Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

The current board consists of librarians, academics and library trustees: Carol B. Caro, Mary Ann Cluggish, George T. Comeau, Mary Kronholm, Frank Murphy, Roland Ochsenbein, Janine Resnik, Gregory J. Shesko, and Alice M.

[4] In 1890, the board consisted of Caleb Benjamin Tillinghast, Samuel Swett Green, Henry Stedman Nourse,[5] Elizabeth Putnam Sohier,[6] and Anna E. Ticknor.

Other early members of the commission included Mabel Simpkins Agassiz, Anna Sears Amory, Deloraine P.

[7] In its first years of existence, the board accomplished significant fulfillment of its mission.

The Board also strives to provide every resident of the Commonwealth with full and equal access to library information resources regardless of geographic location, social or economic status, age, level of physical or intellectual ability, or cultural background."