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Bishop Payne Library

Virginia Theological Seminary


Address: 3737 Seminary Road
Alexandria, Virginia
22304
United States

County: Alexandria City View map of all libraries in Alexandria City County.

Region: Mid-Atlantic states

Phone: 703-461-1733

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Library details: Bishop Payne Library is a Theology library.
This library is affiliated with Virginia Theological Seminary (view map) . The collection of the library contains 500,000 volumes. The library circulates 10,000 items per year. The library serves a population of 350 .

Other Info: We also serve the General Theological Seminary in New York City. The Keller Library uses Koha (ByWater).

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Administration: The director of the library is Joseph Thompson .

Organizational structure: It operates on a Non-profit financial model.

Statistics Theology
Service Population 350Residents
Collection size500,000volumes
Annual Circulation10,000transactions
Technology Profile
Product NameYear Contracted
Current Automation SystemSierra2017
Previous Automation SystemMillennium2007
Previous Automation SystemDynix1996
Previous Automation SystemDRA1988
Discovery Service (w/index)EBSCO Discovery Service2019
Authentication ServiceOpenAthens2024
Previous Authentication ServiceEZProxy2023
Archives ManagementCoeli2023
Web Content ManagementStacks (EBSCO)2022
Item ID TypeRFID 
RFID ProviderBibliotheca 
RFID Tag TypeUHF 
RFID Tag VendorBibliotheca 
Self-CheckBibliotheca 
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 Sierra.

Identifiers
libraries.org ID8666
OCLC SymbolVTS
WorldCat Registry ID4016

Record History: This listing was created on Aug 21, 2003 and was last modified on Jan 16, 2026.

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