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This page is to help collect conversations about the DPLA happening in other spheres. If you come across an article, blog post, or other piece discussing the DPLA (or if you write one yourself), please add it below with the date of publication.

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Media and Blog Mentions

(in reverse chronological order)

• David H. Rothman, National Digital Public Library conference: A little progress toward a two-system approach—to help both public and academic libraries?, LibraryCity.org, November 16, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, How a national digital library system could help promote early childhood learning—and academic and vocational success later on, LibraryCity.org, November 15, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, How a good open-source blogging editor could win the DPLA friends--and help it be more ‘generative’, LibraryCity.org, October 25, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Bill Maher hates public libraries: One more reason why the DPLA should drop the P from its name and not preempt the founding of a true ‘public’ digital system, LibraryCity.org, October 20, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, DPLA, beware! Cover your flank in Washington, D.C.--against threats to open educational resources and other unencumbered content, LibraryCity.org, October 14, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Stanza e-book software now dead for iPad owners: Lesson for libraries and DPLA, LibraryCity.org, October 13, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, On 'Open Mind’ PBS program: DPLA proposer’s inconsistencies show why we need TWO digital systems---one academic and one public, LibraryCity.org, October 6, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Digital libraries vs. our national dumb-down: Could ‘civic dashboards’ and other innovations help America break out of an endless loop?, LibraryCity.org, October 3, 2011.
• The SPARC Videoblog: Digital Public Library of America conference call from May 13, 2011, published on September 19, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Ingenious beta catalog interface—good for academics and other serious users—in newest Beta Sprint video from DPLA, LibraryCity.org, August 25, 2011.
• Unabashed Librarian, A Digital Public Library of America: Perspectives and Directions (conference taking place October 11, 2011).
• Katie Dunneback, Librarian-Publisher Dialog: Katie Dunneback Talks to Josh Marwell of HarperCollins, Library Journal, August 18, 2011.
• Georgetown libraries director joins national committee, SC Now, August 19, 2011.
• Curtis Rogers, SC Public Librarian Appointed to National Steering Committee, South Carolina State Library, August 19, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, How e-libraries and other tech could fit in with literacy efforts: Stellar local priorities from DPLA's newest steering committee member, LibraryCity.org, August 15, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Newest DPLA steering committee member is small-town librarian in rural South Carolina: Smart appointment, LibraryCity.org, August 11, 2011.
• Marcus Wohlsen, Brewster Kahle, Richmond-Based Internet Archivist, Seeks One Of Every Book Written, Huffington Post, July 31, 2011.
• Richard Beck, A bookshelf the size of the world: Inside the vision for the largest library in history, Boston Globe, July 24, 2011.
• Sasha Nyary, Maura Marx: A Renaissance Woman in the Digital Stacks, Simmons College GSLIS InfoLink Online, Summer 2011.
• Karen Coyle, Unequal Access, July 20, 2011.
• Bob Berring, A Conference Even a Curmudgeon Enjoyed, Slaw, July 13, 2011.
• Ben Alpers, Update on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), July 11, 2011.
• David Curry, DPLA and its larger promise…, knowledge :: heritage stewardship…digital leverage, July 7, 2011.
• Disruptive Library Technology Jester, Thursday Threads: History and How-To of Search, DPLA Update, Searching for Jim Gray, July 7, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, DPLA committee people still secretive, as shown by LibraryCity’s poll of SC members of Harvard-hosted digital library initiative, LibraryCity.org, July 6, 2011.
• Jonathan Miller, What might the DPLA end up being?, July 1, 2011.
• Council on Library and Information Resources, CLIR Issues Newsletter, May/June 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Q. & A. with DPLA leader John Palfrey on closed meetings, the controversial P Word and other governance issues, LibraryCity.org, June 24, 2011.
• Steve Matthews, Digital Natives Want It Now? – Never Gonna’ Happen!, 21st Century Library Blog, June 21, 2011.
• Nancy K. Humphreys, The Digital Public Library of America, June 21, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Five ways the DPLA can fix itself--while reshuffling the current crew, not banishing anyone, LibraryCity.org, June 20, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Public questions for Digital Public Library of America Chair John Palfrey and other steering committee members: Doesn’t governance matter?, LibraryCity.org, June 20, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Flaws of Harvard-hosted Digital ‘Public’ Library of America: Too secretive, too oligarchical and not responsive enough to U.S. library needs, LibraryCity.org, June 17, 2011.
