Press: “DPLA”
“We, along with many of our members, have been, and continue to be, supporters of the idea for a truly publically available digitized national library. The DPLA is on the way to making this vision a reality.”
Author Archive
Brief Interviews from the DPLA Plenary: Sally Sinn
Sally Sinn of the National Library of Medicine gives her perspective on the DPLA’s next steps, as well as its great potential.
Brief Interviews from the DPLA Plenary: Zachary Coble
Zachary Coble, the systems and emerging technologies librarian at Gettysburg College, gives a brief summary of his perspective on the DPLA’s progress and future.
Press: “A Digital Public Library for America?”
Read an excerpt from Matthew Boylan’s post on the New York Public Library blog.
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.”
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.”
Press: “Digital Public Library of America Complete by 2013”
“The operation is making quick progress and should have a full operational online database set up by April 2013.”
Press: “Historians, Academic Publishers, and the Ongoing Digital Publishing (R)evolution”
“During the last two weeks, two major national events exploring the frontiers of e-publishing took place on opposite coasts of the US…”
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.”
Press: “DLF Presentation Monday: What a National Digital Library means for Public Libraries”
” So, enter the DPLA: a digital library mega-effort with an ambitious goal to make all of our rich cultural heritage available across the web. How will that change the activities in library spaces in rural Texan towns or neighborhood libraries in San Jose?”
