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Public libraries are libraries with the primary purpose of serving members of the public rather than, e.g., members of a specific institution or organization.
This is part of a non-overlapping categorization of libraries along with academic/college libraries, school libraries, government libraries, corporate libraries, and the rare subscription libraries. Some large public libraries are also research libraries.
This tag should be used to indicate questions about public libraries as an institution or that would almost exclusively occur in the context of public libraries.