\u201cSo in conclusion I\u2019d say it\u2019s nice to feel like we are moving forward, and touch briefly on Amanda French\u2019s idea that we need to have a building- a giant DPLA structure- a monument to this effort and to digital knowledge. I\u2019m very much in agreement that this will need a physical footprint and that merely building a web platform, code, and APIs is not enough. That said, a centralized building feels like a mistake to me, and I\u2019d suggest that some kind of distributed, networked architecture that is visable in, on or around library locations across the country would be more effective. We have a public library infrastructure, it\u2019s amazing, and we should be proud to transition it into this new time. I don\u2019t doubt that a centralized building will exist for the DPLA one day, it is almost instinctive to build monuments to great efforts. But any public librarian will tell you this: it\u2019s in the library branches where all the real action is. That is where we need the physical manifestation of this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n