Nominating Committee Members Announced
The DPLA Steering Committee has approved members of a five-person Nominating Committee that will recommend members for the inaugural DPLA Board.
Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category
DPLA joins US Ignite Partnership
The DPLA will participate in the Mozilla Ignite challenge as part of the White House’s newly announced US Ignite Partnership.
ENUMERATE project conducts survey report on digitization efforts in Europe
In a survey of 2,000 cultural heritage institutions the ENUMERATE project’s 2012 report reveals Europe’s current state of digitization.
Technical Development Update
A guest post from John Palfrey, DPLA Steering Committee Chair
Steering Committee Chair John Palfrey thanks the Interim Technical Development team for their incredible work and outlines plans moving forward in this blog post.
Unglue.it’s innovative model hopes to resolve sticky situation of e-book access
A new startup in the library universe is “ungluing” already-published works and turning them into free, legal e-books, one campaign at a time.
Update on DPLA-Europeana Virtual Exhibition
Work on the joint DPLA-Europeana virtual exhibition continues apace, with a launch anticipated in December 2012.
ReadersFirst Initiative Joins Movement to Improve E-book Access
A joint statement issued by library systems across the United States and Canada advocates for improved e-book access for library patrons.
June 2012 DPLA Update From John Palfrey
Steering Committee Chair John Palfrey checks in with a video update about the April 2012 DPLA West plenary meeting and future plans for the DPLA.
Take a walk with me
A guest post from Brad McKenna, Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science student.
One library science student gives his take on DPLA West.
Graphic notes from DPLA West
The day's discussions, visualized
We invited two artists from ImageThink to join us at DPLA West last week to create a visual record of the day’s discussions.
