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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 ...
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 ...
region of northeastern
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, 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, Andover *
Billerica Public Library __NOTOC__ 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 founded ...
* Boxford Town Library * Burlington Public Library *Gleason Public Library,
Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril. It is the administrative centre of the City ...
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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 Londo ...
Public Library *Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library,
Dracut Dracut is a town in Middlesex County. At the 2020 census, the town's population was 32,617, making it the second most populous town in Massachusetts with an open town meeting system of governance. The town covers a total area of 21.36 square ...
*Dunstable Free Public Library,
Dunstable Dunstable ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, east of the Chiltern Hills, north of London. There are several steep chalk escarpments, most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north. Dunstable is t ...
* 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, Middleton * Newbury Town Library * Newburyport Public Library * Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover *Flint Memorial Library, North Reading * 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 o ...
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/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing) *
Minuteman Library Network 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, US that share resources, patrons and services. The Network ha ...
(MLN) * North of Boston Library Exchange (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 ...


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* Library consortia in Massachusetts 1982 establishments in Massachusetts {{Library-org-stub