• Adrian Versteegh, Digital Digest: Putting the “Public” Back Into Library, Poets & Writers, July/August 2011.
• Paula J. Hane, Update on the Digital Public Library of America, Information Today, Inc., June 16, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, The $50 e-book-capable tablet: When will the Harvard-hosted DPLA and friends care about hardware-related digital divide issues?, LibraryCity.org, June 15, 2011.
• Kate Sheehan, On behalf of the Merely Curious, Loose Cannon Librarian, June 13, 2011.
• Sandy Thatcher, Why the DPLA should avoid confusing the missions of public and academic libraries: Thoughts from an academic publishing veteran, LibraryCity.org, June 12, 2011.
• The Technium, When Hard Books Disappear, June 10, 2011.
• Open Knowledge Commons, NEH Supports DPLA Technical Workshop, June 10, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Who needs ‘social worker’ librarians? Just ‘type into the search box’? Something for the DPLA to consider June 13 in the P controversy?, LibraryCity.org, June 10, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, DPLA now considering separate academic and public library systems, and meanwhile the first Beta Sprint deadline is nearing—June 15, LibraryCity.org, June 7, 2011.
• Publishing Perspectives, UNESCO Focus 2011: South Africa Pubs Still Begrudge E-books; In US, Digital Caters to the Public Interest (Interviews with Brian Wafawarowa, Executive Director of Publishers’ Association of South Africa, and Peter Brantley, director of the Bookserver Project at the Internet Archive in the USA), June 7, 2011.
• Evolving Libraries, The DPLA as a generative platform, June 3, 2011.
• Digital Library Foundation, CLIR/DLF Receives Mellon Foundation Funding for Digital Public Library of America Prototype, June 2, 2011.
• Kathleen, Canadiana, Why are so many countries building 'national' digital libraries?, June 2, 2011.
• Nate Hill, Two more reasons for Library Outposts: the DPLA and YouMedia Learning Labs, PLA Blog, June 2, 2011.
  • Nate Hill, Library Outposts, a new service model for urban public libraries, March 15, 2008.
• Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), State Librarians Ask for Reconsideration of “Digital Public Library of America”: Chief Officers of State Library Agencies Concerned That the Name Will Result in Unintended Consequences, May 31, 2011.
• Steve Matthews, Digital Natives Want It Now!, 21st Century Library Blog, May 31, 2011.
• David Weinberger, DPLA: a good idea that has a shot, KMWorld, May 28, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Netflix vs. Blockbuster as a lesson for America’s libraries—and why I’m losing faith in the DPLA’s ability to live up to its huge potential, LibraryCity.org, May 27, 2011.
• Jeremy Hsu, From Shelves to Internet: America's Digital Library Takes Shape, Innovation News Daily, May 27, 2011.
• LISNews, Interesting Debate on the Role of the DPLA, May 26, 2011.
• Gautam Kumar and Sirui Li, Digitizing Knowledge, Harvard Crimson, May 26, 2011.
• Evolving Libraries, More on the Digital Public Library of America, May 25, 2011.
• Charlie Nesson, free to all, May 25, 2011.
• Keith Walker, Advancements in technology make it increasingly possible for us to establish a digital Canadian library, The Mark, May 24, 2011.
• Marlene Harris, Strength in Unity, May 24, 2011.
• Robert McDonald, DPLA Announces Beta Sprint, May 23, 2011.
• Audrey Watters, What Should a Digital Public Library of America Look Like?, Read Write Web, May 23, 2011.
• Martin Kalfatovic, It's all about the Benjamin, Benjamin Franklin and the DPLA, May 23, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Library Journal site carries forking debate between DPLA and LibraryCity--and now here’s a suggested compromise, LibraryCity.org, May 23, 2011.
• The Library Journal, A Point-Counterpoint on the Digital Public Library of America(John Palfrey and David Rothman), May 23, 2011.
• Nate Hill, Designing a DPLA for everyone, May 23, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Thumbs up on the DPLA beta sprint, just so the group will also open up in other ways ASAP, such as public meetings of the Steering Committee, May 22, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, Nate Hill’s three C’s for digital public libraries--and my thoughts on publibs’ real needs vs. the chaos of the ‘big tent’, May 18, 2011.
• Nate Hill, A suggested approach for the Digital Public Library of America, PLA Blog, May 18, 2011.
• Michael Kelley, Digital Public Library of America Boosts Public Library Representation, Library Journal, May 5, 2011.
• Tom Peters, The trust conundrum, LibraryCity.org, April 28, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, DPLA steering committee adds local librarians, women, minorities, per LibraryCity recommendations--and here are other friendly suggestions, LibraryCity.org, April 26, 2011.
• Lars Halle, Quid futurum litterarum? : will there be a Digital Public Library of America? Part 1, UArts Libraries News, April 21, 2011.
• Lars Halle, Quid futurum litterarum? : will there be a Digital Public Library of America? Part 2,, UArts Libraries News, April 21, 2011.
• Eli B. Martin, Stealing Libraries, Harvard Crimson, April 20, 2011.
