Editing Minuteman Library Network

{{Short description|Library consortium in eastern Massachusetts}}
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Founded first as a [[cooperative]], the '''Minuteman Library Network''' ('''MLN''') is today a [[Library consortium|consortium]] of over 40+ public or [[academic library|academic]] libraries.<ref name="CauseIQ">{{cite web |author=Staff writer |author-link1= |year=2024 |location= |title=Minuteman Library Network Incorporated (MLN) |script-title= |title-link= |url=https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/minuteman-library-network,222518058/ |url-access= |trans-title= |department=CauseIQ |website=www.causeiq.com |script-website= |trans-website= |publication-place= |publisher=Nonprofit Metrics LLC |publication-date=2024 |at= |arxiv= |asin= |asin-tld= |bibcode= |bibcode-access= |biorxiv= |citeseerx= |doi= |doi-access= |doi-broken-date= |eissn= |hdl= |hdl-access= |isbn= |ismn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |jstor-access= |lccn= |medrxiv= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |ol-access= |osti= |osti-access= |pmc= |pmc-embargo-date= |pmid= |rfc= |sbn= |ssrn= |s2cid= |s2cid-access= |zbl= |id= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-format= |archive-date= |access-date=February 26, 2025 |via= |quote-page= |quote-pages= |quote= |script-quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Staff writer |author-link1= |year=2024 |title=Minuteman Library Network Incorporated |script-title= |title-link= |url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-information.web_search_portals_libraries_archives_and_other_information_services.us.massachusetts.natick.html |url-access= |trans-title= |website=www.dnb.com |script-website= |trans-website= |publication-place= |publisher=Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. |publication-date=2024 |arxiv= |asin= |asin-tld= |bibcode= |bibcode-access= |biorxiv= |citeseerx= |doi= |doi-access= |doi-broken-date= |eissn= |hdl= |hdl-access= |isbn= |ismn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |jstor-access= |lccn= |medrxiv= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |ol-access= |osti= |osti-access= |pmc= |pmc-embargo-date= |pmid= |rfc= |sbn= |ssrn= |s2cid= |s2cid-access= |zbl= |id= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-format= |archive-date= |access-date=February 26, 2025 |via= |quote-page= |quote-pages= |quote= |script-quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=libraries.org: Minuteman Library Network|url=https://www.librarytechnology.org/library/42053|access-date=2023-09-30|website=librarytechnology.org}}</ref> The network consists of an aggregate collection of over sum 6 million items and over 680,000 cardholders. Membership card eligibility is open to persons who: live, work, or study in Massachusetts; and can be used to borrow items from its Minuteman libraries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Services: Minuteman library card, Minuteman app |author= |website=Minuteman Library Network |date= |access-date=September 10, 2021 |url=https://www.minlib.net/services/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Staff writer |author-link1= |year=2024 |location= |title=Library Networks |script-title= |title-link= |url=https://mblc.state.ma.us/programs-and-support/library-networks/index.php |url-access= |trans-title= |website=mblc.state.ma.us |script-website= |trans-website= |publication-place= |publisher=[[Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners]] |publication-date=2024 |agency= |at= |arxiv= |asin= |asin-tld= |bibcode= |bibcode-access= |biorxiv= |citeseerx= |doi= |doi-access= |doi-broken-date= |eissn= |hdl= |hdl-access= |isbn= |ismn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |jstor-access= |lccn= |medrxiv= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |ol-access= |osti= |osti-access= |pmc= |pmc-embargo-date= |pmid= |rfc= |sbn= |ssrn= |s2cid= |s2cid-access= |zbl= |id= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-format= |archive-date= |access-date=February 26, 2025 |via= |quote-page= |quote-pages= |quote= |script-quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}}</ref>

The network operates through the pooling and sharing of resources, and through this offers patrons more services along with access to a more expansive catalog.<ref name=about/>  For example, the network has a [[OverDrive, Inc.|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]]. Given certain libraries may individually offer further services even within the MLN not all services are uniformly available at all member libraries.<ref name=about>{{Cite web |title=About |author= |website=Minuteman Library Network |date= |access-date=September 10, 2021 |url= https://www.minlib.net/about/}}</ref>

== 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 County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] (South), and portions of [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]].

