The SAILS Library Network, formerly Southeastern Automated Integrated Library Services, is a

nonprofit A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

library consortium A library consortium is any cooperative association of libraries that coordinates resources and/or activities on behalf of its members, whether they are academic, public, school or special libraries, and/or information centers. Library consortia h ...

of 70 member libraries in 39 communities located throughout Southeastern

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

. SAILS was founded in 1995 to link the ABLE and SEAL library networks, which were later dissolved into SAILS in 2000. The network provides library patrons with access to check out and return items at member libraries,

interlibrary loan Inter-library loan (abbreviated ILL, sometimes called document delivery, document supply, inter-lending, inter-library services, inter-loan, or resource sharing) is a service that enables patrons of one library to borrow materials that are held by ...

s through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners' Commonwealth Catalog, mobile app access, and access to electronic collections (including OverDrive). Member libraries are provided customized online catalog services, digital collections storage, internet and telecommunications services, email and Google Apps accounts for library staff, access to

SirsiDynix SirsiDynix is a United States company which produces integrated library system (ILS) software and associated services for libraries. Origins The Sirsi Corporation was founded in Huntsville, Alabama in 1979 by Mike Murdock, Jacky Young, and Jim Yo ...

software, and staff training. Approximately 70 percent of funding for SAILS comes from dues from member libraries, with the remaining portion coming from government subsidies and grants. In fiscal year 2017, the network's 463,000 patrons checked out almost 3.6 million items, worth an estimated $44 million. Deliveries of materials between member libraries and other library networks in Massachusetts through an

program are made by the Massachusetts Library System, which has offices in

Northampton Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is sit ...

and

Marlborough Marlborough or the Marlborough may refer to: Places Australia * Marlborough, Queensland * Principality of Marlborough, a short-lived micronation in 1993 * Marlborough Highway, Tasmania; Malborough was an historic name for the place at the sou ...

. The network uses SirsiDynix

integrated library system An integrated library system (ILS), also known as a library management system (LMS), is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed. An ILS is usually ...

(ILS) for staff function workflows: acquisitions,

cataloging In library and information science, cataloging (American English, US) or cataloguing (British English, UK) is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc. Cataloging ...

, circulation, ILL, and serials as well as for their patron's

Online Public Access Catalog The online public access catalog (OPAC), now frequently synonymous with ''library catalog'', is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Online catalogs have largely replaced the analog card catalogs previously ...

(OPAC). The libraries provide access to reference databases,

digital libraries A digital library (also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, a library without walls, or a digital collection) is an online database of digital resources that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital ...

, access to free music online, museum passes,

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, workshops, and other free services that vary from each location. In 2018, the network introduced automatic renewals on most items.

Member libraries

Public libraries

* Acushnet Public Library * Guildford H. Hathaway Public Library ( Assonet) * Attleboro Public Library * Berkley Public Library (Massachusetts) * Bridgewater Public Library * Carver Public Library * Dartmouth - North Dartmouth Library * Dartmouth - Southworth Library * Dighton Public Library * East Bridgewater Public Library * James White Memorial Library ( East Freetown) * Ames Free Library ( Easton) *

The Millicent Library Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts was donated to the town by the family of Millicent Gifford Rogers, the youngest daughter of Abbie Gifford and wealthy industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers. Young Millicent had died of heart failure i ...

( Fairhaven) * Fall River Main * Charlton Library of Fall River History * Boyden Library ( Foxboro) * Holmes Public Library ( Halifax) * Hanson Public Library * Lakeville Public Library * Mansfield Public Library * Elizabeth Taber Library (

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) * Mattapoisett Free Public Library * Middleborough Public Library * New Bedford Bookmobile * Casa da Saudade Library (

New Bedford New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the Acushnet River in what is known as the South Coast (Massachusetts), South Coast region. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, New Bedford had a ...

) * Howland-Green Library (

) * Lawler Library (

) * New Bedford Main Library * Wilks Library (

) * Norfolk Public Library * Richards Memorial Library ( North Attleboro) * Norton Public Library * Pembroke Public Library * Plainville Public Library * Plympton Public Library * Raynham Public Library * Blanding Public Library ( Rehoboth) * Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library (

Rochester, Massachusetts Rochester is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,717 at the 2020 census. Rochester is a part of the South Coast (Massachusetts), South Coast region of Massachusetts which ...

) * SAILS Headquarters * Seekonk Public Library * Somerset Public Library * Swansea Public Library * Taunton Public Library * Spinney Memorial Branch Library ( Wareham * Wareham Free Library * West Bridgewater Public Library * Westport Free Public Library * Fiske Public Library ( Wrentham)

Academic libraries

Apponequet Regional High School Apponequet Regional High School (informally known as Apponequet or ARHS), located at 100 Howland Road in Lakeville, Massachusetts opened September 21, 1959. Apponequet serves secondary academic education students from the towns of Freetown, and ...

(

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/ Lakeville) *

Attleboro High School Attleboro High School is a public high school located in Attleboro, Massachusetts. The school is located at 1 Blue Pride Way. The school has an approximate student enrollment of 1,750 students in grades 9–12. The school's mascot is the Bombardie ...

* Beckwith Middle School ( Rehoboth) * Dighton Elementary School * Dighton Middle School * Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School ( Dighton) * B.M.C. Durfee High School ( Fall River) * East Bridgewater Central School *

East Bridgewater High School East Bridgewater Junior Senior High School is a public secondary school located at 143 Plymouth Street in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States. The school serves students in grades 7–12 and has an enrollment of 904 students as of the ...

* John J. Ahern Middle School (

Foxborough Foxborough is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, it is about southwest of Boston. The population was 18,618 at the 2020 census. "Foxborough" is the official spelling of th ...

) * Foxborough High School * American Bureau of Shipping Information Commons (

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Mass Maritime, MMA) is a public university in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, focused on maritime-related fields. It was established in 1891 and is the second oldest state maritime academy in the United States. Orig ...

) *

New Bedford High School New Bedford High School (NBHS) is a public high school in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. It is located at 230 Hathaway Boulevard in the West End and was established in 1827 (though the current building was built in 1972). It also serve ...

* Freeman Kennedy School (

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) * H. Olive Day School (

) * Palmer River Elementary School ( Rehoboth) * George R. Martin Elementary School ( Seekonk) * Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School ( Seekonk) * Mildred H. Aitken Elementary School ( Seekonk) *

Seekonk High School Seekonk High School is a public high school operated by Seekonk Public Schools in Seekonk, Massachusetts, United States. It serves the district's grade 9–12 student population. The school's mission statement is ''"All students will achieve ...

Somerset Berkley Regional High School Somerset Berkley Regional High School is the public high school for the towns of Somerset, Massachusetts, Somerset and Berkley, Massachusetts, Berkley, Massachusetts, United States, beginning in September 2011. Academics Somerset Berkley Regiona ...

* Southeastern Regional School District * Delaney Elementary School ( Wrentham) * Roderick Elementary School ( Wrentham)

References

{{Reflist Library consortia in Massachusetts 1995 establishments in Massachusetts

Member libraries

Public libraries

Academic libraries

See also

References