• American Library Association, The 2011 State of America's Libraries Report - Libraries Technology.
• Gautam S. Kumar and Sirui Li, Harvard Leads Digital Library Initiative, Harvard Crimson, April 12, 2011.
• The library of the future, The Post and Courier, April 11, 2011.
• Somersault, Effort to Form Universal Digital Public Library, April 7, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, E-book legal hassles for Kansas librarians: A big reason I’m rooting for the Harvard-hosted national digital library initiative to succeed, LibraryCity.org, April 7, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, On Robert Frost, fences, and electrons: Why we need two separate digital library systems for academics and the rest of America--and content exchanges and other neighborliness, LibraryCity.org, April 5, 2011.
• Paula J. Hane, Library Ebook Lending Under Attack, Information Today, Inc., April 4, 2011.
• Lucy Bernholz, Thoughts on Crowds + Digital Public Library, April 4, 2011.
• Mark Tomko, Digital Public Library of America, Simmons Student Chapter of ASIS&T, April 4, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, The First iPad User: Will President Obama work toward a genuinely public national digital library system, full of e-books and other goodies for K-12 and many other purposes?, LibraryCity.org, April 1, 2011.
• Disruptive Library Technology Jester, Thursday Threads: HarperCollins, Google Book Search Settlement, DPLA, Juggling Robots, March 31, 2011.
• Cristen Conger, Is All of Human Knowledge on the Internet?, Discovery News, March 29, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, 'Newport Beach may close Balboa branch, open “electronic” library’: Many are shunning books. How to restore their popularity—and protect the public library model?, LibraryCity.org, March 28, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, DPLA vs. real public libraries? New camels’ noses under the tent? ‘Concept note’ goes beyond ‘digital’, LibraryCity.org, March 26, 2011.
• Tom Peters, Warp and Woof, LibraryCity.org, March 26, 2011.
• Mary Morgan, Ann Arbor Library Frames Tech Issues: eBooks cited as challenge for future of public libraries, The Ann Arbor Chronicle, March 25, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, DPLA still clinging to ‘Public’ in name--despite risks to the franchise and branding of America’s public libraries, LibraryCity.org, March 22, 2011.
• Robert Darnton, The Voices of Librarians and the DPLA , Library Journal, March 22, 2011.
• David H. Rothman, A national digital library system for George Roper in McAllen, Texas, please–not just the American elite–and don't write off conservatives, LibraryCity.org, March 15, 2011
• Randall Stephens for The Historical Society, An Interview with Robert Darnton on the Digital Public Library of America , March 14, 2011.
• Lauren Kirchner for the Columbia Journalism Review, Imagining a Digital Public Library of America: A Q&A with Berkman Center fellow Maura Marx, March 11, 2011.
• Anna Battigelli, A Digital Public Library of America, Early Modern Online Bibliography, March 8, 2011
• Law Librarian Blog, Check out the Digital Public Library of America Initiative Wiki, February 25, 2011
• David H. Rothman, in The Chronicle of Higher Education, It's Time for a National Digital-Library System: But it can't serve only elites February 24, 2011
• Phil Shapiro for PC World, Specialty Public Libraries Offer More, February 24, 2011
• Summer Ballentine, The State News, Digital library moves closer to conception as discussion begins, February 24, 2011
• Jennifer Howard, Talking About a Digital Public Library of America, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 18, 2011.
• John Harvard's Journal in Harvard Magazine, "A Digital Public Library?" Jan-Feb. 2011
• Ian Quillen for Education Week's Bits & Bytes, "Harvard Planning a National Digital Public Library" Feb 4, 2011
• Eric Hellman, "How to fund a public ebook library with tax deductions" (also at TeleRead) Jan. 31, 2011
• Natasha Singer for the NYT, "Playing Catch-Up in a Digital Library Race" Jan. 8, 2011
• Wayne Bivens-Tatum for Library Journal, "Libraries in Pursuit of Enlightenment: To realize the Enlightenment ideal of a universal digital library, librarians and their professional organizations must lobby for genuine copyright reform" Jan. 6, 2011
• Joseph Raben, Digital Democratic Vistas, New York Review of Books, December 23, 2010.
• James Grimmelmann, Laboratorium, GBS: Digital Public Library Moves Forward , December 16, 2010.
• Michael Kelley for Library Journal, "New Plan Seeks a 'Big Tent' for a National Digital Library" Dec. 15, 2010
• Curt Hopkins for ReadWrite Web, Berkman Plans Digital Public Library of America Dec. 2010
• ResourceBlog, Harvard's Berkman Center Announces Research/Planning Initiative for a Digital Public Library of America Dec. 2010
• David Rothman for The Atlantic, "Why We Can't Afford Not to Create a Well-Stocked National Digital Library System" Nov. 2010
• Robert Darnton in the NY Review of Books, "A Library Without Walls" Oct. 2010
• Paul Courant, A National Digital Library? Oct. 2010
• Jennifer Howard for the Chronicle of Higher Ed, "One Step Closer to a National Digital Library" Oct. 2010
• Ethan Zuckerman, Maura Marx, Open Knowledge Commons and the digital library, December 17, 2008.

