Noun
a nonprofit library maintained for public use
Source: WordNetMy alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. David Mamet
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. Samuel Johnson
The best place to find things: the public library. Edward Bernays
Books read in a public library never have the same flavour as books read in the attic or the kitchen. Alberto Manguel
But the best problem I ever found, I found in my local public library. Andrew Wiles
One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library. Bell hooks