Content display problems on Digital Commonwealth collections site
We are currently dealing with an ongoing problem displaying digitized content (images, audio, video, documents, etc.) on DigitalCommonwealth.org. Our cloud storage provider, Microsoft, has temporarily disabled access to the storage account used by Boston Public Library’s Digital & Online Services department to manage content in the Digital Commonwealth repository without any notification. The provider flagged…
Digital Commonwealth September 2025 Statistics
Hi everyone — here are your monthly DigitalCommonwealth.org statistics for September. Happy Autumn! Hosted collections added: American Antiquarian Society: Political Cartoons from AAS (54 items; American political cartoons from 1760-1900) Boston Public Library: Boston Herald (448 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1930-1931) Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (7 items; manuscripts and books from 1200-1699) Revolution! 250…
Photographing a loose-leaf binder under the BC100 book scanning station
The Digital & Online Services department is excited to announce the latest addition to our imaging team! Jade Alderman, our new Digital Imaging Production Assistant, is working with BPL’s recently acquired BC100 camera workstation. This high-resolution book scanning system has two cameras to capture images of both sides of a book simultaneously. The equipment is…
Digital Commonwealth August 2025 Statistics
Hi everyone, and happy belated Labor Day! Here are your monthly DigitalCommonwealth.org statistics for the month of August: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Boston Herald (936 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1927-1930) Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction) (8 items; prayer books and other liturgical texts from the 15th and 16th centuries) Norman…
Digital Commonwealth July 2025 Statistics
Hi everyone – here are your July 2025 Digital Commonwealth statistics: Hosted collections added: Boston Little Syria Project: • Nicholas and Evelyn Haddad Family Collection (36 items; lace work created by Selma Courie Haddad and Rachel Skeirik Haddad from 1910-1960) Boston Public Library: • Boston Herald (2,022 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1922-1927)…
Digital Commonwealth June 2025 Statistics
Happy 4th of July week, everyone! Here’s the latest new materials on DigitalCommonwealth.org: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Boston Herald (1,181 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1919-1922) The Boston Herald (3,009 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1909-1917) Boston Herald and Boston Journal (433 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1917-1918)…