Although the State Library’s physical location may be closed temporarily, we librarians have been hard at work these past few months on various projects to serve your information needs. One significant ongoing project has been to catalog and archive the Commonwealth's official COVID-19 resources that are being published daily by state agencies.
As the legally designated depository library for Massachusetts state publications, our mission is to provide long-term access to state agency publications that are intended for public use. Recently, the Commonwealth has published a wealth of resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which we’ve been working diligently to archive in our online repository. Additionally, we’ve created a helpful webpage that organizes these resources by publication date.
Significant COVID-19 collections in our repository include:
- Emergency Orders from the Governor
- Emergency Orders from the Commissioner of Public Health
- COVID-19 Dashboards from the Department of Public Health
- COVID-19 Response Command Center Daily Situation Reports
- Sector-Specific Workplace Safety Standards from the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
- Workplace Safety and Reopening Standards from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
… and many more.
So far, we have archived nearly 1700 COVID-19 publications, with more being added each weekday. Do you know of a publication we’re missing? If so, please send it to us via our online submission form or via email, and as long as the publication conforms to our collection policies, we will catalog and upload your submission to our online archive.
Laura Schaub
Cataloging Librarian
