International Coalition of Library Consortia

Boston Library Consortium, Inc.
BLC
Website: http://www.blc.org/

Boston Library Consortium, Inc.
700 Boylston Street, Room 317
Boston, MA 02117
admin@blc.org

Phone 617.262.0380
Fax 617.262.0163

Barbara Preece
Executive Director
bpreece@blc.org

Number of office staff: 4.5 FTE

 

Brief description

The Boston Library Consortium, Inc. is a cooperative association of nineteen academic and research libraries. Its purpose is to share human and information resources so that the collective strengths of the group advance the research and learning of the members' constituents. Founded in 1970, the Consortium supports resource sharing and enhancement of services to users through programs in cooperative collecting, access to electronic resources, access to physical collections, and enhanced interlibrary loan and document delivery.

Legal structure

Other: Incorporated as a 501 (c)

Primary functions

Number and type of member libraries

19 Academic and research libraries

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