Address:
150 Empire Street
Providence,
Rhode Island
02903
United States
County: Providence 
Phone: 401-455-8000
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Library details: Providence Public Library is a Public library.
This library is affiliated with Providence Public Library (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 956,557 volumes. The library circulates 159,987 items per year. The library serves a population of 178,042 residents .
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Administration: The director of the library is Jack Martin .
Organizational structure: This is a publicly funded and managed library.
Affiliations: The library is a member of the Urban Libraries Council .
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in the United States
| Statistics Public | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 178,042 | Residents |
| Collection size | 956,557 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 159,987 | transactions |
| Expenditures Reported to Institute of Museum and Library Services | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Tech | Books | EBooks | Serial | E-Serials |
| 2012 | $3,535,132 | $78,960 | $14,390 | |||
| 2010 | $4,444,154 | $77,260 | $686,750 | |||
NCES Statistics:
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| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Sierra | 2013 |
| Previous Automation System | Millennium | 2005 |
| Previous Automation System | Horizon | 2003 |
| Previous Automation System | Dynix | 1991 |
| Previous Automation System | CLSI | 1972 |
| Discovery Interface | Encore | |
| Item ID Type | RFID | |
| RFID Tag Type | HF | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Ocean State Libraries (view map) | ||
Automation Survey: The 2018 Automation Survey has been completed for this Library
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 5482 |
| NCES FSCSKEY | RI0036 |
| NCES LIBID | PRO |
Record History: This listing was created on May 1, 2001 and was last modified on Nov 15, 2018.
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