Trinity College joined the Boston Library Consortium (BLC) on June 1, 2023. The BLC is a group of academic and research libraries across New England that collaborate to provide greater access to resources and services for their member institutions, which include Williams, Wellesley, Wesleyan, and Tufts, among others.
Why did we join the BLC?
The Libraries are committed to providing faculty and students with the best possible resources and services. Consortia play a strategic role in fulfilling our mission, through shared resources, negotiated pricing, research collaboration, and expanded professional development for our librarians. By joining the Boston Library Consortium, we are able to provide access to a much wider range of resources in support of the academic mission, including digital collections, shared electronic resources, and interlibrary loan services. In addition, we receive lower contract pricing on several applications and services we use, negotiated by the BLC on our behalf. Membership also includes on-site visitor access and borrowing privileges at most member institutions. You can read more about those privileges here.