Through public conferences, workshops, and participation in related events, the DPLA initiative brings together public and research librarians, authors, publishers, and educators together with interested parties from cultural organizations, state and local government, private industry, and the general public. The connections built through these events are fundamental to our work. We encourage you to join us at our public events and to participate in related conferences and workshops.
![[April 27, 2012] DPLA West](http://dp.la/files/2011/11/Audience_Participation-150x150.jpg "[April 27, 2012] DPLA West")
DPLA West is the second major public event bringing together librarians, technologists, creators, students, government leaders, and others interested in building a Digital Public Library of America.
![[April 12-13, 2012] Berkeley Orphan Works Symposium](http://dp.la/files/2012/01/berkeley_april2012-300x63.jpg "[April 12-13, 2012] Berkeley Orphan Works Symposium"){kind=small}
The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology is hosting a symposium in Berkeley, CA on April 12-13, 2012 to discuss issues related to orphan works and fair use.
The first DPLA Financial/Business Models Workshop will take place in Ann Arbor, MI on March 13, 2012.
![[March 2, 2012] Building the Digital Public Library of America](http://dp.la/files/2012/02/john_bob-150x150.jpg "[March 2, 2012] Building the Digital Public Library of America")
On Friday, March 2, Harvard Library Strategic Conversations will sponsor a program titled “Building the Digital Public Library of America”.
![[February 15, 2012] Governance Workshop](http://dp.la/files/2011/12/NARA-150x150.jpg "[February 15, 2012] Governance Workshop")
The Governance Workstream held its first workshop, focused on open meetings guidelines and analogous governance models for the DPLA, on February 15, 2012.
![[February 2, 2012] Content & Scope Workshop](http://dp.la/files/2011/11/6298383221_14bdb33d37_z-150x150.jpg "[February 2, 2012] Content & Scope Workshop")
The first Content & Scope workshop focused on moving forward with ideas and challenges regarding the content and scope of the Digital Public Library of America.
![[January 24, 2012] Audience & Participation Workshop](http://dp.la/files/2012/01/dpla_apworkshop_jan2012-150x150.jpg "[January 24, 2012] Audience & Participation Workshop")
The Audience & Participation workstream held its first workshop at the Dallas Public Library on January 24, 2012.
![[December 9, 2011] Technical Working Meeting](http://dp.la/files/2011/10/GWU_featured-150x150.png "[December 9, 2011] Technical Working Meeting")
On December 9, 2011 the DPLA Secretariat convened a small working meeting to develop a technical spec for the DPLA platform that will be shared with the public for comment.
![[October 21, 2011] DPLA Plenary Meeting](http://dp.la/files/2011/10/DPLA_plenary1-150x150.png "[October 21, 2011] DPLA Plenary Meeting")
We’re bringing together a wide range of stakeholders in a broad, open forum to present the vision for the Digital Public Library of America.
On June 14, 2011, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, in conjunction with the Open Knowledge Commons and with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, convened a small working group meeting at the Associate Librarian for Library Services Office at the Library of Congress to begin to make recommendations for the overall technical architecture of a DPLA and to converge on a set of key technical principles upon which the DPLA will be built.
