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<p>The Old Colony Library Network (OCLN) is a <a href="/facts/Library_consortium/eKMrfmqJ">consortium</a> of 27 member <a href="/facts/Library/hvdQNTtS">libraries</a> located on the <a href="/facts/South_Shore_(Massachusetts)/F7B32JkH">South Shore</a> of <a href="/facts/Massachusetts/9uumCbFI">Massachusetts</a> 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 <a href="/facts/501(c)(3)/4KIsNFYp">501(c)(3)</a> corporation. OCLN is recognized as a <a href="/facts/Charitable_organization/x8frlCm4">charitable organization</a> by the Massachusetts Attorney General's office. </p><p>OCLN member libraries: </p><p>Public libraries: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Abington_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/kCrSSpaF">Abington Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.abingtonpl.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Avon_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/KETeE4nI">Avon Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.avonpubliclibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thayer_Public_Library/ylzSxm3m">Thayer Public Library</a>, Braintree</li> <li><a href="/facts/Brockton_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/UmbQqN3I">Brockton Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.brocktonpubliclibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Canton_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/aeYdEWn5">Canton Public Library</a> <a href="http://town.canton.ma.us/library">(website)</a></li> <li>Paul Pratt Memorial Library, <a href="/facts/Cohasset%2c_Massachusetts/mU5CHTBS">Cohasset</a> <a href="http://www.cohassetlibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Duxbury_Free_Library/f6b1K2Hp">Duxbury Free Library</a> <a href="http://www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Curtis_Free_Library/tTFWE9pL">John Curtis Free Library</a>, Hanover <a href="http://www.hanovermass.com/library">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hingham_Public_Library/0RWPLX9e">Hingham Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.hinghamlibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Holbrook_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/IEn4JmGS">Holbrook Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.holbrookpubliclibrary.org">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hull_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/ctUtb9Pu">Hull Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.hullpubliclibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kingston_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/zYFjKBR4">Kingston Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ventress_Memorial_Library/LCYR8bdE">Ventress Memorial Library</a>, Marshfield <a href="http://ventresslibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Milton_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/xKkaIaBc">Milton Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.miltonlibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Norwell_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/q7EteUzI">Norwell Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.norwellpubliclibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Plymouth_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/dwcQ1TYm">Plymouth Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Crane_Public_Library/xvko8DyE">Thomas Crane Public Library</a>, Quincy <a href="http://thomascranelibrary.org">(website)</a></li> <li>Turner Free Library, <a href="/facts/Randolph%2c_Massachusetts/oSbGUo3B">Randolph</a> <a href="http://www.turnerfreelibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rockland%2c_Massachusetts/R5joHhQL">Rockland</a> Memorial Library <a href="http://www.rocklandmemoriallibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sandwich_Library/um9EgWC2">Sandwich Public Library</a> <a href="http://www.sandwichpubliclibrary.com/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Scituate_Town_Library/h76yC2Lg">Scituate Town Library</a> <a href="http://www.scituatetownlibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sharon%2c_Massachusetts/jV0W5kfm">Sharon</a> Public Library <a href="http://www.sharonpubliclibrary.org/">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stoughton_Public_Library/s9WfwApA">Stoughton Public Library</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929210425/http://www.stoughtonlibrary.org/">(website)</a>[<i>usurped</i>]</li> <li><a href="/facts/Walpole%2c_Massachusetts/e1m56vLz">Walpole</a> Public Library <a href="http://www.walpole.ma.us/library.htm">(website)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Weymouth%2c_Massachusetts/ybad2rkA">Weymouth</a> Public Libraries (Tufts and <a href="/facts/Fogg_Library/cbSjuuut">Fogg</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Whitman_Public_Library_(Massachusetts)/zodof5lz">Whitman Public Library</a> <a href="http://whitmanpubliclibrary.org/">(website)</a></li></ul> <p>Academic library: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Quincy_College/J90MlnUB">Quincy College</a>, Quincy and Plymouth</li></ul> <p>Former members: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eastern_Nazarene_College/dw8m1meW">Eastern Nazarene College</a>, Quincy, Nease Library (the college closed in December 2024)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Massasoit_Community_College/z6TPMzse">Massasoit Community College</a> Library (migrated to HELM in June 2019)</li></ul>