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Welcome to the Digital Public Library of America
It’s not very often you get to build a new library. Together, that’s what we will begin to do today. Starting with over two million items, each with its own special story and significance, the Digital...
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DPLA Seeks to Provide Libraries with Digital Services as Part of the FCC’s...
Hi all, Earlier this summer, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) launched a review and modernization of its E-rate program, the largest education technology program provided by the government....
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Those who have heard me talk about the Digital Public Library of America over the past six months know that I’m fond of saying that DPLA is as much a social project as a technical project. Much of what...
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Happy Holidays from the Digital Public Library of America
Dear all, With the holidays upon us, I wanted to send a personal note of thanks for your continued support of the Digital Public Library of America. From our launch in April 2013, to over 500 people...
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Location, Location, Location
Although we’re a digital project, we obviously consist of human beings with a distinctly non-virtual existence, and we are very lucky to have a daily presence in the first municipal public library in...
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Planning for Serendipity
[Another post in our behind-the-scenes series.] One of the great aspects of bookstores and libraries is their uncanny ability to produce serendipity, as people bump unexpectedly into works as they walk...
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Getting it Right on Rights: Simplifying, Harmonizing, and Maximizing the...
Show your support for our proposal by applauding it! Large-scale collections like the Digital Public Library of America, Europeana, Trove, and DigitalNZ have enriched the free web by making openly...
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On the Right to Link
Today we filed a comment with the United States Copyright Office on their study of the “Right of Making Available.” This proposed right, which would be an explicit addition to existing copyright law...
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Let’s Keep the Momentum Going
Our 1st Birthday /// Letter from the Executive Director / Press Release / Send us Birthday Love! / Press and Media Mentions It’s hard to believe that a year has already gone by since our launch...
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Back to School with DPLA
It’s the first day of school for most kids in the United States, and so a good time to highlight the resources the Digital Public Library of America has ready and waiting for students and teachers this...
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What’s Ahead for DPLA: Our New Strategic Plan
The Digital Public Library of America launched on April 18, 2013, less than two years ago. And what a couple of years it has been. From a staff of three people, a starting slate of two million items,...
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Unexpected: Snow Removal
[Today we're starting a new series on our blog, called Unexpected. With over eight million items in our collection (and growing!), there are countless unusual artifacts, and since we now bring together...
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Unexpected: Balletic or Brutish? Picturing Football
[This is the second post in our new series, Unexpected, which covers thematic discoveries in our collection. In case you missed it, the first post covered unusual snow removal machines.] Bringing...
View ArticleGetting Involved: Our Expanding Community Reps Program
There are so many ways to get involved with the Digital Public Library of America, each of which contributes enormously to our mission of connecting people with our shared cultural heritage. Obviously...
View ArticleLet’s Talk about Ebooks
Books are among the richest artifacts of human culture. In the last half-millenium, we have written over a hundred million of them globally, and within their pages lie incredibly diverse forms of...
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Remembering Sabra Statham
The DPLA family was devastated to hear that one of our Community Reps, Sabra Statham, passed away suddenly on Friday. Sabra was a Digital Project Coordinator at Pennsylvania State University and had...
View ArticleDPLA and HathiTrust Partnership Supports Open E-Book Programs
Written by Dan Cohen and Mike Furlough The Digital Public Library of America and HathiTrust have had a strong relationship since DPLA’s inception in 2013. As part of our ongoing collaboration to host...
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We, Robots: Robots from the 1920s to the 1990s
This is the third post in our Unexpected series which covers thematic discoveries in our collection. In case you missed it, the first post covered unusual snow removal machines, while the second...
View ArticleSeeking Balance in Copyright and Access
The most important word in discussions around copyright in the United States is balance. Although there are many, often strong disagreements between copyright holders and those who wish to provide...
View ArticleHumanities for All of Us: The NEH at 50
Sunday night there wasn’t a cloud in the sky in Boston, and so we were fortunate to get a clear view of the rare supermoon eclipse. I took a telescope out to the backyard with my kids and we worked to...
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