Author: BPL Statewide

  • Digital Commonwealth October 2025 Statistics

    Hello, and happy belated Halloween! Here are your October 2025 DigitalCommonwealth.org statistics:   Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: John B. Sanromá Photograph Collection (9023 items; photographs of events, places, and people by the former Boston Traveler photographer from 1929-1955) Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives: Boston Symphony Orchestra Historical Score Collection (ca. 1881-1980s) (333 items; musical scores used…

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  • Digital Commonwealth September 2025 Statistics

    Hi everyone — here are your monthly DigitalCommonwealth.org statistics for September. Happy Autumn!   Hosted collections added: American Antiquarian Society: Political Cartoons from AAS (54 items; American political cartoons from 1760-1900) Boston Public Library: Boston Herald (448 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1930-1931) Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (7 items; manuscripts and books from 1200-1699) Revolution! 250…

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  • Photographing a loose-leaf binder under the BC100 book scanning station

    The Digital & Online Services department is excited to announce the latest addition to our imaging team! Jade Alderman, our new Digital Imaging Production Assistant, is working with BPL’s recently acquired BC100 camera workstation. This high-resolution book scanning system has two cameras to capture images of both sides of a book simultaneously. The equipment is…

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