“Thirty years later, we know that it is feasible electronically store, retrieve and deliver to a screen contents of books. And we also know how to launch large scale public library projects. The development private philanthropy to fund public libraries, federal, state, regional and local support of libraries and networks, the emergence of library consortia and meta data standardization, suggest the elements needed to build the DPLA.”
From Suzanne Bremer’s post on Instincts, Maternal & Otherwise, The Digital Public Library of America; In the Beginning…