Category: Features

  • Guest Post: Griffin Museum of Photography

    By Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography   The Digital Commonwealth has changed how Arthur Griffin is seen by our audience. Making Mr. Griffin’s images available on-line after digitizing of a portion of our archives has opened up interest by the public in ways we never thought would happen. We have had…

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  • Boston Public Library Digitizing Cultural Treasures

    Wonderful feature on NECN about the Boston Public Library and the Digital Commonwealth! Tom Blake, the Digital Projects Manager at the BPL and David Leonard, Interim President and Director of Administration and Technology, did a wonderful job describing the project, with well-chosen examples showing the digitization process, the Digital Commonwealth site, and some examples of…

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  • Guest Post: Brookline Public Library

    Guest Post by Anne Clark, Brookline Public Library In 2015 the Brookline Public Library was able to have their manuscript collection digitized thanks to generosity of the Boston Public Library. Over 400 pages have now been added to the Digital Commonwealth website! The Manuscript Collection consists of collections of papers related to the town of…

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