Report: Boston Research Center Embarks on Archival Mission
From The Boston Globe:
With a $650,00 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Boston Research Center will work with the Boston Public Library to unearth that history and make it available to everyone.
In the coming months, the center plans to hold informal forums at library branches to show what it has already gathered on the city’s neighborhoods. Residents will be asked to bring letters, photographs, and other historical materials that might fill in the gaps.
The center, based at Northeastern University Library, embarked on the first phase of the project last year with an initial $200,000 Mellon grant. It used archival materials and data to create seven digital models that explore Boston’s history and culture.
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See Also: Launching the Boston Research Center by Dan Cohen (via Northeastern University; May 2, 2018)
Direct to Boston Research Center Website
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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