The BPL's Norman Leventhal Map Center has created this really nifty thing that you should probably stop reading about right now unless you have some free time, because you're going to want to play with it right away: Atlascope Boston lets you enter a Boston-area address or location and then see what it looked like in the good old days (some of the maps date to the 1860s). Read more.
By OriginallyFromD... - 3/22/19 - 12:26 am
Hey. Come here. I wanna tell you a story. At the Holy Name/Catholic Memorial dances I attended in my youth I never "grinded" with any boys.
By harvardruleswatch - 6/22/18 - 12:35 am
Once upon a time you could enter the first floor of Boston’s Copley Square public library and escape having to listen to the self-promotional chatter of corporate-sponsored or underwritten radio show hosts and their Establishment or celebrity guests, while
By adamg - 4/14/16 - 8:06 am
The Bulletin reports on the Hyde Park library's unveiling of a painting of John Joseph Enneking, the home-grown impressionist.
By JohnAKeith - 8/21/15 - 4:48 pm
The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library (BPL) is hosting an exhibition, "We Are One, Mapping America's road from revolution to independence" to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the colonial resistance to the British Stamp Act.
This week, four new maps from the King George III Topographical Collection and other collections at the British Library were added to the exhibition. These maps are "one-of-a-kind", watercolor paintings in a beautiful 18th-century style. Read more.
By bruce - 4/16/10 - 11:49 am
CommonWealth magazine came across an interesting lawsuit involving the Boston Public Library and Maryanne Lewis, a lawyer-lobbyist and former state representative who is considering a run as an independent for Congress.
By david_yamada - 4/8/10 - 10:08 am
As Boston considers the closing of libraries in the midst of a recession, it may be useful to remind ourselves of the broader contributions of libraries to our neighborhoods:
Former American Librarian Association president Sarah Long
When I was president of the American Library Association in 1999-2000, I chose, "Libraries Build Community" as my theme because I felt strongly that the library always serves a special place in the community. It's not only a place to find information and knowledgeable librarians, it's also a place to be with other community members. Think of the library as a community's living room. . . . I chose, "Libraries Build Community" as my presidential theme because the library is the community's information hub and a place to gather, but also because of what happens inside libraries. Children come to story hour and adults come to programs. Library meeting rooms are places to vote or are used for local legislators' town hall meetings. In the information age, the library is so much more than a collection of books.
By EM Painter - 4/1/10 - 1:09 pm
I am not interested in arguing the list. I have a pretty good feeling that my library can beat these other libraries. But that's what the cutters want, they want to pit us one neighborhood against the other.
By adamg - 10/8/09 - 5:47 pm
The credits have rolled for the Centre Street Blockbuster - although there's now a cheery note on the front door advising former customers to put their old movies through the slot if they don't want to hear from a collection agency.
In other Centre Street news, it's a bit of a shame the West Roxbury BPL branch couldn't have opened before cool weather after some recent renovations - because the first thing that hits you now when you enter is the smell of paint, and not in a good way.
By theszak - 3/5/08 - 5:34 am
We've been contacted by the BPL about making arrangements to
discuss the problems with digital restrictions management
DRM and what might be done about it
By theszak - 2/13/08 - 12:22 am
Digital Restrictions protest photos. Boston Public Library
http://www.flickr.com/photos/makoshark/sets/721576...
By theszak - 2/12/08 - 9:07 pm
Many people haven't yet used interlibrary loan readily available at our branch public libraries for books, audio and video not on the shelves within the immediate Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville and other Massachusetts' libraries systems.
Better software is being developed for tracking what titles library users/customers/consumers ask for.
Alternately new book suggestions, audio suggestions and video suggestions can be submitted for local branch libraries' collections.
Hints, tips and pointers for more effective use of interlibrary loan...
Branch Boston public libraries
By theszak - 2/12/08 - 8:23 pm
Many people haven't yet used interlibrary loan readily available at our branch public libraries for books, audio and video not on the shelves within the immediate Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville and other Massachusetts' libraries systems.
Better software is being developed for tracking what titles library users/customers/consumers ask for.
Alternately new book suggestions, audio suggestions and video suggestions can be submitted for local branch libraries' collections.
Hints, tips and pointers for more effective use of interlibrary loan...
Branch Boston public libraries
By theszak - 2/10/08 - 5:41 am
by Ben Schwartz
http://bemasc.dynalias.net/wordpress/?p=843
#Digital Diary of Ben Schwartz RSS Feed
Digital Diary of Ben Schwartz
Like information, but less informative
<< Rain
Protest
I spent the afternoon today at this protest against the stupid DRM
systems that libraries use for their digital audiobooks
(Mom, you know all about this and how annoying it is).
The protest was outside the main entrance to the Boston Public
Library, which distributes these restricted media files.
We handed out hundreds of pamphlets and talked to countless
By theszak - 2/7/08 - 2:37 am
Libraries: Kick DRM out!
http://DefectiveByDesign.org has announced an action against libraries
that support DRM on their collections.
By theszak - 1/29/08 - 2:12 am
Boston Public Library President Bernard A. Margolis
Massachusetts
http://bpl.org/general/seniorstaff.htm
Dear Bernard A. Margolis,
By theszak - 1/2/08 - 5:31 pm
Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections.
[ photo by Robert Spencer ]
Bernard Margolis, president of The Boston Public Library.
The research libraries, including a large consortium in the Boston area, are instead signing on with the Open Content Alliance, a nonprofit effort aimed at making their materials broadly available.
by Katie Hafner
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/technology/22lib...
By theszak - 12/17/07 - 5:17 pm
For Bernard Margolis the predicament of the lib is also an opportunity to go on to a better more inspired library environment. We can only hope Massachusetts can find a way to keep this creative talented skilled BPL President.
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