The Digital Commonwealth launched its new portal today at its Second Annual Meeting. It’s a really nice design that allows one to search all of the digital repositories in Massachusetts.

The Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a portal to the rich cultural heritage held in museums, historical societies, colleges, libraries and other cultural repositories in Massachusetts. From this site you can search or browse the digital collections of member institutions throughout the state for manuscripts, images, historical documents, and sound recordings, providing you with enhanced access and retrieval of information.

Mary Minow’s presentation on copyright at the Second Annual Meeting of the Digital Commonwealth was as good as I’ve heard on copyright for libraries. I found particularly helpful her discussion of Section 108. I left much more encouraged about the possibility of digitizing materials that don’t clearly fall in the public domain. If you haven’t checked out http://www.librarylaw.com/, you will find it to be an expansive and very helpful resource for libraries sorting through legal issues.

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