Category Archives: Announcements

Chicopee Public Library adds collections to Digital Commonwealth

Two of the three collections in the new Chicopee Public Library’s Chicopee Archives Online, 427 records in total, have been harvested into the Digital Commonwealth’s Omeka repository: Chicopee Weekly Journal and Soldiers Record. Amber Clooney, Electronic Reference Services Librarian at Chicopee Public … Continue reading

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Latest Update on the new Digital Commonwealth Repository developments at the BPL

Here is the latest update from Eben English, Web Services Developer at the BPL, who is helping develop the new Fedora/Hydra repository for the Digital Commonwealth: The initial development phase for the new digital object management system to store and … Continue reading

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2013 Conference: Two Superb Keynote Presentations

7th Annual Digital Library Conference May 1, 2013, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, at the Devens Commons Center, 31 Andrews Parkway, Devens, Massachusetts. Registration Fees: Digital Commonwealth Members: $95 Students: $95 Non-Members: $110 Advanced Registration Deadline: April 20, 2013 Register Today! For … Continue reading

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Developing Lesson Plans with Digital Content from Digital Commonwealth

Are you a teacher (4th grade to 12th grade) who is interested in developing lesson plans featuring digital content?  Could you benefit from a half-day workshop focused on learning about digital collections and ideas about how to use digitized primary … Continue reading

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7th Annual Digital Library Conference

7th Annual Digital Library Conference May 1, 2013, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, at the Devens Commons Center, 31 Andrews Parkway, Devens, Massachusetts. Registration Fees: Digital Commonwealth Members: $95 Students: $95 Non-Members: $110 Advanced Registration Deadline: April 20, 2013 Register Today! … Continue reading

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Digital Commonwealth releases new Omeka system

Digital Commonwealth is pleased to announce the release of an Omeka replacement for the digital harvesting Portal. Now when you navigate to http://digitalcommonwealth.org, instead of accessing the old Portal you access a new site built on the open-source Omeka repository … Continue reading

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New BPL Digital Commonwealth Repository: a technical overview

As a previous blog post has noted, Digital Commonwealth and the Boston Public Library have embarked on a partnership that will soon result in a new state-of-the-art digital repository that will provide a range of vastly improved hosting and presentation … Continue reading

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Launching of the DPLA at the BPL April 18 and 19

On April 18 and 19, 2013, the Boston Public Library will host an event at which the Digital Public Library of America will be formally launched. The underlying system of the DPLA will both aggregate and re-expose metadata drawn from … Continue reading

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Digital Commonwealth’s Partnership with the Boston Public Library

Digital Commonwealth’s Partnership with the Boston Public Library Last fall (November 2011) representatives of the Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Digital Commonwealth) and the Boston Public Library (BPL) signed a letter of agreement stating the intention and commitment of both organizations … Continue reading

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Free Workshop on the Cape – at the Snow Library in Orleans, December 6, 2012

Digital Commonwealth presents free training workshop at Snow Library in Orleans, Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Are you looking to digitize a collection, but don’t know where to start? Do you have questions about selection, … Continue reading

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