Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Boston University Libraries at Boston University include the Mugar Memorial Library, the main library on the Charles River campus, and several specialized libraries. These specialized libraries have targeted collections and services for area-specific research. The Law, Theology, and Medical Libraries, and the Howard Gotlieb Archival ...
Designated NHL. February 24, 1986. Designated CP. August 14, 1973. The McKim Building is the main branch of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square in Boston, Massachusetts. The building, described upon its 1895 opening as a "palace for the people", contains the library's research collection, exhibition rooms, and administrative offices.
The North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) is a consortium of 25 libraries on the North Shore of Massachusetts working to improve library service through automation. Seventeen public libraries, seven college libraries, and one special library are members. NOBLE was the first automated resource sharing network in the state and the first ...
The Boston Library Consortium is a consortium of twenty-six institutions: sixteen in Massachusetts, five in Connecticut, one in New Hampshire, one in Rhode Island, and two in Vermont. The Internet Archive is an affiliate member. [1] Member institutions represent a mixture of liberal arts colleges, research universities, public and private ...
Coordinates: 42°20′42.75″N 71°05′10.90″W. The Mapparium is a three-story-tall globe made of stained glass that is viewed from a 30-foot-long (9.1 m) bridge through its interior. As of August 2021, it is part of the "How Do You See the World?"
The Cary Memorial Library (est.1869) is the main branch of the public library in Lexington, Massachusetts. [1] [2] It is located at 1874 Massachusetts Avenue in the town center. History [ edit ]
The Mechanic Apprentices Library Association (1820-1892) of Boston, Massachusetts, functioned as "a club of young apprentices to mechanics and manufacturers ... whose object is moral, social, and literary improvement." [1] Some historians describe it as "the first of the kind known to have been established in any country." [2]
The Congregational Library & Archives is an independent special collections library and archives. It is located on the second floor of the Congregational House at 14 Beacon Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The Library was founded in 1853 by a gathering of Congregational ministers [2] and has since evolved into a ...