The Minuteman Library Network is a library consortium of over 40 public or academic libraries. The network consists of an aggregate collection of more than 5 million items and more than 690,000 cardholders, . Membership card eligibility is open to persons who either live, work, or study in Massachusetts; and can be used to borrow items from its member libraries.
Founded as a cooperative, the network operates through the pooling and sharing of resources, and offers local library patrons additional services along with access to a more expansive catalog. For example, the network has a OverDrive e-book collection and allows users to sign in with their library card and borrow e-books and audio books from other consortium library networks in Massachusetts. However, since member libraries may individually offer further services even within the Minuteman Library Network, not all services are uniformly available at all member libraries.
Libraries
The network largely spans the MetroWest area of eastern Massachusetts, in the Greater Boston Metropolitan area of the United States. The network encompasses the counties of Middlesex (South), and portions of Norfolk.
Public Libraries
Acton Memorial Library Robbins Library, Arlington Ashland Public Library Bedford Free Public Library Belmont Public Library Public Library of Brookline Cambridge Public Library Concord Free Public Library Dedham Public Library 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 Morse Institute Library, Natick Bacon Free Library, Natick Needham Free Public Library Newton Free Library 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 Public Library Woburn Public Library, Woburn
Academic libraries
Dean College, E. Ross Anderson Library, Franklin Framingham State University, Henry Whittemore Library Lasell College, Brennan Library, Newton Olin College Library, Needham, Massachusetts 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) Pine Manor College, Annenberg Library, Chestnut Hill (Now part of Boston College as Messina College)
See also Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing (CLAMS) CW MARS (Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing) Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC) North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) Old Colony Library Network (OCLN) SAILS Library Network
References
External links The Minuteman Library Network Bacon Free Library in South Natick