A Sweet Deal for Public Libraries
By Harold Smith If you work at a public library, especially if you work at a small library where opportunities for collaboration are rare and money for new projects is even rarer, then you should read about this opportunity that is now available. Here’s the deal in a nutshell. If you have an unprocessed collection,…
Lyon (no tigers!), but METADATA? – Oh My!
First Parish in Brookline (FPB) Archives Project to bring 300 years of history out of the woods… by Elizabeth Cousins, Archivist, First Parish in Brookline Chapter One: First Steps on the “road of yellow bricks.” Lyon Chapel at FPB, named after William Henry Lyon, Sixth Minister, is a lovely space where spirits are moved,…
Call for Board Members
Want to get more involved with Digital Commonwealth? We’re looking for members to sit on the board, starting terms in July. If you’re interested in taking on this role, please send current Digital Commonwealth President Karen Cariani (karen_cariani@wgbh.org) a resume or short bio and a statement of interest. Statements of interest should include: A statement…
A Newcomer’s View on Digital Commonwealth Board Meetings
I am not a board member of the Digital Commonwealth. In fact, until the 2014 Annual Conference, I had never attended a Digital Commonwealth event. However, when I showed up, along with three other guests, at the May 2014 board meeting, I was welcomed quite warmly. The term board meeting makes it seem like it…
3 Breakout Session Reports from the 2014 Annual Conference
Developing a Born-Digital Preservation Workflow Presenters: Bill Donovan and Jack Kearney, Boston College Our presenters described the workflow followed to access records on an external hard drive included in the personal papers of Irish soprano and harpist Mary O’Hara, their first dive into the sea of digital preservation. They described how workflows start as baseline…
Alison Kemp: Digital Commonwealth’s Membership Manager
Digital Commonwealth has recently hired Alison Kemp as a temporary employee to help manage member accounts and perform other administrative tasks as time permits. She is beginning at ten hours per week. Alison currently works part-time as the administrative assistant at the Newton Free Library. She has held previous positions as a resource and communications…