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State Library of Massachusetts

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Institution Name: State Library of Massachusetts
Institution Address: Room 341
24 Beacon Street
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone/Communications:
  • Voice:
    		• (617) 727-2590 (catalog/holdings info);
    (617) 727-6279 (Documents Office)
  • Fax:
    		• (617) 727-9730
  • TTY:
    		• (617) 727-0917
  • E-mail:
    		• bette.siegel@state.ma.us
    Staff: Bette L. Siegel, Documents Librarian; Naomi Allen, Assistant Documents Librarian
    Federal Depository Status/Other Affiliations: MA (1826); U.S. Government Printing Office; State Data Center affiliate; MA Municipal Reports
  • Designation year and type:
    		• State Designation pre-1890
  • Depository Library number:
    		• 0253
  • Congressional District:
    		• 9th
  • Percentage selected:
    		• Selective; 21.10%
    Collections: Federal (Mod); State (Ext); Local (Ltd); International (na); Foreign (na)
    Subject Specialties: History; law and jurisprudence; Massachusetts legislative history; political science; public administration; special collections-including papers of some MA legislators; Demography and population; Health and vital statistics
    Acquires: Census Bureau; Congress; Labor Dept.; USGS maps; Statutes and highest court opinions of all states; official MA publications; executive and legislative documents; annual reports from MA towns; National Conference of State Legislatures' publications; Council of State Governments
    Automation:
  • Online Catalog:
    		• CWMARS/Innovative Interfaces (III)
    www.mass.gov/lib
  • Online Services:
    		• Autographics Government Documents Catalog Service; Budgetrac; GPO Access; Infotrac; Instatrac; Newsbank; Proquest (UMI); State House News Service Electronic File; MA Acts and Resolves 1960-1996; Electric Library; STAT-USA; GPO (Monthly Catalog)
    Equipment:
  • CD-ROM terminals:
    		• 2 workstations for public use; 1 dedicated PC terminal for MASH and MassCHIP; 1 dedicated PC terminal for the State House News Service; other workstations available for computer use and online databases
  • Other computer facilities:
    		• State House News Service; online catalog
  • Microform readers, reader/printers, fiche duplicators:
    		• all available
    Notes: Public access; no fee; collection does not circulate; ILL; maintains depository distribution system for State documents (depositories are: Boston Public Library, UMass-Amherst, Springfield City Library, Worcester Public Library and the Library of Congress
    Public transportation: Red or Green line to Park Street Station, a 5 minute walk through the Boston Common to the State House
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