A Closer Look: La Baleine d’Ostende
Written by Patricia Feeley, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Boston Public Library Some images beg for a closer look. At first glance, this is a sad scene of a beached whale being inspected by curious onlookers. However, the caption reads, “La Baleine d’Ostende/Visitee par l’Elephant, la Giraffe les Osages et les Chinois.” Elephant? Giraffe? What exactly is going…
Massachusetts College of Art and Design collections
Written by Patricia Feeley, Collaborative Services Librarian, Boston Public Library Massachusetts Normal Art School opened in 1873 with the goal of educating art teachers to teach drawing at lower levels of education. The hope was that this effort would result in more architects for the growing country. Massachusetts Normal Art School became Massachusetts School of Art…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in April
This month focused mostly on getting Northeastern University Library’s collections harvested. There are now 17 new collections from them, including a really wide variety of content! Don’t miss that, or any of the beautiful new items from the BPL’s collections. Boston Public Library Early, Rare, and Exceptional Items from Special Collections, Rare Books – 6…
Trustees of the Reservations
This post was written by Patricia Feeley, BPL Collaborative Services Librarian. For a 126-year-old organization, the Trustees of Reservations is not that well-known for its cultural heritage collections. People are often familiar with the properties they own – the Crane Estate in Ipswich, Naumkeag in Stockbridge, World’s End in Hingham or Dinosaur Footprints in Holyoke…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in March
Along with the new season, Digital Commonwealth also brings you many new collections of beautiful and historical content to explore. Boston Public Library Anti-Slavery – 22 items added to existing collection Colonial and Revolutionary Boston – 4 items added to existing collection Cuneiform Tablets – 9 items Incunabula – 6 items Medieval and Early Renaissance…
Williams College Digital Collections
This post was written by Patricia Feeley, BPL Collaborative Services Librarian. Jessika Drmacich was hired for the newly-created Records Manager & Digital Resources Archivist position at Williams College five years ago. Jessika’s career has included stops at Rolling Stone magazine in New York City and the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge before landing in Williamstown. Asking Jessika…