The Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC) is an American
library consortium
A library consortium is any cooperative association of libraries that coordinates resources and/or activities on behalf of its members, whether they are school, public, academic, special libraries and/or information centers. Consortia exist on a v ...
created by Nancy Jacobson and Evelyn Kuo in 1982. MVLC manages the resource sharing of 36 automated and partially automated libraries in
Merrimack Valley
The Merrimack Valley is a bi-state region along the Merrimack River in the U.S. states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The Merrimack is one of the larger waterways in New England and has helped to define the livelihood and culture of those l ...
region of northeastern
, ensuring unified access to all of their catalogs, which represent almost three million items and more than six hundred thousand titles.
Most library cards in Massachusetts are valid at MVLC member libraries.
MVLC Libraries:
MVLC Libraries
on MVLC website. Retrieved August 16, 2018
* Amesbury Public Library
*Memorial Hall Library
Memorial Hall Library is the public library of Andover, Massachusetts. The building was built with Italianate styling in 1873 to a design by J. F. Eaton, a longtime associate of the Boston architect Gridley J. F. Bryant. Funding was provided by a ...
, Andover
*Billerica Public Library
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The Billerica Public Library is a public library in Billerica, Massachusetts. Since 2000 it has been located on Concord Road.
History
In the late 19th century, "Billerica's free library, known as the Bennett Public Library, was found ...
* Boxford Town Library
*Burlington
Burlington may refer to:
Places Canada Geography
* Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Burlington, Nova Scotia
* Burlington, Ontario, the most populous city with the name "Burlington"
* Burlington, Prince Edward Island
* Burlington Bay, no ...
Public Library
*Gleason Public Library, Carlisle
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*Chelmsford
Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...
Public Library
*Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library, Dracut
*Dunstable Free Public Library, Dunstable
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* Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library
* Georgetown Peabody Library
* Groton Public Library
* Langley-Adams Library, Groveland
* Hamilton-Wenham Public Library
* Haverhill Public Library
* Ipswich Public Library
* Lawrence Public Library
*Reuben Hoar Library, Littleton
*Pollard Memorial Library
Samuel Pollard Memorial Library or Pollard Memorial Library is the main branch of the public library in Lowell, Massachusetts.
History
The Lowell Public Library was established on May 20, 1844 with between 3,000-3,500 volumes. It was originally n ...
, Lowell
* Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library
* Merrimac Public Library
* Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen
*Flint Public Library
The Charles Flint Public Library is the public library of Middleton, Massachusetts, USA. It is located in a Richardsonian Romanesque building at 1 South Main Street in the center of the town. The building, the only Romanesque building in Middleton ...
, Middleton
* Newbury Town Library
* Newburyport Public Library
* Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover
*Flint Memorial Library, North Reading
North Reading (pronounced, as is with Reading as () is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,554 at the 2020 census.
History
The area was first settled in 1651 when the town of Reading received a special ...
* Rockport Public Library
* Rowley Public Library
* Salisbury Public Library
*Tewksbury Tewksbury may refer to:
Places
*Tewksbury, Massachusetts, USA
*Tewksbury Township, New Jersey, USA
*Tewksbury Heights, Contra Costa County, California, USA
*Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
**Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
**Borough of ...
Public Library
* Topsfield Town Library
* Tyngsborough Public Library
* G.A.R. Memorial Library, West Newbury
*J. V. Fletcher Library, Westford
* Wilmington Memorial Library
See also
* Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing (CLAMS)
*CW MARS
Central and Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing, or CW MARS, is a library consortium in central and western Massachusetts dedicated to efficient resource sharing and rapid access to information. CW MARS was formed in 1982 to promote ...
(Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing)
* Minuteman Library Network (MLN)
*North of Boston Library Exchange The North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) is a Library consortium, consortium of 26 libraries on the North Shore (Massachusetts), North Shore of Massachusetts working to improve library service through automation. Seventeen public libraries, eigh ...
(NOBLE)
* Old Colony Library Network (OCLN)
*SAILS Library Network
The SAILS Library Network, formerly Southeastern Automated Integrated Library Services, is a non-profit library consortium of 70 member libraries in 39 communities located throughout Southeastern Massachusetts. SAILS was founded in 1995 to link ...
References
External links
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Library consortia in Massachusetts
1982 establishments in Massachusetts
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