Celebrating Massachusetts Workers
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a national holiday honoring the contributions workers have made to the prosperity and well-being of the country. The first Labor Day observance was organized by the Central Labor Union in New York in 1882, with an estimated 20,000 workers marching in support of labor law reforms including
New and Resigned Board Members for the New Fiscal Year
This past year resulted in several members leaving the Digital Commonwealth Board. Anne Sauer, who served as vice president, left her job at Tufts for a new position at Cornell. Ryan Hanson, who took over for Anne as vice president, left his position at the Newton Free Public Library for a job with a company in the Back
Digital Commonwealth Portal Presented at Home and Abroad
Recently, Digital Repository Developer Steven Anderson and Web Services Developer Eben English presented at the Open Repositories 2014 conference in Helsinki and at the Northeast Fedora Users Group (NEFUG) meeting in Boston. Open Repositories is an annual international conference that brings together people and institutions responsible for the development, implementation, and management of digital repositories
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