• Half-Day Workshop on Developing Lesson Plans

    On Monday, June 24, 2013, Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts held a free half-day workshop focusing on developing lesson plans featuring digital content.  The workshop was held at the Whittemore Library, Framingham State University, and was attended by school library media specialists, new teachers, and professionals from cultural organizations interested in making (and using) digital content…

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  • Three new members added to Digital Commonwealth Board of Directors

    Digital Commonwealth is pleased to announce the addition of three new members on the board of directors to replace outgoing board members. The three new members are Debra DeJonker-Berry from the Jonathan Bourne Public Library, Kelcy Shepard from Amherst College, and Elizabeth Thomsen from the NOBLE network. These new members will be replacing Sarah Campbell…

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  • May 2013 Newsletter

    All the latest news from the Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts! Updates for May, 2013 Annual Conference: The Results Are In!  Overall, the Digital Commonwealth Annual Conference was a huge success! We had 123 attendees. This was an impressive increase from the past few years, and surely reflects not only the increase in DC membership but…

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  • Chicopee Public Library adds collections to Digital Commonwealth

    Two of the three collections in the new Chicopee Public Library’s Chicopee Archives Online, 427 records in total, have been harvested into the Digital Commonwealth’s Omeka repository: Chicopee Weekly Journal and Soldiers Record. Amber Clooney, Electronic Reference Services Librarian at Chicopee Public Library, provided the following information about the archive’s collections and future plans: Chicopee Archives Online…

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  • April 2013 Newsletter

    All the latest news from the Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts! Updates for April, 2013 The annual conference is taking place May 1! Don’t forget to register!  Featured at this year’s conference is the Keynote presentation by Amy Rudersdorf, Assistant Director for Content for the Digital Public  Library of America.  Amy’s talk will provide an introduction…

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