Digital Commonwealth
Business Profile
Core Value Proposition
Digital Commonwealth provides online access to digitized photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, and other historical materials from libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies across Massachusetts.
Target Customer
Educators, students, researchers, librarians/archivists, and cultural institutions in Massachusetts seeking access to digitized historical materials and educator resources.
Key Differentiator
A state-wide, multi-institution collaboration offering a single portal to digitized materials from a broad network of Massachusetts libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies, with educator-focused resources and map-based discovery.
Implementation Timeline
Immediate access to search, browse, and educator resources once the site is available; educator resources (primary source sets, lesson plans) are presented as part of the site navigation.
Pain Points
- 1Dispersed historical materials across many institutions in Massachusetts with limited centralized access.
- 2Need for curatorial organization of materials by topic, date, location, or format to improve discovery.
- 3Desire for educational resources (primary source sets, lesson plans) to support teaching and learning with primary sources.
Key Features
- 1Central online library aggregating digitized materials (photos, maps, postcards, manuscripts, books, artifacts, audio recordings, etc.).
- 2Search and browse capabilities: All Fields search, Collections, Institutions, Formats, Map search, and ability to filter by year/format (as shown in advanced search options).
- 3Educator resources: Primary Source Sets, Lesson Plans, Using Primary Sources.
- 4Map-based search to locate materials by location across the globe (from Massachusetts and beyond).
- 5Collections organized by topic, date, location, or format; institutions hosting materials; various formats supported.
- 6Technical and developer access: API listed in the site navigation; options to contribute collections and digitization services.
Target Customer Industries
Decision Makers
- 1Library Director
- 2Archivist
- 3Librarian
- 4Education Coordinator
- 5IT Director
- 6Chief Information Officer
Client Results
- 1Increased access to digitized historical materials from multiple Massachusetts institutions through a single portal.
- 2Enhanced teaching and research capabilities via primary source sets and lesson plans.
- 3Centralized discovery of materials across participating libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies.
Competitive Advantages
- 1Massachusetts-wide collaboration across libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in a single online library.
- 2Search and discovery across multiple institutions, locations, and formats (collections, formats, map view).
- 3Dedicated educator resources (primary source sets, lesson plans) to support teaching with primary sources.
- 4Support for contributing collections and digitization services, plus API access for developers.
- 5Content breadth and volume evidenced by extensive institutional participation (e.g., Boston Public Library, many universities, public libraries, historical societies).
Key Benefits
Additional Product Information
Product Description
An online library of digitized historical photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, and other materials from libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies across Massachusetts.
Target Market
Libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and educational institutions in Massachusetts; educators and students seeking access to digitized historical materials and teaching resources.
Unique Value Proposition
Massachusetts-wide, multi-institution digital library offering centralized access to diverse historical materials with educator resources and map-based discovery, supported by cross-institution collaboration and API access.
Technical Requirements
Web-based portal accessible via standard web browsers; API access mentioned; user accounts available for saving and organizing materials (Sign Up / Log In).
Pricing Model
Not stated in the provided content.
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