Category: Featured
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Nominating Committee Members Announced
The DPLA Steering Committee has approved members of a five-person Nominating Committee that will recommend members for the inaugural DPLA Board.
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DPLA joins US Ignite Partnership
The DPLA will participate in the Mozilla Ignite challenge as part of the White House’s newly announced US Ignite Partnership.
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July 2012: High-Level Technical Development Plan
The Technical Development team has produced a high-level document outlining the integrated development plan for the DPLA platform and front-end.
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Technical Development Update
Steering Committee Chair John Palfrey thanks the Interim Technical Development team for their incredible work and outlines plans moving forward in this blog post.
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Unglue.it’s innovative model hopes to resolve sticky situation of e-book access
A new startup in the library universe is “ungluing” already-published works and turning them into free, legal e-books, one campaign at a time.
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Update on DPLA-Europeana Virtual Exhibition
Work on the joint DPLA-Europeana virtual exhibition continues apace, with a launch anticipated in December 2012.
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Digital Library Digest: June 8, 2012
The first Digital Library Digest of the summer features the ReadersFirst Initiative for improved ebook access, plans for a national digital summer reading program, and a major addition to Bhutan’s National Library.
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June 2012 DPLA Update From John Palfrey
Steering Committee Chair John Palfrey checks in with a video update about the April 2012 DPLA West plenary meeting and future plans for the DPLA.
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PLA receives IMLS grant to plan for a national digital summer reading program
The Public Library Association has been awarded $50,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support the research and design of a national digital summer reading program app.
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Digital Library Digest (Double Edition): May 4, 2012
This week’s DigLibDig covers ALA’s post on DPLA West, Internet Archive’s letter to publishers, the role of libraries in the digital age, and more.