2016 Conference Registration is Open!
From the Digital Commonwealth Conference Committee Don’t miss another great Digital Commonwealth conference and our 10th anniversary reception. The conference will be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Hogan Center at the College of the Holy Cross. This year’s keynotes addresses are: Piles of Stuff: On the Challenges and Opportunities for Aggregating Digital Collections with Paul…
Boston Public Library Digitizing Cultural Treasures
Wonderful feature on NECN about the Boston Public Library and the Digital Commonwealth! Tom Blake, the Digital Projects Manager at the BPL and David Leonard, Interim President and Director of Administration and Technology, did a wonderful job describing the project, with well-chosen examples showing the digitization process, the Digital Commonwealth site, and some examples of…
Guest Post: Brookline Public Library
Guest Post by Anne Clark, Brookline Public Library In 2015 the Brookline Public Library was able to have their manuscript collection digitized thanks to generosity of the Boston Public Library. Over 400 pages have now been added to the Digital Commonwealth website! The Manuscript Collection consists of collections of papers related to the town of…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in January
Make sure you check out the newest Digital Commonwealth collections, including images of popular Boston politician James M. Curley and a new medieval manuscripts from the BPL! Boston Public Library Books from the Boston Public Library – 144 items John D. Merriam Collection – 6 items Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts Collection – 3 items Jamaica…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in December
Happy New Year! These awesome new collections were added to Digital Commonwealth in December. Check them out! Boston Architectural College Library Original works by Boston Architectural Club Members : 1 item Publications of the Boston Architectural Club : 32 items Boston Athenaeum Boston Athenaeum, Cartographic Collection : 6 items Boston College University Libraries 27 collections…
Special Christmas Dinners
Here are two photographs from the Digital Commonwealth of special Christmas dinners for people who would not be home for Christmas. This 1921 photograph by news photographer Leslie Jones and shows Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan loading his Christmas dinner onto the ship Bowdoin before sailing for the frozen North. It’s from the Leslie Jones Collection…