What is Public library?
A '''public library''' is a [[library]] that is open for anyone to borrow books without having to pay. They are usually paid for by taxes.They are usually run by [[Librarian|librarians.]] They may run free services like reading clubs and they have places for people to study. They may have reference collections - books that have to stay in the library and provide [[computer]]s and [[Internet]] for the public. The first known libraries were in the [[Fertile Crescent|Fertile crescent]] 5000 years ago - with [[Clay tablet|clay tablets]], not books. . [[Circulating libraries]] and [[subscription libraries]] came before public libraries, in the 18th and 19th centuries. In England in 1790, there were about six hundred rental and lending libraries, with about fifty thousand members. People had to pay to borrow the books.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 2001|title=Survivor: The History of the Library|url=http://www.history-magazine.com/libraries.html|access-date=27 April 2023|website=History magazine|archive-date=21 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121151733/http://www.history-magazine.com/libraries.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first [[Community|community-run]] public library, the Malatestiana Library, started in 1447 in [[Cesena]], Italy. [[Chetham's Library]] in Manchester, claims to be the oldest public library in the English-speaking world. It opened in 1653.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chetham's Library|url=https://library.chethams.com/|access-date=2023-04-27|website=Chetham's Library|language=en}}</ref> [[Biblioteca Palafoxiana]] in [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla City]], Mexico, is recognized by [[UNESCO]] as the first public library in the Americas. It was founded in 1646. People could not usually borrow the books from these early libraries. In the United Kingdom [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|parliament]] it was suggested that public libraries might draw people away from [[Public house|public houses]]. The [[Museums Act 1845]] allowed [[Borough|boroughs]] to raise money for public