[[Image:Framingham Public Library Entrance.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Framingham Public Library Entrance]]

Public Libraries<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Libraries |author= |website=Minuteman Library Network|date= |access-date=September 10, 2021 |url=https://www.minlib.net/our-libraries}}</ref>

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* [[Acton Memorial Library]]
* Robbins Library, [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Arlington]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.robbinslibrary.org/|title=Home page|website=Robbins Library}}</ref>
* [[Ashland, Massachusetts|Ashland]] Public Library
* [[Bedford, Massachusetts|Bedford]] Free Public Library
* [[Belmont Public Library]]
* Public Library of [[Brookline, Massachusetts|Brookline]]
* [[Cambridge Public Library]]
* [[Concord Free Public Library]]
* [[Dedham Public Library]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dedhamlibrary.org/|title=Home Page|website=Dedham Public Library}}</ref>
* [[Dover, Massachusetts|Dover]] Town Library
* [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]] Public Library
* [[Franklin Public Library (Massachusetts)|Franklin Public Library]]
* [[Holliston, Massachusetts|Holliston]] Public Library
* [[Cary Memorial Library]], Lexington
* [[Lincoln Public Library (Lincoln, Massachusetts)|Lincoln Public Library]]
* [[Maynard Public Library]]
* [[Medfield, Massachusetts|Medfield]] Public Library
* [[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford]] Public Library
* [[Medway, Massachusetts|Medway]] Public Library
* [[Millis, Massachusetts|Millis]] Public Library
* [[Morse Institute Library]], Natick
* Bacon Free Library, [[Natick, Massachusetts|Natick]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home page |author= |website=Bacon Free Library |date= |access-date=September 10, 2021 |url=https://www.baconfreelibrary.org/}}</ref>
* [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham]] Free Public Library
* [[Newton Free Library]]
* Morrill Memorial Library, [[Norwood, Massachusetts|Norwood]]
* [[Sherborn Library|Sherborn Public Library]]
* [[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville]] Public Library ([[Central Library (Somerville, Massachusetts)|Central Library]], East Branch, [[West Somerville Branch Library|West Branch]])
* [[Randall Library]], Stow
* [[Goodnow Library]], Sudbury
* [[Francis Buttrick Library|Waltham Public Library]]
* [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]] Free Public Library
* [[Wayland, Massachusetts|Wayland]] Free Public Library
* [[Wellesley, Massachusetts|Wellesley]] Free Library
* [[Weston, Massachusetts|Weston]] Public Library
* [[Westwood, Massachusetts|Westwood]] Public Library
* [[Winchester, Massachusetts|Winchester]] Public Library
* [[Woburn Public Library]], Woburn
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'''Academic libraries'''

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* [[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 (Massachusetts)|Regis College]] Library, Weston
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'''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)<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 25, 2018 |title=Mount Ida Closure |url=https://www.mass.edu/mountida/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208001815/https://www.mass.edu/mountida/ |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=Massachusetts Department of Higher Education}}</ref>
* [[Newbury College (United States)|Newbury College]], Brookline, MA (closed 2019)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Young |first=Colin |date=December 14, 2018 |title=Newbury College In Brookline Will Close At End Of 2019 Spring Semester |work=WBUR |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/12/14/newbury-college-closing |url-status=live |access-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118052420/https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/12/14/newbury-college-closing |archive-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Pine Manor College]], Annenberg Library, Chestnut Hill (Now part of Boston 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 ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.minlib.net The Minuteman Library Network]
* [http://www.baconfreelibrary.org Bacon Free Library in South Natick]

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[[Category:Library consortia in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Natick, Massachusetts]]