Earlier this week, library supporters from across the country took to Washington, DC for National Library Legislative Day.

“The next time you’re temped to waste ten minutes looking at an online slideshow of cat pictures, point your browser at the Digital Public Library of America instead.”

A weekly roundup of press releases concerning the Digital Public Library of America.

“How the newly-launched online library builds off the work of public libraries, museums and archives and creates exciting new possibilities for researchers, programmers and curious minds. Public libraries have long played a central role in American communities. The Digital Public Library of America aims to follow in that tradition as an online database of the […]

The DPLA is pleased to announce it is partnering with the David Rumsey Map Collection to provide online access to tens of thousands of significant historical maps and imagines.

Amid a difficult week in Boston, several DPLA members marked the DPLA Launch on April 18, 2013 by attending smaller get-togethers in New York and DC.

Read a selection of articles and blog posts on folks’ first reactions to the beta Digital Public Library of America, launched on April 18, 2013.

A selection of articles and blog posts from tech publications on the launch of the Digital Public Library of America.

A selection of articles from major news outlets on the launch of the Digital Public Library of America.

Doron Weber, Vice President, Programs at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and member of the DPLA Advisory Committee, penned a guest post celebrating the DPLA launch.

It’s not very often you get to build a new library. Together, that’s what we will begin to do today.  

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launched a beta of its discovery portal and open platform today.