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Posted inNeighborhoods

Regular Saturday hours return 6-day service to several library branches, a ‘game changer’ for Philadelphia

Avatar photo by Asha Prihar November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

Nine Free Library of Philadelphia branches are adding regular Saturday hours to their schedules starting this weekend, with more projected to do the same in the next several months. Those […]

Posted inNews

Still trying to fill hundreds of open positions, the Free Library has managed to expand service at over a dozen branches

Avatar photo by Asha Prihar September 6, 2022January 17, 2023
Posted inNews

With ‘significant’ $10 million funding boost, Free Library forecasts stable five-day-a-week service and major hiring spree

Avatar photo by Asha Prihar May 7, 2022January 17, 2023
Posted inNeighborhoods

About 1 in 7 Philly neighborhood libraries can’t fully open each day, on top of already reduced hours

Avatar photo by Asha Prihar March 31, 2022February 23, 2023
Posted inFree Library discrimination concerns, News

Free Library picks a new director: Kelly Richards, a Black career librarian from Michigan

Avatar photo by Layla A. Jones October 1, 2021January 17, 2023

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