Category: Press
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Press: Q&A: Knowledge liberator
Robert Darnton heads the world’s largest collection of academic publications, the Harvard University Library system. He is also a driver behind the new Digital Public Library of America. Ahead of its launch in April, he talks about Google, science journals and the open-access debate.
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Press: Q&A with Dan Cohen on His Role as the Founding Executive Director of DPLA
Matt Enis recently interviewed Dan Cohen, DPLA Executive Director, for a March 12, 2013 article in Library Journal.
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Press: A Digital Library for Everyone
From Megan Cottrell’s article in the March/April 2013 issue of American Libraries, “A Digital Library for Everyone”
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Press: Why We Miss the First Sale Doctrine in Digital Libraries
This is the fourth in an occasional series of articles from John Palfrey for Library Journal that will explore issues surrounding the efforts to launch and expand the Digital Public Library of America.
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Press: The Digital Public Library of America, Me, and You
“Twenty years ago Roy Rosenzweig imagined a compelling mission for a new institution: “To use digital media and computer technology to democratize history—to incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, and encourage popular participation in presenting and preserving the past.” I’ve been incredibly lucky to be a part of that mission for over twelve years, at what became…
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Press: With New Leader, Digital Public Library of America Prepares for Its Debut
“The long-planned Digital Public Library of America is set to make its public debut on schedule next month, with a two-day series of events, to be held April 18-19 at the Boston Public Library, and a new, high-profile leader at the helm. The DPLA announced on Tuesday that Daniel J. Cohen, a leading digital-humanities scholar, will be the project’s founding executive director. “Mr.…
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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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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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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…