DPLA Appfest scheduled for November 8 – 9, 2012
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is delighted to announce our first Appfest, an informal, open call for both ideas and functional examples of creative and engaging ways to use the content...
View ArticleNational Archives to help launch first DPLA project
March 12, 2013 Washington, DC. . . Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero announced today that the National Archives, as a leading content provider to the Digital Public Library of America...
View ArticleDPLA partners with David Rumsey Map Collection for metadata of 38,000 maps...
Digital Public Library of America Announces Partnership with David Rumsey Map Collection April 30, 2013 Cambridge, MA — The Digital Public Library of America is pleased to announce it is partnering...
View ArticleHathiTrust partners with DPLA for discovery of public domain and open content
Ann Arbor, MI – The HathiTrust Digital Library will partner with the recently launched Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to expand discovery and use of HathiTrust’s public domain and other...
View ArticleDPLA receives major grant from anonymous donor
From a DPLA Press Release, August 1, 2013 Boston, MA — The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is extremely excited to announce that an anonymous donor has stepped forward to provide substantial...
View ArticleDPLAfest highlights
The DPLA just emailed out these links, summarizing events held last month. On October 24-25, we held our first DPLAfest—two days of vibrant discussions and workshops that brought together hundreds of...
View ArticleDPLA receives $594,000 in new funding from Mellon Foundation
DPLA Announces $594,000 in New Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Research and Pursue Sustainability Model BOSTON — The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) announced today $594,000 in...
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DPLA partners with the University of Florida, nearly 400,000 items accessible
BOSTON — The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida (UF) have partnered with DPLA by contributing more than 390,000 items, including antique maps, rare books, manuscripts,...
View ArticleDPLA releases strategic plan
Download the DPLA Strategic Plan here. Full message below: The Digital Public Library of America launched on April 18, 2013, less than two years ago. And what a couple of years it has been. From a...
View ArticleDPLA receives $96,000 grant from the Whiting Foundation to expand its impact...
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce that it has received $96,000 from the Whiting Foundation to begin creating resources for users in K-12 and higher education. The...
View ArticleDPLA events at the upcoming ALA Conference
The American Library Association’s (ALA) annual conference is right around the corner, so we here at the DPLA have pulled together a nifty little schedule of talks, panels, and presentations that...
View ArticleDigital Public Library of America makes push to serve all 50 states by 2017...
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is on the way to connecting online collections from coast to coast by 2017 – an effort boosted by a new $3.4 million investment from the Alfred P. Sloan...
View ArticleDPLA Receives $250,000 from Anonymous Donor to Expand Technical Capabilities
The Digital Public Library of America is thrilled to announce that an anonymous donor has committed to provide substantial support towards DPLA’s mission in the form of a $250,000 grant to strengthen...
View ArticleOpen eBooks Opens World of Digital Reading to Children for Free
Major publishers contribute thousands of titles to benefit students in need February 24, 2016 – Open eBooks, a new initiative and e-reader app that will make thousands of popular, top-selling eBooks...
View ArticleDPLA Appfest scheduled for November 8 – 9, 2012
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is delighted to announce our first Appfest, an informal, open call for both ideas and functional examples of creative and engaging ways to use the content...
View ArticleNational Archives to help launch first DPLA project
March 12, 2013 Washington, DC. . . Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero announced today that the National Archives, as a leading content provider to the Digital Public Library of America...
View ArticleDPLA partners with David Rumsey Map Collection for metadata of 38,000 maps...
Digital Public Library of America Announces Partnership with David Rumsey Map Collection April 30, 2013 Cambridge, MA — The Digital Public Library of America is pleased to announce it is partnering...
View ArticleHathiTrust partners with DPLA for discovery of public domain and open content
Ann Arbor, MI – The HathiTrust Digital Library will partner with the recently launched Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to expand discovery and use of HathiTrust’s public domain and other...
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Who will host DPLAfest 2017? Those interested have two weeks left to apply
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has announced that it’s looking for next year’s location for its annual two-day event focused on discussions, workshops, and fun events related to ebooks,...
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News Roundup [June 24, 2016]
Each Friday, NSR releases a compilation of news stories related to ebooks, epublishing, elibraries, and digital literacy from around the world. The goal is to help information professionals (of all...
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