Most neighborhoods in America have a public library. Now the biggest neighborhood in America, the Internet, wants a library of its own. Last week, Ars attended a conference held by the Digital Public Library of America, a nascent group of intellectuals hoping to put all of Americas library holdings online. The DPLA is still in its infancy—theres no official staff, nor is there a finished website where you can access all the books they imagine will be accessible. But if the small handful of volunteers and directors have their way, youll see all that by April 2013 at the latest.

via Exercises in democracy: building a digital public library.