Digital Public Library of America

Press: “Digital Public Library of America”

David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, gives his take on the October 2011 Plenary Meeting in Washington DC.

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Press: “The Other Digital Divide – ‘Bringing the Local Community Out’”

Melissa Mannon discusses the “digital divide” and evaluates where the DPLA may factor in.

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Press: “US digital library in works “

Hiawatha Bray of the Boston Globe reports on the DPLA.

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Press: “First thoughts after the DPLA launch and workstream meetings”

Nate Hill responds to his work with the Audience & Participation workstream at the DPLA conference.

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Press: “The DPLA Muster”

John Palfrey and a cabal of Harvard academics have forged a movement from the fire of frustrated librarians, archivists, and information professionals who have recognized that a lot of the present system is broken and going nowhere fast.

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First DPLA Plenary Meeting Comes to a Close

Thanks to who all who made this week's event a success!

Over 300 government leaders, librarians, technologists, students, and others gathered at the National Archives in Washington, DC today to share their visions for the DPLA.

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Digital Public Library of America and Europeana Announce Collaboration

Two major digital library networks have reached an agreement to collaborate in ways that will make a large part of the world’s cultural heritage available to a large part of the world’s population.

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Sloan Foundation and Arcadia Fund Announce Funding for the Digital Public Library of America

The Sloan Foundation and Arcadia Fund today announced a major contribution for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in the form of combined $5 million in funding. The DPLA Steering Committee is leading the first concrete steps toward the realization of a large-scale digital public library that will make the cultural and scientific record available to all.

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