Boston Library Consortium

For Librarians

The Boston Library Consortium offers services to librarians at member libraries ranging from resource sharing and e-resource licensing to professional development and programming on issues of importance to academic and research libraries.

For Students, Scholars & Researchers

Those affiliated with the Full Member libraries of the Boston Library Consortium can take advantage of access to and borrowing of materials from these libraries.

Our Members

University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Connecticut
Williams College
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Northeastern University
Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
University of Rhode Island
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Wesleyan University
Tufts University
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Boston College
Boston University
State Library of Massachusetts
Bentley University
University of New Hampshire
Brandeis University
Wellesley College

Boston Library Consortium Appoints Charlie Barlow as Executive Director

Boston, June 11, 2020 —The Boston Library Consortium (BLC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Charlie Barlow as its next Executive Director, beginning July 1, 2020. Mr. Barlow will succeed Susan Stearns, who has...

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A Statement to the BLC Community

In keeping with our core values , the BLC is committed to fostering an organizational culture that acknowledges and works to change the systemic racism inherent in library spaces, collections, and technologies. As an organization,...

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Member Events

August 05, 2020

Symposium

Registration Now Open! Science Librarianship in the Time of COVID-19: A Virtual Half-Day Conference hosted by the Boston Library Consortium’s (BLC) Science and Engineering Community of Interest.

Science Librarianship in the Time of COVID-19

August 5, 2020; 1 - 4:15 PM EST

Since March 2020, science librarianship has rapidly evolved to meet changing needs as well as to comply with social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the challenges of working and adapting to the so-called “new normal” of the COVID-19 era? What are the hacks, methods, or activities that you have designed or created to meet the new needs of library patrons and users? What do you anticipate evolving in the future of academic librarianship? Presenters will talk about how remote work has informed changes to reference services, pedagogy, outreach, and practice.

This virtual conference includes six 15-minute presentations and six 5-minute Lightning Talks. Speakers are science librarians from across the United States and Canada.

Program Details

Registration will be open until August 3rd at 5 PM EST.