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Definition of Public library
1. Noun. A nonprofit library maintained for public use.
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
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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