We will all remember 2020 as the year of Zoom, and on Friday 25 September 2020, Digital Scriptorium held it’s Annual Meeting remotely on the Zoom digital platform for video and audio conferencing. The restrictions for travel and in-person gatherings caused by COVID-19 made it impossible to hold our traditional all-day meeting as we did …
The Board of Directors of Digital Scriptorium is excited to announce that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has just awarded DS a $100,000 National Leadership in Libraries grant. The IMLS grant is for one year to plan the technical rebuilding of the Digital Scriptorium online union catalog and to expand the breadth …
The 2019 Fall Board and Annual meetings of Digital Scriptorium were held on Thursday September 26 – Friday September 27 at the Newberry Library in Chicago. The all-day meeting of the Board focused on final preparations for the Annual Meeting, a preliminary planning grant proposal for DS 2.0, and governance issues pertaining to Board assignments. …
In February 2019, Digital Scriptorium held 2.5 days of meetings from Sunday February 24 through Tuesday February 26 at the Beinecke Library of Yale University. The meetings were hosted by E.C. Schroeder, Head of the Beinecke Library and Treasurer of Digital Scriptorium. The meetings included a meeting on Sunday afternoon of the DS Board of …
The Fall Board and Annual Meetings of Digital Scriptorium took place on 6-7 September 2018 at the University of California, Riverside. Hosted by DS Board member Cherry Williams, UCR Director of Distinctive Collections, the meetings comprised two full days of work for the Board members, who had just finished their first three-year term. All Board …
The mid-year meeting of the Digital Scriptorium Board of Directors was held on Friday February 9th at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA, known not only for its collections of rare books and manuscripts, but also for its fabulous gardens. The meeting was hosted by Vanessa Wilkie, DS board member and Curator of Manuscripts …
During a week of beautiful Fall weather, Digital Scriptorium held its annual board and membership meetings at the Beinecke Library of Yale University in New Haven, CT from October 3-7, 2017. The DS Board of Directors meeting was held on Wednesday October 3rd, and the annual meeting of the DS membership was held Thursday October …
Like Chaucer’s pilgrims, many of us consider April as the month to say goodbye to winter and make travel plans. So the DS Board of Directors would like to invite all our Members, Associates, Advisory Council, and friends to the next annual meeting, to be hosted by E.C. Schroeder and the Beinecke Library on Thursday …
We have great news to share with our members, associates, and friends, and just in time for the holidays! Since last February the Board of Directors has been working on the reorganization of DS in order to become a tax-exempt non-profit organization. After extensive work on the Mission Statement and Bylaws, we sought out legal …
Annual Meeting of Digital Scriptorium, Houghton Library, Harvard University, 23 September 2016 (photos by Matthew Heintzelman) On Friday September 23, 2016 Digital Scriptorium held its annual all-day meeting of the membership at Houghton Library, Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA. The annual meeting this year was exciting for several reasons: 1. It coincided with the opening …
