Category: Features
Jones Library’s Digital Amherst in Digital Commonwealth
This post was written by Patricia Feeley, BPL Collaborative Services Librarian. Cynthia Harbeson, Head of Special Collections at the Jones Library, began her job in January 2015. Amherst greeted her with the snowiest winter on record and a digital website in disrepair. She resolved to make Digital Amherst great again. Happily for Cyndi, Sharon Sharry,…
Wilbraham Library
This post was written by Mary Bell, Adult Services Librarian at Wilbraham Public Library. Maybe it’s because I’m interested in family history and genealogy, but my favorite photographs in Wilbraham Library’s local history collection are of people. Knowing about people, seeing their faces and learning their stories, can make history’s potentially dry dates and facts…
Grove Hall Memory Project
This post was written by Patricia Feeley, BPL Collaborative Services Librarian. When the Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public Library began planning the Grove Hall Memory Project, it was their intention to make it available in a digital format. Katrina Morse, now the Parker Hill Branch librarian and the driving force behind the…