Category: Blog
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Building the Ultimate Summer Reading App
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.
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Interview: Nate Hill, Web Librarian
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.
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Interview: Michael Kelley, Library Journal News & Features Editor
We recently spoke with Michael Kelley, executive editor of news and features for Library Journal, about current events in the library ebook market.
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Redefining Reading
One of our research assistants takes a look at digital opportunities for print disabled and blind readers.
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Harvard Library Strategic Conversations Sponsors Program on “Building the Digital Public Library of America”
On Friday, March 2, Harvard Library Strategic Conversations will sponsor a free and open program titled “Building the Digital Public Library of America.”
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Request For Comment: Draft report on technical considerations for large-scale digital libraries
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.
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Penguin exits the e-lending scene
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.
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Follow the DPLA community on Twitter and via RSS
The DPLA has brought some of its members’ blogs and Twitter feeds into one place.
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DPLA development team meets with a bevy of digital library experts
Over the past week, the technical development team has met with a number of digital library experts.
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What does the future hold for YesWeScan?
David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, addresses the recent YesWeScan petition and poses questions about how the government should proceed.