BCDS

Category: Projects

  • Visualizing racial disparity in Boston, c. 1970

    During the spring and summer of this year, I collaborated on an exhibit, Desegregating Boston Schools: Crisis and Community Activism, 1963-1977, with Sarah Melton and Dr. Eric Weiskott. The main exhibit is at the John J. Burns Library, and a smaller complementary exhibit is on view in the Reading Room, Level 3, Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr.…

  • Exploratory Project: Connolly Linked Open Data

    This past October, we launched The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, a digital collection that features over 330 traditional tunes and songs collected by master fiddle player Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist in Residence in Irish Music at Boston College (2004 to 2015). In addition to the wonderful music, this collection contains rich metadata, which gives us the opportunity…