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{{Short description|Library consortium in eastern Massachusetts, US}}
The '''Old Colony Library Network'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ocln.org |title=Old Colony Library Network |publisher=Ocln.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> (OCLN) is a [[Library consortium|consortium]] of 27 member [[library|libraries]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocln.org/wp-public/?page_id=24 |title=Member Libraries — Hours & Services |publisher=OCLN |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731224030/http://ocln.org/wp-public/?page_id=24 |archive-date=2012-07-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> located on the [[South Shore (Massachusetts)|South Shore]] of [[Massachusetts]] in the United States. OCLN membership includes 26 town and city libraries and one academic library. OCLN's cooperative approach enables member libraries to provide services that they would not be able to afford separately. OCLN was founded in 1984 and is incorporated in Massachusetts as a [[501(c)(3)]] corporation. OCLN is recognized as a [[charitable organization]] by the Massachusetts Attorney General's office.

OCLN member libraries:

Public libraries:

* [[Abington Public Library (Massachusetts)|Abington Public Library]] [http://www.abingtonpl.org/ (website)]
* [[Avon Public Library (Massachusetts)|Avon Public Library]] [http://www.avonpubliclibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Thayer Public Library]], Braintree
* [[Brockton Public Library (Massachusetts)|Brockton Public Library]] [http://www.brocktonpubliclibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Canton Public Library (Massachusetts)|Canton Public Library]] [http://town.canton.ma.us/library (website)]
* Paul Pratt Memorial Library, [[Cohasset, Massachusetts|Cohasset]] [http://www.cohassetlibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Duxbury Free Library]] [http://www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[John Curtis Free Library]], Hanover [http://www.hanovermass.com/library (website)]
* [[Hingham Public Library]] [http://www.hinghamlibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Holbrook Public Library (Massachusetts)|Holbrook Public Library]] [http://www.holbrookpubliclibrary.org (website)]
* [[Hull Public Library (Massachusetts)|Hull Public Library]] [http://www.hullpubliclibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Kingston Public Library (Massachusetts)|Kingston Public Library]] [http://www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Ventress Memorial Library]], Marshfield [http://ventresslibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Milton Public Library (Massachusetts)|Milton Public Library]] [http://www.miltonlibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Norwell Public Library (Massachusetts)|Norwell Public Library]] [http://www.norwellpubliclibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Plymouth Public Library (Massachusetts)|Plymouth Public Library]] [http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Thomas Crane Public Library]], Quincy [http://thomascranelibrary.org (website)]
* Turner Free Library, [[Randolph, Massachusetts|Randolph]] [http://www.turnerfreelibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Rockland, Massachusetts|Rockland]] Memorial Library [http://www.rocklandmemoriallibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Sandwich Library|Sandwich Public Library]] [http://www.sandwichpubliclibrary.com/ (website)]
* [[Scituate Town Library]] [http://www.scituatetownlibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Sharon, Massachusetts|Sharon]] Public Library [http://www.sharonpubliclibrary.org/ (website)]
* [[Stoughton Public Library]] {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929210425/http://www.stoughtonlibrary.org/ (website)]}}
* [[Walpole, Massachusetts|Walpole]] Public Library [http://www.walpole.ma.us/library.htm (website)]
* [[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]] Public Libraries (Tufts and [[Fogg Library|Fogg]])
* [[Whitman Public Library (Massachusetts)|Whitman Public Library]] [http://whitmanpubliclibrary.org/ (website)]

Academic library:
* [[Quincy College]], Quincy and Plymouth

Former members:
* [[Eastern Nazarene College]], Quincy, Nease Library (the college closed in December 2024)
* [[Massasoit Community College]] Library (migrated to HELM in June 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zairo |first=Jessie |date=Nov 19, 2019 |title=Two Libraries Join HELM and Choose ByWater Solutions' Koha Support |url=https://bywatersolutions.com/news/two-libraries-join-helm-and-choose-bywater-solutions-koha-support |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023012959/https://bywatersolutions.com/news/two-libraries-join-helm-and-choose-bywater-solutions-koha-support |archive-date=Oct 23, 2021 |access-date=Feb 10, 2023 |website=ByWater Solutions}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing]] (CLAMS)
* [[CW MARS]] (Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing)
* [[Merrimack Valley Library Consortium]] (MVLC)
* [[Minuteman Library Network]] (MLN)
* [[North of Boston Library Exchange]] (NOBLE)
* [[SAILS Library Network]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Official website|http://ocln.org }}

[[Category:Library consortia in Massachusetts]]

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