The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce the addition of two brand-new exhibitions on the subjects of Depression-era American theater and the 19th-century US gold rush to its growing collection of curated virtual exhibitions (dp.la/exhibitions).

A guest post from Jenny Dale, Coordinator of First-Year Programs, University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dale used the DPLA to great success during the process of supporting an English 101 assignment at her library.

We want educators to make use of the incredible primary and secondary resources available through the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Here’s a quick guide to some topics and themes represented in the DPLA’s vast collections of openly available materials.

The DPLA has been chosen as an American Association of School Librarians (AASL) 2013 Best Websites for
Teaching & Learning.