Category: Announcements

  • NEA Recognizes Digital Commonwealth and BPL

    On March 21st, Digital Commonwealth was co-awarded the New England Archivist’s Archival Advocacy Award along with BPL’s Digital Services. The award was presented on Saturday morning at the NEA business meeting (part of the Spring NEA meeting). NEA’s former president Alyssa Pacy presented the award and highlighted the work BPL’s Digital Services staff members have…

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  • Map Views Added to Digital Commonwealth Site

    Visitors to the Digital Commonwealth site can now browse the ever-growing collection using a number of different map views. These maps show the locations of cities and other landmarks depicted or described within items in the collection. By clicking on a marker on the map, visitors can search for all items from a specific location.…

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  • New and Resigned Board Members for the New Fiscal Year

    This past year resulted in several members leaving the Digital Commonwealth Board. Anne Sauer, who served as vice president, left her job at Tufts for a new position at Cornell. Ryan Hanson, who took over for Anne as vice president, left his position at the Newton Free Public Library for a job with a company in the Back…

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