The Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library is part of the Free Library of Philadelphia that serves over 35,000 residents in Cobbs Creek. The library system maintains 2.8 million volumes and circulates 7.5 million items in a fiscal year. Blanche A. Nixon Branch Library has meeting spaces, wireless internet access, computers for public use, a scanner, a printer, a photocopier, electrical outlets, and other facilities, and it offers Holds Pickup, Book Drop, Reference services, Crafternoon, and other library events.