The library has a vast collection of important works, but a large number do not circulate, meaning that one has to read them in the library. ""Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs"" by Kielan-Jaworowska, as just one example, is 630 densely-written pages long but does not circulate! Is there a point in BPL's even owning the book? Other libraries, fortunately, are not so close-fisted. Any Massachusetts resident can get an Everett Public Library card and request the book, circulating and renewable, from an academic library. But one then has to go to Everett to pick it up--a nuisance for a Boston resident. This should not be necessary!
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