Free Library of Philadelphia

The library, located next to the entrance of Roosevelt Avenue, can also be punched in while walking. The library is free to the public and does not require an appointment. The building is very distinctive, but the interior decoration is not as spectacular as the libraries in Boston and New York.

In 1876, the American Library Association held a major conference in Philadelphia on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The participants were about 100 library managers, 13 of whom were women. The youngest participant was 25-year-old Melway Dewey, who invented the Dewey classification currently used in the library, arguing that "the most people get the best reading at the lowest cost." In 1890, he was elected president of the National Library Association and began standardizing libraries, which was the beginning of modern libraries. Almost every aspect of the library today - from how books are classified to the size and edge length of the book card - reflects Dewey's strict requirements for "standardization" and "efficiency." Thanks to him, in the early years of the absence of computer-powerful search capabilities, readers could quickly find their desired books in the library’s tens of thousands of collections.

Beautiful place and nice people inside,there were lots of different types of books to read and enjoy.we highly recommend here

The city view of Philadelphia is relatively shabby, but all public facilities are well maintained. So passing by this public library was attracted at once. It was very quiet inside, and there were really many people coming to read, many of them were black. In addition to the public reading area, I also saw the free Internet area. Free wifi is also available in the library.

The free library area in Philadelphia is also quite atmospheric. The whole library can see a lot of facilities, a lot of things, the age of the library is quite big, and there are many types of books.