Category: Workstreams
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![[August 5-6, 2012] Content & Scope Workshop](https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/dplaalpha/files/2012/06/7119738277_2e6d29a8ed_c.jpg)
[August 5-6, 2012] Content & Scope Workshop
The Content and Scope Workstream will host its second workshop at the Museum of Photographic Art in San Diego, CA on August 5-6, 2012.
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![[July 27, 2012] Audience & Participation Workshop](https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/dplaalpha/files/2012/07/6973711654_e10b9d2a77_c.jpg)
[July 27, 2012] Audience & Participation Workshop
The Audience & Participation workstream held its second workshop at the Enoch free Public Library in Baltimore, MD on July 27, 2012.
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DPLA Hackathon Gives Developers First Look at DPLA Platform
A Hackathon held both in Cambridge, MA and virtually encourages developers to explore the functionality of the prototype DPLA platform.
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Orphan Works: Mapping the Possible Solution Spaces
A new paper from the Berkeley Digital Copyright Project examines prominent approaches to the orphan works problem.
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Building the Ultimate Summer Reading App
The Audience and Participation email list has been bustling with talk of constructing a summer reading app for the DPLA platform. Nate Hill proposed the idea in February 2012 and has been its chief advocate.
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Interview: Nate Hill, Web Librarian
Nate Hill spoke with us last week via email about work done by the Audience & Participation workstream in advance of DPLA West, libraries as creative spaces, and his personal vision for the DPLA.
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Request For Comment: Draft report on technical considerations for large-scale digital libraries
Geneva Henry has put out an open call for comments and feedback on a recently published draft report for CLIR-DLF discussing infrastructure considerations for large-scale digital libraries.
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Martin Kalfatovic: DPLA Tech Workstream Update
DPLA Technical Workstream co-chair Martin Kalfatovic guest posts about his presentation at the Content & Scope workshop in Philadelphia, PA on February 2, 2012.
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UC Berkeley Center for Law and Technology to host April 2012 Orphan Works Symposium
The University of California’s Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will tackle the orphan works issue in a April 12-13, 2012 symposium entitled “Orphans Works & Mass Digitization: Obstacles & Opportunities.”
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Announcing Our Interim Technical Development Team
An initial group of developers will develop a draft technical specification and begin work on the initial elements of the DPLA platform between now and April 2012.