Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero announced today that the National Archives will serve as a leading content provider to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).

A LibraryBox is an open source, portable digital file distribution tool based on inexpensive hardware that enables delivery of educational, healthcare, and other vital information to individuals off the grid.

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) announced today the appointment of Dan Cohen as the DPLA’s founding Executive Director.

The DPLA Nominating Committee was formed in December 2012 to find candidates for two spots on the Board of Directors.

The DPLA was in Chicago earlier this week for Code4Lib 2013, a large annual conference of library technologists.

In this guest post, Dave Hansen describes the Berkley Digital Library Copyright Project’s recent white paper.

The DPLA is pleased to share version three of the “Digital Public Library of America Metadata Application Profile” (DPLA MAP V3).