Author: Vicky Zeamer
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Press: Tool compares Europeana and DPLA APIs
“Today, Xavier Agenjo from DIGIBIS (a company offering digitisation services and software solutions for cultural heritage institutions) tells us about their experiment comparing the Europeana API with the Digital Public Library of America API. “Here at DIGIBÍS we have been following the development of the Europeana ecosystem with great interest. We were the first Spanish company to…
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Press: Dispatches from Midwinter – Digital Public Library of America Update
“Preparing for an April 18th launch, the Digital Public Library of America was present at the 2013 ALA Midwinter meeting to present some of the updates on its project. If you’ve never heard of DPLA, it is a digitization project that plans to create a national digital library where patrons can access materials from across the nation in…
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Digital Library Digest: February 21, 2013
This week’s digest spotlights the recent story of the Timbuktu invasion and it’s relation to the country’s cultural heritage, Kentucky’s statistics on library use and services, a question and answer piece with a county librarian on the challenges a library faces in the digital age, a fun video from the World Digital Library, a thought…
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Digital Library Digest: February 14, 2013
This week’s digest spotlights many different new online collections and research technology. In particular, we look at the Library of Congress’s blueprint for saving America’s recorded sound heritage, a North American public art catalog, technology innovation concerning PDF use, a North Carolina local history collection, and an infographic exploring the future of libraries.
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Press: A Digital Public Library of America Free-For-All
On February 6, 2013, the Center for the Humanities At Temple (CHAT) hosted John Palfrey from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
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Digital Library Digest: February 7, 2013
This week’s digest spotlights a summer Digital Libraries internship at the Berkman Center, Africa’s involvement with open access repositories, a popular Apple app that makes use of a highly visual format and user curation, a paradoxical but popular opinion towards open access research, and the British Library’s call for members to help georeference over 4.5…
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Press: Innovative Interfaces Announces Plans to Integrate DPLA into Encore, and Launches Decision Center
“Innovative Interfaces Inc. today announced a new development initiative that will integrate access to theDigital Public Library of America (DPLA) into its Encore Synergy platform. “Scheduled for initial operation in April, 2013, DPLA will offer free online access to books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, digital text, and audiovisual materials aggregated from participating universities, public libraries, and other organizations throughout…
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Digital Library Digest: January 29, 2013
This week’s digest covers some highlights of the American Library Association’s Midwinter meeting, the future use of library spaces for tech hubs, the Wikipedian in-residence program, and the burning of a library in Timbuktu as a reminder of the importance of digital preservation.
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Press: The DPLA and School Libraries: Partners Focused on Digital-Era Learners
This is the third in an occasional series of articles from John Palfrey that will explore issues surrounding the efforts to launch and expand the Digital Public Library of America. Below is an excerpt: “In the most successful public and independent schools,librarians work as teachers in partnership with those based in the classroom. Together, these…
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Digital Library Digest: January 22, 2013
This week’s digest takes another look at the conception of San Antonio’s BiblioTech, a study on the economic benefits from Public Libraries, a discussion of publishing strategy in response to tablet preference over ereaders, Amherst College’s digitization of Emily Dickinson manuscripts, and a study on how public libraries can better connect to young adult patrons.