Jones Library’s Digital Amherst in Digital Commonwealth
This post was written by Patricia Feeley, BPL Collaborative Services Librarian. Cynthia Harbeson, Head of Special Collections at the Jones Library, began her job in January 2015. Amherst greeted her with the snowiest winter on record and a digital website in disrepair. She resolved to make Digital Amherst great again. Happily for Cyndi, Sharon Sharry,…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in December
Been dying to know what’s new in Digital Commonwealth? Well here’s a list of the newest collections! American Antiquarian Society American Antiquarian Society Collection – 138 items Boston Athenaeum Boston Athenaeum, Cartographic Collection – 10 items added to an existing collection Boston Public Library Leslie Jones Collection – 66 items added to…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in November
Make sure you spend some time catching up on the new items added to Digital Commonwealth this past month! Boston Public Library Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee – 789 items Chicopee Public Library 7 collections reharvested – 758 items Jones Library, Amherst 9 collections harvested – 1204 items National Archives at Boston Photographs of the First Naval…
New Collection Added to Digital Commonwealth in October
As is appropriate for this autumn season, a lot of the collections added to Digital Commonwealth in the past month have been harvested (pun, obviously, very much intended). Don’t miss out on exploring all of the wonderful new items added to the site! Boston Public Library Anti-Slavery (Collection of Distinction) – 1819 items Charlestown Lantern Slides –…
Wilbraham Library
This post was written by Mary Bell, Adult Services Librarian at Wilbraham Public Library. Maybe it’s because I’m interested in family history and genealogy, but my favorite photographs in Wilbraham Library’s local history collection are of people. Knowing about people, seeing their faces and learning their stories, can make history’s potentially dry dates and facts…
Grove Hall Memory Project
This post was written by Patricia Feeley, BPL Collaborative Services Librarian. When the Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public Library began planning the Grove Hall Memory Project, it was their intention to make it available in a digital format. Katrina Morse, now the Parker Hill Branch librarian and the driving force behind the…