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

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

BLC at risk media project

Earlier this year, three of the BLC member libraries - Boston University , Brandeis University and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst - participated in a collection analysis with OCLC Sustainable Collection Services (SCS) to assess...

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Expanding Knowledge Webinar: Writing and Assessing Learning Outcomes for Library Instruction

The BLC is pleased to announce the September webinar in our Expanding Knowledge Webinar Series "Writing and Assessing Learning Outcomes for Library Instruction" with Dianne Brown, Social Science Research and Instruction Librarian and Jennifer Ferguson,...

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Member Events

November 13, 2018

Webinar

Expanding Knowledge Webinar: Report from the OA2020 Transformation Workshop

This webinar will review key points from the workshop and provide key steps that the BLC could take to accelerate the transition of scholarly communications to open access. The webinar will provide a clear understanding of the strategic and practical aspects of transitioning to OA, give attendees the ability to create and implement their own OA2020 roadmap within their own institutions, and provide best practices in managing and leading the open access transformation.

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Webinar presenter Marilyn Billings is the Head of the Office of Scholarly Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She provides leadership in alternative scholarly communication strategies, including open access, open education and the role of digital repositories in today’s academic environment. She provides oversight of the UMass Amherst institutional repository ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst and provides leadership and inspiration for the campus’ Open Education Initiative established in 2011. From November 2017 – July 2018, she held the position of Interim Director of Instructional Innovation at UMass Amherst. Current research interests include the Open Scholarly Commons and how various open initiatives tie into that broader framework. At the national level, she is a member of SPARC’s OER Advisory Committee, the Library Publishing Coalition Board and is an Open Textbook Network presenter.

For more information and a listing of presentations, please visit http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/

November 14, 2018 to November 15, 2018

BLC Leads Institute 2 - UMass, Amherst Hotel & Conference Center

This is the second in-person institute for the BLC Leads 2018 leadership program.

It will be held November 14-15, 2018 at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst Hotel and Conference Center.

November 20, 2018

Meeting

Special Collections COI Virtual Meeting

The Special Collections COI will have a virtual meeting on Tuesday, November 20th at 3pm. Login details are available via the COI list-serv.

December 05, 2018 to December 06, 2018

Symposium

Shared Print Monograph Summit

The Shared Print Monograph Summit organized by the Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST), reconvenes thinkers and practitioners in the area of shared print to explore a national solution to collective collection management, preservation, and access. The event is by invitation only.

December 07, 2018

Meeting

BLC Board Meeting - Bentley University