“I believe that our era of digital content replacing print content requires a much larger re-visioning of what public libraries can and should be in their communities.”
This week in digital libraries: the Canadian digital library effort, a White House call for digital preservation, the National Digital Public Library conference, and physical and digital library interface.
Elena Kemelman, a recent MLIS graduate, spoke briefly about her personal vision for the DPLA’s future at the October 21, 2011 Plenary Meeting.
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a modified version of the Senate’s Protect IP Act (PIPA), reflects a real and growing tension between libraries and rightsholders.
David Norton gives his perspective on the e-publishing world, public education in a digital environment, and the DPLA’s potential for remarkable change at the October 2011 Plenary.
Audio and slides from the 2011 Digital Library Forum.
“I refer to the Digital Public Library of America, a project to digitize millions of books and to make them available free of charge to everyone in the world. Far from being a utopian dream, this plan is doable…”
Jesse Shapins, co-founder and associate director of the metaLab (at) Harvard University, talked briefly about his personal vision for the DPLA during the October 2011 Plenary.
“It’s time for a wholesale reconceptualization that inserts multimedia kiosks into the very fabric of the existing architecture of one of the few remaining truly public spaces in contemporary life: the local public library.”
Carl Malamud posts video of his talk from the DPLA conference; the Pew Internet & American Life project embarks on a new study of libraries and library users in the digital age; the NAACP will begin digitizing its archives.
