL Holmes, il R of Rs 52:729-30 D 45 Popularizing a public library. ..."

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