Address:
95 West Washington
Nelsonville,
Ohio
45764-1177
United States
County: Athens 
Phone: 740-753-2118
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: Nelsonville Public Library is a Public library.
This library is affiliated with Athens County Public Libraries (view map)
.
The collection of the library contains 317,630 volumes. The library circulates 465,648 items per year. The library serves a population of 64,757 residents .
Other Info: The Athens County Public Libraries are a network of seven library buildings with administrative offices and central processing facilities located in the Nelsonville Public Library. The system began in 1935 as an extension service of the Nelsonville school district.
Throughout Athens County, the library maintains a collection of about 180,000 books, adding 25,000 new books every year while weeding out old books that contain outdated information. The Library also maintains subscriptions to about 130 different magazines and newspapers.
Notably, Athens County Public Libraries were the first public libraries in the US to switch to an open-source integrated library system: Koha (http://koha-community.org).
Permalink: 
https://librarytechnology.org/library/5659
(Use this link to refer back to this listing.)
Administration: The director of the library is Nick Tepe .
Organizational structure: This is a publicly funded and managed library.
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in the United States
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in Ohio
| Statistics Public | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 64,757 | Residents |
| Collection size | 317,630 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 465,648 | transactions |
| Expenditures Reported to Institute of Museum and Library Services | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Tech | Books | EBooks | Serial | E-Serials |
| 2012 | $1,836,790 | $153,170 | $15,700 | |||
| 2010 | $1,550,043 | $96,974 | $0 | |||
NCES Statistics:
Launch a new window showing detailed statistics available from the National Center for Educational Statistics
Wireless: The library offers wireless access to the Internet. 802.11g no authentication required
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Koha -- ByWater Solutions | 2010 |
| Previous Automation System | Koha -- LibLime | 2005 |
| Previous Automation System | Koha -- Independent | 2002 |
| Previous Automation System | Spydus | |
| Web Content Management | WordPress | |
| 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. | ||
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 5659 |
| OCLC Symbol | ONe |
| NCES FSCSKEY | OH0156 |
| NCES LIBID | OH0156-002 |
Record History: This listing was created on Sep 1, 2002 and was last modified on May 21, 2018.
Updates: Corrections or Updates? Registered members of Library Technology Guides can submit updates to library listings in libraries.org. Registration is free and easy. Already registered? login. Or, you can report corrections just by sending a message to Marshall Breeding.
