The Organization of Watauga Libraries (OWL), a 10-member consortium in northeast Tennessee, has signed a seven-year agreement with SirsiDynix. In addition to choosing SirsiDynix Symphony and SirsiDynix SaaS hosting service, OWL has chosen a number of SirsiDynix BLUEcloud products, including Enterprise discovery tool, eResource Central (eRC) digital content management system, MobileCirc mobile application, and more.
OWL adds 15 locations and almost 1.8 million titles in circulation to Symphony's growing community of libraries.
The Organization of Watauga Libraries, OWL, is a network of public libraries that serves the northeast Tennessee area of Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington counties and includes the public Libraries of Bristol, Elizabethton-Carter County, Greeneville/Greene County, Johnson City, Johnson County, City of Kingsport, Mosheim, Sullivan County, Unicoi County and Washington County. The mission of OWL is to provide wide access to multiple collections throughout northeast Tennessee, and to provide—through leveraging regional cooperation—the highest quality library user experience possible.
