Boston Public Library
Boston Regional Library System

MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT



The ____________________________________________________ Library in the municipality of _________________________________________________ agrees to participate as a member of the Boston Regional Library System.

The purpose of the Boston Regional Library System is to provide supplementary library services to the cities and towns in the Region in accordance with M.G.L. 78, section 19 and the regulations and administrative guidelines of the Board of Library Commissioners. Services to be provided by the Regional Library System are specified in a Regional Plan of Services and Program and Budget approved by the Board of Library Commissioners.

As a participant in the Regional Library System, the Library is entitled to receive Regional Library System services and statewide supplemental services provided through the Board of Library Commissioners.

The Library certifies that it meets all eligibility requirements as specified by the Certification of Membership Eligibility form and agrees to participate in interlibrary loan activities within the Commonwealth in accordance with the National Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States. The participating library also agrees to cooperate in provision of appropriate statistics on its use of Regional and statewide library materials and services.

It is understood that this agreement is renewed automatically every year, unless written notice of termination is received sixty days prior to the beginning of the next official year.

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Signature of Librarian


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Signature of Appropriate Authority


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Date


Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners - April 24, 1997.

Submit to: BRLS, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston, MA 02117