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This page will allow you to download widgets (which can be placed on your blog or website), wallpaper for your computer desktop, and access to our social networking pages. We are embracing Web 2.0 at the Free Library and will add more applications to this page which allow greater communication and interaction with our patrons. Check back often!
Widgets are simple fun applications which can be embedded on a webpage or blog. To place a widget on your website or blog simply click the "Get Widget" button and select the right installer for you.
Desktop wallpaper is an image used as the background on your computer screen. Choose the image you want below (select the appropriate link for your screen resolution). When the image loads, click on the image with the right mouse button and select Set as Background and the image will be set as your new wallpaper.
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Browser Search Plugin Do you enjoy using search engines like Google and Yahoo from your browser? Install the FLP Catalog Search so that you can search the catalog of the Free Library of Philadelphia the same way you search sites like Google and Yahoo. To Install the Browser Search Plugin, Select the drop down menu from the search field near the top of your browser.
From the Bottom of the menu please select "Add Search FLP Catalog" to install the plugin.
Our Blog
The Free Library of Philadelphia is dedicated to providing both online and in-person visitors with open access to its vast resources. With the many dimensions a blog provides, we can further illuminate our programs, speakers, and offerings through enhanced linkage, photographic, and commentary capabilities. We’ve included information and opinions about books and DVDs, foreign language materials, electronic resources…everything that sits on our shelves, virtual and physical, new and not-so-new, classic and currently popular. What about you? Have an opinion about books you’ve read or films you've seen that you want to share? If so, we encourage you to post comments on our blog.
Our Podcast
The Free Library Podcast is an easy way to participate in the author events and lectures that take place at the Central Library. You can subscribe to our podcast via iTunes or grab the RSS feed.
RSS
The Free Library’s RSS feeds provide automatic updates on selected Library lectures and events. You will need a news reader to access the feeds.