Nate Eddy is the first to admit he’s far from a fashion expert. As strategy coordinator for the Philadelphia Free Library, he spends most of his time figuring out the best way for the 125-year-old institution to implement its ambitious strategic plan to “build an enlightened community devoted to lifelong learning.”
Yet this past January, Eddy found himself dedicating several workdays to browsing Amazon’s necktie selection.
“I’m not a tie aficionado,” says the career librarian, 38, “but I do know wearing a nice tie can add a lot of confidence.”
He eventually found a dozen designs he liked, and placed the order. On March 10, the ties debuted in their new home: On display in the Paschalville Branch Library in Southwest Philly. Like anything else on the library’s racks, the ties are available for borrowing for three weeks at a time, totally free of charge.
The “tiebrary,” as Eddy likes to call it, wasn’t officially announced — it was launched softly, without any fanfare. But this week, the Paschalville Branch got a special visitor, who inadvertently blew up the spot.
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