• Public Librarian Partnership Program: First Meeting

    A group of 14 public librarians gathered at the Boston Public Library on April 16, 2014 for the Public Librarian Partnership Program (PLPP). This is the first of three workshops offered by the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to work directly with public librarians across the state to produce an exhibit of national interest from…

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  • DPLA: Gates Foundation Grant

    Digital Commonwealth will be hosting 3 upcoming workshops to prepare public libraries to contribute content to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) as part of a Public Librarian Partnership Grant recently awarded to DPLA by the Gates Foundation. In these workshops, public librarians will learn how to work with Digital Commonwealth to select content…

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  • Digital Commonwealth Newsletter: March, 2014

    All the latest news from the Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts! Updates for March, 2014 2014 Annual Conference: April 8, at Holy Cross “Practically Digital: Doing What it Takes” The 8th Annual Digital Commonwealth Conference Hogan Center College of the Holy Cross, Worcester Join us at the Hogan Center at Holy Cross in Worcester for another…

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  • Digital Commonwealth Reaches School Librarians at MSLA

    Digital Commonwealth board members Kim Cochrane and Deb Dejonker-Berry teamed up to present “Connect to the Community: Using Digital Commonwealth Collections to Develop Lesson Plans” at the MSLA conference on March 10, 2014 in Hyannis, Massachusetts:   http://maschoolibraries.org/content/view/1195/791/ The Massachusetts School Library Association annual conference is attended by school librarians and educators, and also graduate students…

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