Category: Features
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…
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…
Special Christmas Dinners
Here are two photographs from the Digital Commonwealth of special Christmas dinners for people who would not be home for Christmas. This 1921 photograph by news photographer Leslie Jones and shows Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan loading his Christmas dinner onto the ship Bowdoin before sailing for the frozen North. It’s from the Leslie Jones Collection…