Guest Post: Griffin Museum of Photography
By Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography The Digital Commonwealth has changed how Arthur Griffin is seen by our audience. Making Mr. Griffin’s images available on-line after digitizing of a portion of our archives has opened up interest by the public in ways we never thought would happen. We have had…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in February
Not only have we added some awesome new hosted collections in February, we’ve also harvested 99 collections from UMass Amherst! Check them all out! Boston Public Library Boston (Mass.) Overseers of the Poor Indentures, 1734-1805 – 18 items added to existing collection Emily Dickinson Collection, 18962-1907 – 135 items Fore-Edge Paintings – 214 items…
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…