The Trial Court
has announced that the Bristol Law Library in Taunton and the Fitchburg Law Library will cease operation as of May 10, 2013. Their staff will be redeployed to other sites. According to the Trial Court website, the two libraries had the lowest user activity of the 17 Trial Court Law Libraries across the state. The 15 other libraries will remain open, so patrons of the Bristol Law Library can use the libraries in Brockton, New Bedford, or Fall River. The Worcester Law Library continues to serve the Worcester County communities, including Fitchburg. For more information on these libraries, see the
Trial Court announcement.
In recent years, the Trial Court Law Libraries have increasingly shifted their services to expand electronic resources. In Fiscal Year 2012, the Trial Court Law Libraries across the state served 282,000 patrons, while the
Trial Court Law Library website recorded over 39 million visitors.
