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A one-person library ( OPL) is a library led by a single person or a single professional librarian without any professional library peers. These libraries represent the vast majorities of libraries in the world. They may be found in public and governmental settings, in companies and any organisations, in academic and research and as private ...
Net income. £ 501.3 million (2023) [2] Owner. Mike Ashley (61.7%) Number of employees. 30,000 (2024) [3] Website. frasers .group. Frasers Group plc (formerly known as Sports Direct International plc) is a British retail, sport and intellectual property group, named after its ownership of the department store chain House of Fraser.
Little Free Library, a community movement in the United States and worldwide that offers free books housed in small containers to members of the local community. New City Free Library, a library in New City, New York, United States. Newton Free Library, the public library of Newton, Massachusetts, United States.
The Manchester Free Library opened on 5 September 1852 in Manchester, England. [1] It was the first public library in England to be set up under the provisions of the Public Libraries Act 1850, [a] which allowed local authorities to impose a local tax of one penny to pay for the service. [2] The terms of the act required that a poll of ...
Game (retailer) Game Retail Limited ( doing business as GAME) is a British video game retailer, owned by Frasers Group since June 2019. [2] The company's origins lie in the founding of the Rhino Group by Terry Norris and Bev Ripley in 1992. A number of mergers and acquisitions followed during the 1990s, and in 1999, the company was purchased by ...
In 1960 the UK was one of the seven founding members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), but in 1973 it left to join the European Communities (EC). In a 1975 referendum 67% voted to stay in it. When the EC became the European Union (EU) in 1992, the UK was one of the 12 founding member states.
The Enoch Pratt Free Library is the free public library system of Baltimore, Maryland.Its Central Library is located on 400 Cathedral Street (southbound) and occupies the northeastern three quarters of a city block bounded by West Franklin Street (U.S. Route 40 westbound) to the north, Cathedral Street to the east, West Mulberry Street (U.S. Route 40 eastbound) to the south, and Park Avenue ...
Manchester Library & Information Service. Coordinates: 53.479242°N 2.248737°W. North City Library, Manchester, UK. Didsbury Library. There are 24 public libraries in Manchester, England, including the famous Central Library in St Peter’s Square. The oldest community library still in use is Levenshulme Library in South Manchester, built in 1903.