![[October 21, 2011] DPLA Plenary Meeting](http://blogs.harvard.edu/dplaalpha/files/2011/10/DPLA_plenary1.png "[October 21, 2011] DPLA Plenary Meeting")
Agenda | Speakers | Video
The first Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Plenary Meeting, convened by the DPLA Secretariat at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and hosted by The National Archives in Washington, DC, brought together a wide range of stakeholders in a broad, open forum to present the history of and vision for the DPLA effort, to showcase the best ideas and models submitted to the Beta Sprint (an open call for code and concepts defining how the DPLA should operate), and to create multiple points of entry for public participation in the work of the DPLA.
A full video recording of the conference will be posted online shortly.
January 23, 2012
The Beta Sprint Lightning Round includes presentations from Bookworm, DPLA Collection Achievements and Profiles System, and Wikicite - A Universal Citation Platform.
Watch the Beta Sprint Lightning Round presentations from the October 2011 plenary meeting in Washington, DC.
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January 20, 2012
The second installment of the Beta Sprint presentation videos includes Government Publications —Enhanced Access & Discovery through Open Linked Data & Crowdsourcing, Metadata Interoperability Services, and ShelfLife/Library Cloud.
Watch presentations from three Beta Sprinters at the DPLA’s October 2011 Plenary Meeting in Washington, DC.
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January 18, 2012
The first installment of the Beta Sprint presentation videos includes the Digital Collaboration for America's National Collections, the CLIR-DLF / IMLS DCC Beta Sprint, and extraMUROS.
Watch presentations from three Beta Sprinters at the DPLA’s October 2011 Plenary Meeting in Washington, DC.
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January 4, 2012
The third session of the 2011 plenary meeting featured a series of presentations concerning various luminaries' perspectives on the DPLA.
Watch the “Perspectives on the DPLA” session from the DPLA’s October 2011 Plenary Meeting in Washington, DC.
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December 20, 2011
A panel featuring leaders from some of the United States' preeminent library and archival institutions
Watch the “Report from Washington” session from the DPLA’s October 2011 Plenary Meeting in Washington, DC.
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December 15, 2011
Brief opening remarks from public and private institutions and funders of the Digital Public Library of America
Watch the opening remarks from the DPLA’s October 2011 Plenary Meeting in Washington, DC.
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November 29, 2011
Talya Feldman discusses the DPLA and issues of access with research assistants Kenny and Ben.
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November 22, 2011
Thompson Usiyan, a student at Berklee College of Music, shared his perspective on the DPLA.
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November 21, 2011
Eric Riley is a librarian at the Washington, D.C. Public Library who spoke with us during a mid-morning break at the October 2011 Plenary conference.
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November 17, 2011
Elena Kemelman, a recent MLIS graduate, spoke briefly about her personal vision for the DPLA’s future at the October 21, 2011 Plenary Meeting.
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