The annual operating budget and Plan of Service were approved by the Council of Members and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
When the other regional entities voted to merge to form the Massachusetts Library System in 2010, WMRLS went into dormancy.
Proposals to cut funding for WMRLS as of July 1, 2010 were reported on in the Greenfield Recorder.
The Centers were administered by the state Division of Library Extension and funded for the first two years with money from the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Between 1940 and 1953 each Center occupied rent-free quarters in its host library, located in Pittsfield, Greenfield, or Fall River.