The Audience and Participation email list has been bustling with talk of constructing a summer reading app for the DPLA platform. Nate Hill proposed the idea in February 2012 and has been its chief advocate.
Nate Hill spoke with us last week via email about work done by the Audience & Participation workstream in advance of DPLA West, libraries as creative spaces, and his personal vision for the DPLA.
We recently spoke with Michael Kelley, executive editor of news and features for Library Journal, about current events in the library ebook market.
One of our research assistants takes a look at digital opportunities for print disabled and blind readers.
On Friday, March 2, Harvard Library Strategic Conversations will sponsor a free and open program titled “Building the Digital Public Library of America.”
Geneva Henry has put out an open call for comments and feedback on a recently published draft report for CLIR-DLF discussing infrastructure considerations for large-scale digital libraries.
In an announcement made February 9, Penguin Group has terminated its contract with OverDrive, the largest distributer of digital content to American libraries and Penguin’s partner.
The DPLA has brought some of its members’ blogs and Twitter feeds into one place.
Over the past week, the technical development team has met with a number of digital library experts.
David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, addresses the recent YesWeScan petition and poses questions about how the government should proceed.