Google Books Coverage/Thoughts

(in reverse chronological order)

• Robert Darnton, Google’s Loss: The Public’s Gain, New York Review of Books, April 28, 2011. PDF of full article: Google's Loss: The Public's Gain
• Peter Singer, Project Syndicate, A Universal Library, April 13, 2011. Republished by Al Jazeera English, Google: A universal library?, April 15, 2011.
• John Cheng, Courts ruling of digital books halts Google’s monopoly over digitalization, The Tufts Daily, April 8, 2011.
• Adam Ragusea, Harvard Prof Proposes Free ‘Google Books’, Radio Boston, April 6, 2011.
• Cheryl Cheatham, Digital Public Library after Authors Guild et al. v. Google, Inc., April 5, 2011.
• Emily Goodhand, Life after Google Books (non)Settlement - a speculative post, The 1709 Blog, April 5, 2011.
• David Zax, Google's Digital Library Failed--Can Academics Succeed?, Fast Company, April 4, 2011.
• Miguel Helft, New York Times, Ruling Spurs Effort to Form Digital Public Library, April 3, 2011.
• Jennifer Howard, Librarians Talk Google Books, Orphan Works, and What’s Next, The Chronicle, April 1, 2011.
• New York Times Editorial, Google’s Book Deal, March 30, 2011.
• Beverly Goldberg, Libraries Scan Bright Digital Horizon despite Google’s Court Defeat, American Libraries Magazine, March 29, 2011.
• Online Treasure Trove: Harvard should consider the best options for making information accessible, The Harvard Crimson, March 29, 2011.
• Robert Darnton, Six Reasons Google Books Failed, New York Review of Books, March 28, 2011.
  • via Hacker News: commentary on "Six Reasons Google Books Failed"
• Michael Hiltzik, Google books: Creating a digital public library without Google's money, LA Times, March 25, 2011.
• Gautam Kumar, Courts Reject Google Books, Harvard Crimson, March 25, 2011.
• Siva Vaidhyanathan, Thank You, Judge Chin: Why the Google Books setback is an opportunity to reassert academic values, The Chronicle, March 24, 2011.
• Josh Hadro, With Google Settlement Rejected, Library Groups Keep Eye on Access, Library Journal, March 24, 2011.
• Jennifer Howard, Research Libraries See Google Decision as Just a Bump on the Road to Widespread Digital Access, The Chronicle, March 23, 2011.
• Robert Darnton, A Digital Library Better than Google's, New York Times, March 23, 2011.
• Josh Hadro, Google Book Settlement Rejected, Library Journal, March 22, 2011.
• Wiki from the Berkman Center Open Workshop "Alternative Approaches to Open Digital Libraries in the Shadow of the Google Book Search Settlement"
• Robert Darnton, Google and the Future of Books, New York Review of Books, February 12, 2009.
• Paul Courant, Google, Robert Darnton, and the Digital Republic of Letters, February 4, 2009.

