Our State Representatives want to hear how the president's executive order can affect you and your families. Please use this form to share your thoughts/stories. If the state loses federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services, we could lose the Commonwealth Catalog, which gives us access to borrowing physical items from libraries across MA. Over 20,000 items were shared in and out of our network last year.
Our budget for books for the Overdrive/Libby eBook collection could be cut by more than $91,500. The network has already spent about $247,000 this year for over 6,000 items. Our member libraries have spent $610,385 on 27,000 items. We have more than 72,000 active holds with an average waiting time of 70 days. The demand is there and having an online collection lets people in all life situations access their library's resources.