Philadelphia relies on libraries as heating and cooling centers, but they frequently close due to heat or air conditioning issues.

Philadelphia’s LAMP provides Braille books, large print titles, assistive devices, and volunteer-recorded audiobooks for Pennsylvanians with disabilities.

The Free Library of Philadelphia is encouraging readers to check out "Our Missing Hearts," a story about a family torn apart by government censorship.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The City of Philadelphia has unveiled an ambitious plan that brings additions to the Ben Franklin Parkway. Those plans include a new location for the African American Museum in ...

Philadelphia library fans have until Friday to help Free Library of Philadelphia win a friendly competition against rival Kansas City Public Library in the Library Love Competition. While both cities ...

Aspiring bird watchers now can check out backpacks loaded with binoculars and field guides from every branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Each branch has at least two backpacks stocked with ...

Tariq Trotter’s 2023 memoir about growing up in Philadelphia will be the focus of the Free Library’s all-city reading program. Tariq Trotter, known as Black Thought, speaks about his book, ''The ...

Four Philadelphia libraries will host Federal Employee Transition Workshops the first two weeks of April to help any of the thousands of federal workers impacted by recent layoffs and cuts. The ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's been one day since the strike involving 9,000 Philadelphia city workers ended. Already, we're seeing improvements across the city. Philadelphia City services are gradually ...

Hoping to keep a Philadelphia library’s bathrooms clean and free of loiterers, a nonprofit group is employing formerly homeless people as bathroom attendants, reports the Associated Press. The Free ...