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Leaders from research libraries, foundations, and a variety of cultural institutions gathered in a workshop at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on October 1-2 in order to discuss how to work together toward the creation of a Digital Public Library of America -- that is an open, distributed network of comprehensive online resources that would draw on the nation’s living heritage from libraries, universities, archives, and museums in order to educate, inform and empower everyone in the current and future generations.

How to Sign On

To indicate your support for the creation of a Digital Public Library of America, please add your name to the list below by creating an account or emailing dpla@cyber.law.harvard.edu to be added.

Steering Committee

Paul Courant

Harold T. Shapiro Professor of Public Policy and Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan

Robert Darnton

Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the Harvard University Library

Carla Hayden

Chief Executive Officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore, Maryland)

Charles Henry

President of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

Luis Herrera

City Librarian for the City and County of San Francisco

Susan Hildreth

Director of the Institute for Museum and Library Services

Brewster Kahle

Founder of the Internet Archive

Michael A. Keller

Ida M. Green University Librarian, Director of Academic Information Resources at Stanford University

Carl Malamud

President, Public.Resource.Org

Deanna Marcum

Associate Librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress

Maura Marx

Berkman Center Fellow and Executive Director, Open Knowledge Commons

Jerry McGann

John Stewart Bryan University Professor at the University of Virginia

Dwight McInvaill

Director of the Georgetown County Library (South Carolina)

John Palfrey

Faculty Co-Director at the Berkman Center; Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law, Vice Dean of Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School

Peggy Rudd

Executive Director/State Librarian of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Amy E. Ryan

President of the Boston Public Library

Doron Weber

Vice President, Programs at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Signatures (alphabetical)

Lori Bowen Ayre Marguerite Avery Catherine Baxter Donald Beagle Keith Belton Rachael Bower Austin Burbridge Jerry Carbone Todd A. Carpenter June Casey Thomas Ciszek Carla J. Clark Andrea Coffin Michael R. Colford Jill Cousins Deb Czarnik David Dwiggins Juan Carlos De Martin Genny Engel Jacquelyn Erdman Saul Fisher Gabriela Fitz Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) Chris Freeland Rachel L. Frick Eileen Gardiner Benoit Gaucherin Lucia Lovison-Golob Joshua Gomez David Green Jonathan H. Harwell Rebekah Heacock Geneva Henry Rebekah Irwin Roxanne Kent-Drury Cheryl Knott Malone Maja Bogataj Jancic Martin R. Kalfatovic Sheldon Kaye Susan Kent Samuel Klein Meg Kribble Betsy Kruger

Kristen LaBonte Karen Lamoreux Ryne Leuzinger Daniel Lovins Joe Lucia Van Ly Naomi Hurtienne Magola Chad Mairn Sandra McIntyre Tom Moritz Allyson Mower Jenny Mundy Peter Murray James P. Neal, III Caroline Nolan Josie Barnes Parker Lorna Peterson Joyce Ray Julie Rhea Colin Rhinesmith Ben Richardson Johannah Rodgers Amy Rudersdorf Mona Sadek Arlene Sahraie John Schmitz Debra S. Shapiro Janet H. Spitz Gosia Stergios Peter Suber Aaron Swartz Barbara Taranto Umesh Thakkar Barbara Treacy Sayyid A Tirmizi Siva Vaidhyanathan Donald M. Vorp Jen Waller Donald Waters David Weinberger Jessamyn West Kenny Whitebloom