Category: Press
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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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Press: Digital Public Library of America recommends CC0
“The vision of the DPLA is to provide one click access to many different resource types, with the initial focus on producing a resource that gives full text access to books in public domain, e.g. from Hathi Trust, the Internet Archive, and U.S and international research libraries. In order to create a true complete collection…
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Press: What the DPLA Can Mean for Libraries
This is the second 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: “One of the concerns expressed about the planning initiative to create a Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is that its very…
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Press: Harvard’s Alternative to Google Books, Universities launch a digital public library
In 2010, university librarians met in a national conference and decided to create an alternative called the Digital Public Library of America. Operating under the auspices of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, it would archive every book in the public domain and offer them online to anyone. The library’s prototype…
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Press: The Digital Public Library of America: Moving from Concept to Reality
“As the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) moves toward its launch date in April 2013, leading experts in libraries, technology, law, and education continue to explore the possibilities of a national digital public library through meetings, workshops, and even an Appfest. Operating under the principle that the DPLA is built upon efforts of the community, each…
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Press: The Minnesota Digital Library receives total $350,000 grant to contribute to DPLA
Funding will help to spotlight Minnesota’s special resources, increase outreach, and develop “Born Digital” immigration oral-histories “MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/26/2012) —The Minnesota Digital Library, a state-wide collaboration consisting of the University of Minnesota, Minitex, the Minnesota Historical Society, and other key institutions, was chosen to be a key early contributor to the Digital Public Library of…
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Digitizing the Culture of Print: The Digital Public Library of America and Other Urgent Projects (MIT Communications Forum)
Steering Committee member Robert Darnton recently participated in the MIT Communications Forum.
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Press: Appfest Coverage Highlights
Appfest shows off space for collaboration in the Chattanooga Public Library View more from Aaron Schmidt, Views from the DPLA Appfest at Chattanooga Public Library 4th Floor of the Chattanooga Public Library looks blank, but is full of room for community and creativity “I think institutions have layers that move at different speeds. The parts of…
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Press: $247,000 grant from the Knight Foundation helps Middle Georgia Libraries to grow databases
“Over the years, people have called Muriel McDowell-Jackson, devastated after they lost photos or other sentimental objects in a house fire or some other family tragedy. “They often turn to McDowell-Jackson, the head genealogy librarian/archivist for the Middle Georgia Regional Library, hoping that some portion of their history has been previously preserved in the library’s…
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Press: Toby Graham interview about the DPLA on WGAU
“Toby Graham, Director of the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG), was interviewed on WGAU’s Newsmakers with Tim Bryant program. The topic of this interview was the DLG’s involvement with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). It is an excellent introduction to the goals of the DPLA, and to the important role that the DLG…