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C/W MARS Welcomes Two New Member Libraries

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  This summer we welcome two new libraries to C/W MARS: The Peru Public Library located in Peru, MA in Berkshire County.  Peru's population was 814 at the 2020 census. The Worthington Library located Worthington, MA in Hampshire County.  Worthington's population was 1,193 at the 2020 census. Membership in C/W MARS connects libraries with the thousands of  resources owned and shared by all 167 member libraries throughout central and western Massachusetts. Twenty new small member libraries have joined C/W MARS since 2020. 
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CW MARS Year in Review 2024

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CW MARS 2024 in Review In 2024, as a patron of a CW MARS library, you crushed it ! You saved almost 210 million dollars by borrowing nearly 13 million physical and digital titles instead of buying the material outright. If we stacked every book you borrowed from your library this year on top of each other, they'd reach 150 miles high, or in New England measurements, about 1.9 million medium DUNKIN’ coffee cups!  On average, your library's collection is 16,500% larger thanks to being part of the CW MARS network, and you made the most of it in 2024! This year, you requested over 1.2 million items from across the state, which were delivered right to your local library. If you were to drive to a library every time they shared an item, it would have taken you about 1.8 million gallons of gas.  Thanks to our automatic renewal process, we saved you over 14 million clicks on your phones and computers, putting those finger muscles to better use flipping and swiping through a who...
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CW MARS Welcomes Our Newest Member Libraries

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This summer we welcomed four new small member libraries to the CW MARS family: The Robertson Memorial Library in Leyden is located in Franklin county with a population of 734 at the 2020 census. Leyden is automating their collection and for the first time their residents will be able to search and place holds online. The Grace Hall memorial Library in Montgomery is located in Hampden County and has a population of 819, as of the 2020 census. The Russell Public Library is also located in Hampden County and the population was 1,643 at the 2020 census. The Sandisfield Public Library is located in Berkshire County with a population of 989 at the 2020 census. Over the past five years,  seventeen  small public libraries in Massachusetts have joined CW MARS including:  FY2024 - Becket, Chester, and Goshen FY2023 - Hinsdale, Middlefield, and Huntington FY2022 - Brimfield, Conway, Hardwick (Paige Library), New Braintree, and Tyringham  FY2021 - Phillipston and Windsor FY2020 ...
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