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Ocean State Libraries
Ocean State Libraries
Address:
The Summit South; Suite 103
Warwick,
Rhode Island
02886
United States
County: Kent 
Phone: 401-738-2200
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: Ocean State Libraries is a Consortium.
This library is affiliated with Ocean State Libraries (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 3,500,000 volumes. The library circulates 6,406,170 items per year. The library serves a population of 1,097,379 .
Other Info: Ocean State Libraries (OSL) is Rhode Island's public library consortium. It is incorporated as a non-profit organization under the Internal Revenue Code (501c3). OSL has 50 member library systems operating from 73 locations including all 48 public library systems, one private K12 school and the state library agency. All RI residents have access to an OSL library in their own communities.
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Administration: The director of the library is Stephen Spohn .
Organizational structure: The library is part of a publicly-funded organization. It operates on a Non-profit financial model.
| Statistics Consortium | ||
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| Service Population | 1,097,379 | Residents |
| Collection size | 3,500,000 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 6,406,170 | transactions |
| Technology Profile | ||
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| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Koha -- ByWater Solutions | 2022 |
| Previous Automation System | Sierra | 2013 |
| Previous Automation System | Millennium | 2005 |
| Previous Automation System | Horizon | 2003 |
| Previous Automation System | Dynix | 1991 |
| Discovery Interface | Aspen Discovery -- ByWater Solutions | 2022 |
| Previous Discovery Interface | Encore | |
| Marketing Automation | Patron Point | 2022 |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Ocean State Libraries (view map) | ||
| The library's automation system is hosted by the vendor through an Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) arrangement. | ||
| This library is responsible for the procurement of the library automation system. | ||
Automation Survey: We are conducting a study on the automation systems used in libraries. This survey should be completed by a person familiar with your libraries use of Koha -- ByWater Solutions.
The 2025 Automation Survey has been completed for this Library.
| Identifiers | |
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| libraries.org ID | 26950 |
| OCLC Symbol | RIOSL |
| WorldCat Registry ID | 133907 |
Record History: This listing was created on Dec 12, 2005 and was last modified on Dec 2, 2025.
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