The Minuteman Library Network (MLN), founded in 1984, is a

consortium A consortium (plural: consortia) is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources ...

of 41 public and academic libraries in the MetroWest and southern Middlesex County areas of eastern

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, 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 * Robbins Library, Arlington * Ashland Public Library *

Bedford Free Public Library Bedford is a town in 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 Abrams (1999) based on information ...

* Belmont Public Library * Public Library of Brookline *

Cambridge Public Library The Cambridge Public Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts is part of the Minuteman Library Network. It consists of a main library and six branches, located throughout the city. Having developed from the Cambridge Athenaeum, the main library buildin ...

* 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 Public Library * Franklin Public Library * 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, Medfi ...

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 Newton Free Library, the public library of Newton, Massachusetts, provides an extensive collection of print, non-print, and electronic resources, a comprehensive reference service, and a wide array of educational and cultural programs for people of ...

* Morrill Memorial Library, Norwood * Sherborn Public Library * Somerville Public Library ( Central Library, East Branch, West Branch) * Randall Library, Stow * Goodnow Library, Sudbury * Waltham Public Library * Watertown Free Public Library * Wayland Free Public Library * Wellesley Free Library * Weston Public Library * Westwood Public Library *

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

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-educationa ...

, E. Ross Anderson Library, Franklin * Framingham State University, Henry Whittemore Library *

Lasell College Lasell University (LU) is a private university in Auburndale, Massachusetts. Lasell offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional fields of study. History Lasell was founded in 1851 as the Auburn ...

, 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 Massachusetts Bay Community College (MassBay) is a public community college in Norfolk and Middlesex Counties. Founded in 1961, MassBay currently serves more than 4,400 full-time and part-time students on its three locations: Wellesley, Ashlan ...

, 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)

References

External links

The Minuteman Library Network

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

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