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Member Libraries
The Minuteman Library Network is a consortium of 41 libraries with 60 locations serving the communities of Metrowest Massachusetts.
The members include 36 public and 5 college libraries in the Metrowest region of Massachusetts. The vision of the Minuteman Library Network is to foster a strong community of libraries providing people with optimal access to information.
Latest Minuteman Updates
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Framingham State U. to host traveling exhibition "Americans and the Holocaust"
Program Spotlight
Staring September 3, 2024, the Henry Whittemore Library at FSU will be host to traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association (ALA) on American responses to the Holocaust during World War II.
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Westwood Librarian Hides Phones in Books to Help People Escape Domestic Violence
Member Library News
Westwood librarian Molly Riportella found a new use for discarded library books: as a "book safe" pre-paid phones for people in abusive relationships. Riportella's project provides pre-paid phones with saved numbers and distributes them to support organization that are "checking people out of bad situations."