Editing Library (section)

=== Library system ===

A '''library system''' is a central organization created to manage and coordinate operations and services in or between different centers, buildings or [[Library branch|libraries branches]] and library patrons. They use a [[library classification]] to organize their volumes and nowadays also use an [[Integrated library system]] - an [[enterprise resource planning]] system for a library used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed.<ref>Adamson, Veronica, ''et al.'' (2008). {{cite web |title=''JISC & SCONUL Library Management Systems Study'' |url=http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/resourcediscovery/lmsstudy.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703151709/http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/resourcediscovery/lmsstudy.pdf |archive-date=2012-07-03 |access-date=2016-10-30}}&nbsp;{{small|(1&nbsp;MB)}}. Sheffield, UK: Sero Consulting. p. 51. Retrieved on 21 January 2009. "... a Library Management System (LMS or ILS 'Integrated Library System' in US parlance)." Some useful library automation software are: KOHA, Grennstone .LIBsis, and granthlaya.</ref> Many counties, states and universities have developed their own library systems. For example, the [[Arrowhead Library System (Minnesota)|Arrowhead Library System]] is a geographically based library system, established in 1965 to serve seven counties in Northeastern [[Minnesota]] with 29 member libraries in the system. In 2012 it merged with the North Country Library Cooperative to become the state's first regional public and multitype library system. The [[London Public Library]] in [[Canada]] has 16 branches, and the [[Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries]], in [[Finland]], has 63 libraries.<ref name="iiiHelsinkiMetro">{{cite web |date=5 February 2013 |title=Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries (Finland) Upgrades to Sierra Services Platform |url=http://www.iii.com/news/pr_display.php?id=559 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044631/http://www.iii.com/news/pr_display.php?id=559 |archivedate=8 August 2014 |accessdate=1 August 2014 |publisher=Innovative |type=Press release}}</ref> Some countries, such as [[Venezuela]], have only one library system for the whole country; the [[National Library of Venezuela]] has 685 branches.

==== Library branch ====
[[File:North Portland Branch Public Library, Portland - DPLA - 85b06e5685680f767b4ac7a00a3c4385.jpg|left|thumb|150px|North Portland Branch Library, [[Portland, Oregon]]]]
A '''library branch''', '''branch library''' or '''community library''' is a local library that forms part of a larger [[library system]], using the same [[library classification]] for its catalogs and is interconnected with all the other branches of the system through an [[integrated library system]].

Some countries' municipalities have their own [[library system]], such as London Public Library (Canada) with 16 library branches, [[Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries]] (Finland) with 63 libraries,<ref name="iiiHelsinkiMetro" /> and the [[National Library of Venezuela]] with 685 branches.

Some popular library branches include [[New York Public Library Main Branch]], part of [[New York Public Library|New York Public Library System]], and [[Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library]], a branch of [[District of Columbia Public Library|District of Columbia Public Library System]].