March 1, 2011 Meeting Coverage/Thoughts

• Dan Cohen, What Scholars Want from the Digital Public Library of America, March 1, 2011.
• John Palfrey: Liveblogging the Digital Public Library of America workshop on March 1, 2011:
  • Digital Public Library of America, Session 1 Notes
  • Digital Public Library of America, Session II
  • Digital Public Library of America, Session III
  • Digital Public Library of America, Session IV
• Tom Peters for LibraryCity, On the eve of the DPLA meeting, February 28, 2011.
• Amanda French, Imagine a National Digital Library: I Wonder If We Can, March 1, 2011.
• David Weinberger, Questions from and for the Digital Public Library of America workshop, March 2, 2011.
• Jessamyn West, The Digital Public Library of America and you, and me, March 4, 2011.
• HEB and the Digital Public Library of America, ACLS Humanities E-Book, March 7, 2011.
• Molly Raphael, The First Digital Public Library of America Workshop, American Libraries, March 9, 2011.
• Thursday Threads: HarperCollins (again), Digital Public Library of America, Kindle Millionaires, Disruptive Library Technology Jester, March 9, 2011.
• Doug Bolden, A head’s up for: “The First Digital Public Library of America Workshop”, Writing Meta, March 9, 2011.
• Peggy Rudd, Danielle Plumer, Tom Peters, and Jim Scheppke, Thoughts on a DPLA

Global Interoperability and Linked Data Workshop Coverage/Thoughts

• Martin Kalfatovic, Digital Public Library of America meeting, Amsterdam, May 16, 2011.
• Martin Kalfatovic, Digital Public Library of America meeting, Amsterdam, day 2, May 17, 2011.
• David Weinberger, Amsterdam, Monday morning session, May 16, 2011.
• David Weinberger, Europeana, May 17, 2011.
• David Weinberger, Amsterdam afternoon, May 17, 2011.
• Gosia Stergios, A Note on the Letters of Vincent van Gogh: Two different editions of Van Gogh letters, a decade apart, and what can they teach us about the DPLA design.
• Ed Summers, the dpla as a generative platform, May 25, 2011.
• David Weinberger of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab conducted a series of short interviews with workshop attendees:
  • Live from the DPLA: Orphaned works
  • Live from the DPLA
  • Live from the DPLA: Rachel Frick on library collaboration
  • Live from the DPLA: Martin Kalfatovic on museums, libraries, and linked open data

June 2011 Technical Workshop Coverage/Thoughts

• Nate Hill, Thoughts from the DPLA meeting in DC, The PLA Blog, June 15, 2011.

Beta Sprint

This section contains writings by Beta Sprint participants and others about particular projects and the process as a whole.

• Jason Kucsma, Michael Santangelo Named to Digital Public Library of America's Review Panel, Metropolitan New York Library Council, August 16, 2011.
• Palmer, CIRSS participate in beta sprint project, Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, August 12, 2011.
• David Smith, R. Manmatha, James Allan, and Gregory Crane (University of Massachusetts, Amherst / Tufts University, Perseus Digital Library Project): DPLA Beta Sprint Project
• Digital Library Federation/CLIR and IMLS: DLF & IMLS/DCC Beta Sprint Project
• Eric Lease Morgan: My DPLA Beta-Sprint Proposal: The movie
• Harvard Library Innovation Lab for the ShelfLife Collaborative: Shelf DPLA beta sprint project
• MINT: DPLA-Beta Sprint Demo
• Eric Lease Morgan, DPLA Beta Sprint Submission, Infomotions, June 20, 2011.
• Sebastian Hammer, Index Data's DPLA submission, Index Data, June 20, 2011.
• John Mark Ockerbloom, A digital public library we still need, and could build now, Everybody's Libraries, June 15, 2011.
• CLIR/DLF Receives Mellon Foundation Funding for Digital Public Library of America Prototype, Digital Library Federation, June 2, 2011.
• Columbia University Teachers College/The Gottesman Libraries, Digital Public Library of America “Beta Sprint”, June 7, 2011.
• Michael Santangelo, Brooklyn Public Library, Digital Public Library of America Wants Your Help!, June 7, 2011.
• Jamie Littlefield, Help Build the Digital Public Library of America, May 29, 2011.
• Ben Alpers, The Digital Public Library of America's Beta Sprint, US Intellectual History, May 24, 2011.
• David Weinberger, Digital Public Library of America announces “beta sprint”, May 20, 2011.
• TechMetro, Digital Public Library of America Beta Sprint Presents Opportunity for NYC Librarians and Technologists, May 20, 2011.
• Disruptive Library Technology Jester, Digital Public Library of America Sends Out Call For a Beta Sprint, May 20, 2011.
• Jennifer Howard, Wanted: Your Ideas on How to Build a Digital Public Library of America, Chronicle of Higher Education, May 20, 2011.
• Michael Kelley, Digital Public Library of America Announces a Beta Sprint, Library Journal, May 6, 2011.