Digital Library Digest: September 30, 2011
The DPLA Beta Sprint Review Panel announces results, invites creators of nine projects to present at the October
Amazon and OverDrive launch lending program
Amazon and OverDrive, the most prominent distributor of ebooks to libraries in the United States, will be teaming up to provide access to Amazon’s Kindle book collection for some 11,000 public and school libraries.
Press: “Thursday Threads: Kindle Ebook Lending, Google Ngram Viewer, Collaborative Open Source Development”
Peter Murray blogs about the connections between the creators of Google’s ngram viewer and the goals of the DPLA.
Beta Sprint Review Panel Announces Results
Nine promising projects invited to present at the DPLA plenary meeting in Washington, DC
The Beta Sprint Review Panel met on September 19, 2011; nine projects were invited to present at the DPLA plenary meeting on October 21, 2011 in Washington, DC.
Digital Library Digest: September 23, 2011
A new European-wide Mass Digitization Deal, the intersections of the social internet and digital libraries, Amazon’s Kindle library lending program, and more.
Press: “The SPARC Videoblog: Digital Public Library of America”
On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, SPARC hosted John Palfrey, Chair of the DPLA Steering Committee, and Steering Committee Member Maura Marx to walk through most recent developments with the DPLA project.
September Video Update
Steering Committee Chair John Palfrey gives an update on the DPLA’s work over the summer.
Beta Sprint Sneak Peek
The Beta Sprinters are a diverse group of non-profits, media organizations, academic and public librarians, students, government agencies, and interested individuals throughout the United States (along with a few participants from even further afield).
Digital Library Digest: August 26, 2011
With one week left to go in the Beta Sprint, two DPLA interns release a video about several Boston-area Beta Sprinters.
Press: “Ingenious beta catalog interface—good for academics and other serious users—in newest Beta Sprint video from DPLA”
David Rothman, writer and founder of Teleread and LibraryCity, gives his take on Harvard Innovation Lab’s ShelfLife beta sprint submission.
