BLC User Guide : 2008

About the Boston Library Consortium

The Boston Library Consortium, an association of 19 academic and research libraries located in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, is dedicated to sharing human and information resources to advance the research and learning of its constituency. Founded in 1970, the Consortium supports resource sharing and enhancement of services to users through programs in cooperative collecting, access to electronic resources and physical collections, and enhanced resource sharing. Access to research materials at member institutions is facilitated by:

• Member online catalogs and other information resources;
• interlibrary loan; enhanced by the Virtual Catalog;
• on-site use of most member libraries (consult reference staff at a Consortium library or contact the individual libraries for detailed information); and
• borrowing privileges for qualified researchers.
• Information including website addresses, street addresses, directions, hours, and circulation policies is found in this User Guide. Please visit our website for more information www.blc.org

For further information conerning the Consortium please contact the Consortium Office.


Boston Library Consortium, Inc.

700 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02117

617.262.0380 Phone

617.262.0163 Fax


Barbara Preece, Executive Director
Sarah Hagan, Assistant Director
Jayne Arbuckle, Office Manager
Administrative Assistant