• Digital Commonwealth releases new Omeka system

    Digital Commonwealth is pleased to announce the release of an Omeka replacement for the digital harvesting Portal. Now when you navigate to http://digitalcommonwealth.org, instead of accessing the old Portal you access a new site built on the open-source Omeka repository platform. We pursued this replacement to allow us to continue providing customer services while the…

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  • New BPL Digital Commonwealth Repository: a technical overview

    As a previous blog post has noted, Digital Commonwealth and the Boston Public Library have embarked on a partnership that will soon result in a new state-of-the-art digital repository that will provide a range of vastly improved hosting and presentation services to Digital Commonwealth members. Based on the Fedora Commons/Hydra open-source repository system, development of…

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  • Launching of the DPLA at the BPL April 18 and 19

    On April 18 and 19, 2013, the Boston Public Library will host an event at which the Digital Public Library of America will be formally launched. The underlying system of the DPLA will both aggregate and re-expose metadata drawn from a variety of regional digital library systems. These regional systems will include the initial network…

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  • November Newsletter 2012

    All the latest news from the Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts! Updates for November, 2012 Digital Commonwealth chosen as “Service Hub” for Digital Public Library of America The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is working to establish the first truly national digital library of the United States. As an initial stage toward accumulating content for…

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  • Digital Commonwealth’s Partnership with the Boston Public Library

    Digital Commonwealth’s Partnership with the Boston Public Library Last fall (November 2011) representatives of the Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Digital Commonwealth) and the Boston Public Library (BPL) signed a letter of agreement stating the intention and commitment of both organizations “to work together towards a shared goal of creating, maintaining and expanding a successful and…

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  • October Newsletter 2012

    All the latest news from the Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts! Updates for October, 2012 Welcome to the new Digital Commonwealth Monthly Newsletter! We are embarking on an exciting new era with the Digital Commonwealth and look forward to sharing our developments and accomplishments as we establish ourselves as an official non-profit organization and strengthen our…

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