Digital Commonwealth March 2025 Statistics
Going forward, and with thanks to the Repository team here at BPL, we’ll be sharing some statistics on new collections being shared for the first time on DigitalCommonwealth.org. Below is our first update, for March 2025. Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: The Boston Traveler (1,776 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1925-1931) Joseph Connolly…
Digital Commonwealth Partnership Update from BPL
The following message was sent via email to all Statewide partners institutions on March 26, 2025, and also shared via the MBLC All-Regions email list. We’re sharing it here to ensure all our partners and community members have access to this information about Statewide services and the decision to end the formal BPL-Digital Commonwealth, Inc.…
Valentines in the American Antiquarian Society’s Collection
Valentines in the American Antiquarian Society’s Collection There are over 230 institutions that have contributed historical materials to Digital Commonwealth’s online collections. These institutions have selected materials that they have determined would be appropriate to enhance the whole of what is available on the Digital Commonwealth website. But in many cases, the collection or collections…
A Changing World: Photography by Verner Reed
Verner Reed and Historic New England In 2002, Verner and Deborah Reed gave Historic New England 26,000 negatives encompassing Reed’s work as a freelance photographer in the third quarter of the twentieth century. His photographs include “portraits, landscapes, and images capturing special moments and current events, document[ing] urban and rural life in New England from…
Trusting the Land: Digital Commonwealth Explores New Land Research and Partnerships for K-12 Educators
Pakachoag: Where the River Bends documents the history of Pakachoag Hill in current day Worcester By Maureen Mann Maureen Mann is a Digital Commonwealth Board Member,Digital Humanities Librarian and Civics Education Consultant Until legislators and school districts officially decide whether Massachusetts students will recognize Indigenous People’s Day, Columbus Day, or both, educators choosing either cultural…
DC3 Repository System: An Overview
In order to better support the ever-growing collections of digitized content from Digital Commonwealth member institutions, developers in the Boston Public Library’s Digital Services team have been building the next generation of the library’s digital asset management system. This new system, built entirely on open-source software, uses cloud storage for file management, allowing the repository…