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Digital Commonwealth Movers & Shakers 2014
Congratulations to the Digital Commonwealth Movers & Shakers of 2014 just announced by Library Journal (http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/03/people/movers-shakers-2014/movers-shakers-2014). Featured in the new selection of stellar talent are two local librarians who have had a long and significant involvement with Digital Commonwealth: current board member Tom Blake as well as retired board member and past president Kristi Chadwick.…
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March 12, 2014
Amy Benson hired to advise members on Metadata procedures
Over the next several months, until the end of the calendar year, Digital Commonwealth will be providing metadata production and quality control assistance for collections digitized under the BPL’s LSTA-funded statewide digitization program. The goal is to assure that at least 40,000 records are prepared for ingest into the new repository system from at least…
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July 1, 2013
Digitization Training Sessions 2012 Wrap-up
During 2012, Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts offered 8 digitization training sessions for staff from libraries, archives, and cultural institutions who were interested in issues relating to the creation and enhancement of digital collections. Thanks to grant funding, no registration fees were charged to attendees! A recent LSTA grant awarded to the Boston Public Library (BPL)…
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March 12, 2013