The Minuteman Library Network (MLN), founded in 1984, is a consortium of 41 public and academic libraries in the MetroWest and southern Middlesex County areas of eastern

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

, US that share resources, patrons and services. The Network has over 6 million items and over 680,000 cardholders. Resources are shared. People who live, work, or study in Massachusetts are eligible for a card, which can be used to borrow items from Minuteman libraries.

Libraries

Public Libraries *

Acton Memorial Library Acton Memorial Library is a public library at 486 Main Street in Acton, Massachusetts. In 1889 William Allan Wilde (1827-1902), a Sunday school publisher and philanthropist who was a native of Acton, donated funds to construct the library to memori ...

* Robbins Library, Arlington * Ashland Public Library *

Bedford Free Public Library Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of Bedford was 14,383 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. History ''The following compilation comes from Ellen Ab ...

Belmont Public Library The Belmont Public Library is a public library in Belmont, Massachusetts. It is a member of the Minuteman Library Network. It is located on Concord Avenue near Belmont Center. Buildings The library has been housed in three buildings. Origi ...

* Public Library of Brookline * Cambridge Public Library * Concord Free Public Library *

Dedham Public Library The Dedham Public Library is a public library system established in 1872. It is part of the Minuteman Library Network. History Social library In 1794, just four years after the first circulating library was established in Massachusetts, the First ...

* Dover Town Library *

Framingham Framingham () is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Bost ...

Public Library *

Franklin Public Library Franklin Public Library is the first and oldest public lending library in continuous existence in the United States. It was founded in 1790 in Franklin, Massachusetts with a donation of books from Benjamin Franklin. It is currently located at 118 ...

* Holliston Public Library * Cary Memorial Library, Lexington * Lincoln Public Library * Maynard Public Library * Medfield Public Library * Medford Public Library * Medway Public Library *

Millis Public Library Millis is a town in Norfolk County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It had a population of 8,460 at the time of the 2020 census. The town is approximately southwest of downtown Boston and is bordered by Norfolk, Sherborn, Holliston, Medfie ...

Morse Institute Library The Morse Institute Library is a public library in Natick, Massachusetts that has existed for over 200 years. The library is part of the Minuteman Library Network, a consortium of 43 libraries that provide services to members in the MetroWest reg ...

, Natick * Bacon Free Library, Natick *

Needham Free Public Library Needham ( ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. A suburb of Boston, its population was 32,091 at the 2020 U.S. Census. It is home of Olin College. History Early settlement Needham was first settled in 1680 with the purchase of a ...

* Newton Free Library * Morrill Memorial Library, Norwood * Sherborn Public Library * Somerville Public Library ( Central Library, East Branch, West Branch) *

Randall Library The Randall Library is a public library at 19 Crescent Street in Stow, Massachusetts. In 1851 John Witt Randall, a notable naturalist, poet, and art collector, donated his collection of 700 books to form a library and left a bequest in his will to ...

, Stow * Goodnow Library, Sudbury * Waltham Public Library * Watertown Free Public Library *

Wayland Free Public Library Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town was founded in 1638, and incorporated in 1780 and was originally part of neighboring Sudbury (incorporated 1639). As of the 2020 United States Census, the population wa ...

* Wellesley Free Library * Weston Public Library * Westwood Public Library * Winchester Public Library * Winn Memorial Library, Woburn Academic libraries *

Dean College Dean College is a private college in Franklin, Massachusetts. It offers bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and continuing and professional education and certificates. History Dean College was founded by Dr. Oliver Dean as a co-educati ...

, E. Ross Anderson Library, Franklin *

Framingham State University Framingham State University (Framingham State or FSU) is a public university in Framingham, Massachusetts. It offers undergraduate programs as well as graduate programs, including MBA, MEd, and MS. History As the first secretary of the newly ...

, Henry Whittemore Library * Lasell College, Brennan Library, Newton *

Pine Manor College Pine Manor College (PMC) was a private college in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1911 and was historically a women's college until 2014. It currently serves fewer than 400 students, many of whom live on the 40-acre campus. Origin ...

, Annenberg Library, Chestnut Hill * Regis College Library, Weston Former members * Massachusetts Bay Community College, Perkins Library/Learning Resource Center, Wellesley & Framingham (moved to HELM) * Mount Ida College, Wadsworth Learning Resource Center, Newton (closed 2018) * Newbury College, Brookline, MA (closed 2019)

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The Minuteman Library Network

Bacon Free Library in South Natick
{{Authority control Library consortia in Massachusetts 1984 establishments in Massachusetts

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