Dorfman: Is it time to close the library? Nov 7, 2009
The excellent Minuteman Library Network allows users to order books to be delivered to any branch library in the system. Do we really need a public library in Belmont. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Book group, Sisco celebrate 30 years Oct 17, 2009
Prior to the establishment of the Minuteman Library Network, the library could not furnish enough copies of the books for the group meetings and members would buy their own. Today, Sisco utilizes the interlibrary loan system to ensure there are enough copies of each title available at the front desk. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Improved Rego Park Library reopens Oct 2, 2009
Friday October 02, 2009. Students from P.S. 139 recited a poem during the reopening event on Tuesday at the Queens Library in Rego Park. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Officials in Hanover, other towns look at regionalization possibilities Aug 27, 2009
Additionally, Freer said the Norwell Public library already belongs to the Old Colony Library Network which allows for bulk purchasing and lending throughout the state. People still want the resources in their neighborhood, she said. (Hanover Mariner, MA)
OCLC signs 4 overseas deals for WorldCat Aug 27, 2009
is adding millions of records to its global online library network following four recent deals with libraries and institutions in Europe and the Middle East. The Dublin nonprofit, formerly Online Computer Library Center, unveiled a spate of deals this week that it says boosts the collection of records in its WorldCat database and in turn raises the profile of the groups signing on. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Sony launches Amazon challenger Aug 27, 2009
"Enabling consumers to access free eBooks via the public library network and Google's public domain collection (which now tops 1 million volumes) - and letting consumers buy ePub books from other sources and read them on Sony's devices -greatly expands the value proposition of its devices," said Ms Rotman Epps. Sony said it would announce deals with newspapers later in the year. (BBC News -- Technology)
Disbelief at Libraries Over Proposed Cuts Jun 5, 2009
It seeks to create efficiencies within the library network by providing a forum for exchanging information and ideas, promoting effective use of technology and leveraging buying power for membership libraries. If the governor's proposals survive intact, the CLC's functions will be dramatically impaired. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Weeks from retirement, library director shares her memories May 29, 2009
Q: Tell me about starting the Minuteman Library Network ... So it was really a sort of a revolt of the directors, who found a young staff member at the board of library commissioners and we applied for a federal grant and got the first network in other words a whole bunch of towns not just one single stand-alone town grant and brought up the Minuteman Library Network. (Concord Journal, MA)
Surfing the Net with kids May 8, 2009
This reading list hails from the librarians of the Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network. Their 2009 recommendations have just been posted, and are organized into eight reading levels, from preschool to high school. (Boston Globe)
Brookline library technology finally on its way May 2, 2009
The system, which Brookline is adopting alongside several other libraries in the Minuteman Library Network, was originally criticized by some in town as an unnecessary and untested technology that would eat up town money needed for other projects. Library supporters, however, argued that the technology, which is similar to that used in Fast Lane transponders or MBTA Charlie Cards, would help library staff keep up with growing circulation demands without hiring new staff. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Fewer new resources headed for Brookline library shelves next year Apr 9, 2009
Wicked Local staff photo by David Gordon Brookline resident and library volunteer Carol Caro sorts through CDs and tapes from the Minuteman Library Network behind the circulation desk at the main library. More related photos. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Library network offers membership to schools Mar 6, 2009
School libraries and media centers now have an affordable way to tap into the riches of the Old Colony Library Network (OCLN), which consists of 26 city and town libraries, including Thayer Public Library, and two academic libraries on the South Shore ... Membership in the Old Colony Library Network can be a real benefit to cash-strapped schools and their students, Slater said. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Needham Briefs (March 5) Mar 4, 2009
To access the software, patrons are invited to visit the library or, from home, visit the Minuteman Library Network Web site, ,and click databases on the top bar, then click Needham and scroll down to the databases provided by the Needham Free Public Library, and finally click home access to the Testing & Education Reference Center and type in their library card number. Got books. (Needham Tab, MA)
Where have all the bookstores gone? Feb 21, 2009
I propagandize tirelessly for libraries, and I've railed in this space against what one blogger calls the "Googleization of America." But just a few days ago, while cooling my heels waiting for the Minuteman Library Network to deliver my copy of Garry Wills's 1991 "Under God," I wondered: "Is it available on Google Books?". Keystroke keystroke keystroke, yes, it was available. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Foot traffic up, but circulation flat at Newton library Feb 19, 2009
Of 35 libraries in the Minuteman Library Network, the Newton Free Library was one of two not to see an increase in the number of books, DVDs or CDs checked out from 2007 to 2008. Library Director Nancy Perlow said that level circulation is not due to the abrupt closure of four branch libraries in 2008. (Newton Tab, MA)
COLUMN: A dark day in Norton Feb 19, 2009
They will lose their membership in the SAILS Library Network, which offers a hugely expanded world, providing books and materials from over 70 member libraries and branches in southeastern Massachusetts. The interlibrary borrowing system is the life s blood of the reading and research world. (Easton Journal, MA)
Library use up in a down economy Feb 16, 2009
Cohasset is part of the Old Colony Library Network and has one of the highest rates of books lent per person ... Prior to that decision, Rafferty said, Cohasset library materials were going out through the Old Colony Library Network. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
E-books: coming soon to a B.C. library near you Feb 11, 2009
The Best of B.C. Books Online is run by a consortium of the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (ABPBC), the Educational Resources Acquisition Consortium (ERAC), public libraries, K-12 schools and the B.C. Electronic Library Network. We started off in a vendor-client kind of relationship when we started this project. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Needham Briefs (Feb. 12) Feb 11, 2009
To access the software, patrons are invited to visit the library or, from home, visit the Minuteman Library Network Web site, http://library. minlib. (Needham Tab, MA)
As economy tanks, more residents turning to Brookline libraries Feb 8, 2009
Across the 35 towns in the Minuteman Library Network, the number of items checked out last year was up 7 percent from the prior year. The Public Libraries of Brookline, which have become the second busiest in the system, were also up by 7 percent. (Brookline TAB, MA)
