Author: Patricia Feeley

  • New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in February

    This month, the Boston Public Library (BPL) added 36 items from its M.C. Escher prints and drawings collection.  It also happens that this month the Museum of Fine Arts opened an exhibit of M.C. Escher prints.  Great minds really do think alike. In addition, the BPL added items to six existing collections as well as…

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  • A Closer Look: Frontal close-up view of two rams

    Written by Patricia Feeley, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Boston Public Library When I come upon an image that deserves A Closer Look, I am usually rewarded with a story that deserves telling as well. The giant whale on the beach of Ostende print led to a story of 18th century Europeans encountering strange and wonderful creatures. An…

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  • New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in January

    Have you kept your New Year’s resolution to digitize your historical treasures? These institutions did.  Anna Maria College’s The Travel Postcards of Charles Bumsack Collection includes this view of Smith College’s Observatory (left).  If you explore more, you’ll also find views of the Crab, Dumbbell and Horsehead Nebulae.  I kid you not. If whimsy is not your…

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