{"id":180,"date":"2010-10-25T10:56:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T14:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/admissions\/msw\/off-campus\/current\/library\/consortium\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:22:15","slug":"consortium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/resources\/current-msw\/consortium\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Consortium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blc.org\">Boston Library Consortium (BLC)<\/a> is a cooperative association of academic and research libraries (see list below).<\/p>\n<p>The consortium supports resource sharing and enhancement of services to users of the member libraries.<\/p>\n<h2>Consortium Card Information<\/h2>\n<p>A consortium identification card may be issued by a member library to its faculty members, staff, and graduate students.<\/p>\n<p>Each library adheres to mutually accepted criteria applicable throughout the consortium in issuing cards.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for consortium cards are available via the Off-Campus Programs.<\/p>\n<p>Consortium cards must be renewed every semester, after registration.<\/p>\n<p>For application and for further information, please contact <a href=\"mailto:sswptp@bu.edu\">sswptp@bu.edu<\/a> or 617-353-2115.<\/p>\n<h2>Institutions Affiliated with the Consortium<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/\">Boston College Libraries<\/a> 617-552-4472<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpl.org\/\">Boston Public Library<\/a> 617-536-5400<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/\">Boston University Libraries<\/a> 617-353-2700<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lts.brandeis.edu\/\">Brandeis University Libraries<\/a> 781-736-7777<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/\">Brown University Library<\/a> 401-863-2165<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/\">MIT Libraries<\/a> 617-324-2275<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.northeastern.edu\/\">Northeastern University Library<\/a> 617-373-2350<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/lib\/\">State Library of Massachusetts<\/a> 617-727-2590<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.tufts.edu\/\">Tufts University Libraries<\/a> 617-636-6705<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.umass.edu\/\">UMass\/Amherst Libraries<\/a> 413-545-0150<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umb.edu\/library\">UMass\/Boston Library<\/a> 617-287-5900<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.umassd.edu\/\">UMass\/Dartmouth Library<\/a> 508-999-8678<\/li>\n<li>UMass\/Lowell Libraries 978-934-4550<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umassmed.edu\/\">UMass Medical School<\/a> 508-856-6099<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellesley.edu\/lts\">Wellesley College Library<\/a> 781-283-7777<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbl.edu\/\">Woods Hole\/Marine Biological Library<\/a> 508-289-7002<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lib.uconn.edu\/\">University of Connecticut Libraries<\/a> 860-486-2513<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.unh.edu\/\">University of New Hampshire Library<\/a> 603-862-1535<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.williams.edu\/\">Williams College Libraries<\/a> 413-597-2501<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Consortium memberships facilitate onsite access to research materials. Reference librarians at member institutions can answer questions about consulting materials in the libraries belonging to the consortium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Library Consortium (BLC) is a cooperative association of academic and research libraries (see list below). The consortium supports resource sharing and enhancement of services to users of the member libraries. Consortium Card Information A consortium identification card may be issued by a member library to its faculty members, staff, and graduate students. Each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":68344,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81586,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions\/81586"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}