Online Summaries about the recent Digital Preservation 2013 Meeting
Digital preservation is an issue of interest to many Digital Commonwealth member institutions and virtually all organizations that are responsible for managing and preserving digital content. One of the keynote speakers at the 2013 Digital Commonwealth conference was Butch Lazorchak, Digital Archivist, Library of Congress. Butch is involved with the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA).
Beyond the Scan: The Clark Archives a Piece of the Web
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library has partnered with Archive-It to harvest web content created for the 55th Venice Biennale. The Venice Biennale 2013 Web Collection of organizational websites, video, blogs, and social media sites documents the international art exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, 2013. This virtual collection complements the Library’s growing Venice
Lee Library Association’s Digitization Project
This blog post explores the Lee Library Association’s project and is the first in a series presenting and following up on members’ projects from their perspective. Mary Philpott, President of the Lee Library Association Board of Directors, sees her library’s partnership with the Digital Commonwealth and the Boston Public Library as a great community building
BPL Announces Beta Release of the New Digital Commonwealth Repository
The BPL is pleased to announce that they have now moved into the “beta launch” phase of the rollout of the Hydra-based Digital Commonwealth repository platform. The new URLs are: Search (public discovery): http://search.digitalcommonwealth.org/ Admin (ingest & management): http://admin.digitalcommonwealth.org/ Features Not all features are fully implemented as yet. Here is what’s available: Public Search app:
Funding approved for continued digitization for Digital Commonwealth members
Earlier this month the Governor approved the inclusion of $147,532 in the state FY14 budget to continue digitization for Digital Commonwealth members under the BPL’s Library for the Commonwealth program. This money will continue the digital-imaging services that the BPL has provided in partnership with Digital Commonwealth since 2011 through funding provided by a LSTA