Guest Post: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Guest post by Jeff Klapes, Head of Reference Services, Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Massachusetts Beebe Library in Wakefield is a busy, medium-sized library serving a population of 25,000. We have a variety of historical collections, including photographs, postcards, maps, local government documents, and more. Boston Public Library has been invaluable in helping us digitize…
Map Views Added to Digital Commonwealth Site
Visitors to the Digital Commonwealth site can now browse the ever-growing collection using a number of different map views. These maps show the locations of cities and other landmarks depicted or described within items in the collection. By clicking on a marker on the map, visitors can search for all items from a specific location.…
New Bookmarks!
We’re very excited to present our newest promotion effort: Bookmarks! We have two styles of bookmark designed to raise awareness about our wonderfully rich online resources. The Digital Commonwealth exists to advance the dissemination of collections from Massachusetts to a wider audience through shared resources and a single website. These bookmarks are a fun way to…
Digital Commonwealth Conference
Join us at the Hogan Center at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester on Thursday, April 2, 2015 for the 9th annual Digital Commonwealth Conference. This year’s featured morning keynote speaker is Clifford Lynch, director of the Coalition for Networked Information. The lunchtime keynote speaker is Dan Cohen, executive director of the Digital…
DPLA’s Strategic Plan
DPLA (The Digital Public Library of America) has just released its Strategic Plan for 2015-2017. This is significant to us because the Digital Commonwealth in partnership with BPL is a service hub for DPLA. The DPLA plan is organized into four major initiatives: Complete the hub network so all collections and item types have an…
Hanukkah Begins December 16
Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday sometimes known as the Festival of Lights. It’s an eight day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. This year, Hanukkah is observed from sunset December 16th to nightfall December 24th. The Digital Commonwealth includes photographs of a Brookline family celebrating Hanukkah in 1971 taken…