Address:
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
19103
United States
County: Philadelphia 
Phone: 215-686-5300
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: Free Library of Philadelphia is a Public library.
This library is affiliated with Free Library of Philadelphia (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 2,811,962 volumes. The library circulates 7,503,031 items per year. The library serves a population of 1,526,006 residents .
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Administration: The director of the library is Siobhan A. Reardon .
Organizational structure: This is a publicly funded and managed library.
Affiliations: The library is a member of the Urban Libraries Council .
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in the United States
| Statistics Public | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 1,526,006 | Residents |
| Collection size | 2,811,962 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 7,503,031 | transactions |
| Expenditures Reported to Institute of Museum and Library Services | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Tech | Books | EBooks | Serial | E-Serials |
| 2012 | $71,138,674 | $3,533,335 | $727,566 | |||
| 2010 | $74,607,376 | $3,989,561 | $821,510 | |||
NCES Statistics:
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| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Symphony | 2004 |
| Previous Automation System | DRA | 1995 |
| Previous Automation System | PLUS | |
| Discovery Interface | VuFind | 2015 |
| Previous Discovery Interface | AquaBrowser Library | |
| Federated search product | WebFeat PRISM | |
| Item ID Type | RFID | |
| RFID Tag Type | HF | |
| (* Older versions of SirsiDynix Symphony were called Unicorn) | ||
| This library is responsible for the procurement of the library automation system. | ||
| (The system currently named PLUS by Geac was previously called Libs100 or Libs100PLUS from a company called CLSI.) | ||
Automation Survey: The 2018 Automation Survey has been completed for this Library
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 1068 |
| OCLC Symbol | PLF |
| NCES FSCSKEY | PA0385 |
| NCES LIBID | PA0385002 |
Record History: This listing was created on Jun 15, 1997 and was last modified on Nov 16, 2018.
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