New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in April
All those April showers (rain and snow alike) brought over 3,300 new items to the Digital Commonwealth. The largest donation came from the National Archives at Boston with its Watertown Arsenal Photographs collection. The photos of bright shining new armaments contrast sharply with the Franklin Historical Museum’s riveting Images of World War I Battlefields collection. …
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in March
March came in like a lion and then refused to leave like a lamb. Can we get a refund from Mother Nature? Perhaps a few extra days of fall? Digital Commonwealth never sleeps, though; witness the many additions to the collections last month. My personal favorite proves that bad hair days are not a 21st…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in February
This month, the Boston Public Library (BPL) added 36 items from its M.C. Escher prints and drawings collection. It also happens that this month the Museum of Fine Arts opened an exhibit of M.C. Escher prints. Great minds really do think alike. In addition, the BPL added items to six existing collections as well as…
A Closer Look: Frontal close-up view of two rams
Written by Patricia Feeley, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Boston Public Library When I come upon an image that deserves A Closer Look, I am usually rewarded with a story that deserves telling as well. The giant whale on the beach of Ostende print led to a story of 18th century Europeans encountering strange and wonderful creatures. An…
Digital Commonwealth in the News
Digital Commonwealth partners Weymouth Public Library and Lee Library Association were in the news last month. Wicked Local Weymouth in an article entitled, Weymouth Public Libraries announces programs, reports on the Weymouth Public Libraries adding more digitized items from the Weymouth Historic Collections to the Digital Commonwealth. Highlights include more items concerning abolitionism and the…