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Press: “Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)”

“In a session on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Robert Darnton, Director of the Harvard University Library, likened the concept to Thomas Jefferson’s observation that often the use of something does not diminish its value.”

November 4, 2011

Press: “Jefferson’s Taper: A National Digital Library”

“I want to offer a work-in-progress report on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and to argue that it is a feasible, affordable project as well as an opportunity to realize the Enlightenment ideals on which our country was founded.”

November 3, 2011

Photos from the DPLA Plenary Meeting

Over 300 government leaders, librarians, technologists, students, and others gathered at the National Archives on October 21, 2011 to share their visions for the DPLA.

October 31, 2011

Press: “Libraries: Together or Apart”

“Distributed content might be an appealing vision even at the scale of DPLA, where a wide range of digital treasures reside at local public libraries, archives, and museums.”

October 30, 2011

Graphic Notes from the DPLA Plenary Meeting

We invited two artists from ImageThink to join us at last week’s Digital Public Library of America plenary meeting to create a visual record of the day’s discussions.

October 26, 2011

Press: “A ‘national digital library'”

“Last Thursday and Friday, a group of librarians, scholars, industry leaders, and educators came together for the first plenary meeting to begin serious plans for a ‘Digital Public Library of America.”

October 25, 2011

Press: “Digital Library Nearly Online”

The Digital Public Library of America, an initiative spearheaded by Harvard faculty members, is making fast progress toward developing a fully operational online database of existing digitized works by April 2013.

October 25, 2011