{"id":6299,"date":"2012-12-05T15:17:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T20:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dplaalpha\/?p=6299"},"modified":"2012-12-05T15:17:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T20:17:50","slug":"press-the-digital-public-library-of-america-moving-from-concept-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dplaalpha\/2012\/12\/05\/press-the-digital-public-library-of-america-moving-from-concept-to-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Press: The Digital Public Library of America: Moving from Concept to Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;As the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dp.la\/\">Digital Public Library of America<\/a>\u00a0(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 event provides continued opportunities for librarians (among others) to shape the direction of the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Taking place in Chicago on October 11 and 12, 2012,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dp.la\/get-involved\/events\/dplamidwest\/\">DPLA Midwest<\/a>\u00a0featured keynotes, breakout sessions and working groups that brought together librarians, technologists, and other stakeholders. The DPLA&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dplaalpha\/files\/2012\/04\/DPLA-concept-note-032812-draft-to-SC-1.pdf\">mission<\/a>\u00a0to &#8220;make the cultural and scientific heritage of humanity available, free of charge, to all&#8221; was evident throughout the meeting as the DPLA&#8217;s six\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dp.la\/workstreams\/\">workstreams<\/a>\u00a0continued to develop the platform in<a href=\"http:\/\/americanlibrariesmagazine.org\/inside-scoop\/getting-inside-dpla\">preparation for next year&#8217;s launch<\/a>. The meeting also introduced the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dp.la\/about\/board\">board of directors<\/a>\u00a0voted into office in September 2012. Following the meeting, the DPLA announced the appointment of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dp.la\/2012\/11\/20\/assistant-director-contentannouncement\/\">Amy Rudersdorf<\/a>, Digital Information Management Program at the State Library of North Carolina, to the position of Assistant Director for Content.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Participants came away from Chicago with a more refined understanding of the governance, financing, and technical infrastructure of the DPLA, as set forth in a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dp.la\/files\/2012\/10\/DPLA_DPLAMidwestKeyTakeaways_FINAL_11-13-12.pdf\">five-year plan<\/a>. As\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dancohen.org\/2012\/10\/16\/the-digital-public-library-of-america-coming-together\/\">written<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dancohen\">Dan Cohen<\/a>, Director of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, the project will \u201cbring together the power and reach of the digital realm with the local community\u201d by building<a href=\"http:\/\/dp.la\/about\/digital-hubs-pilot-project\/\">a network of service hubs<\/a>\u00a0that are capable of harvesting metadata about collections around the country. As John Palfrey, president of DPLA\u2019s board of directors,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedigitalshift.com\/2012\/11\/digital-libraries\/building-a-digital-public-library-of-america\/\">mentions<\/a>\u00a0on the Digital Shift Blog for Library Journal, the DPLA is an \u201con ramp\u201d for librarians and patrons to find and utilize resources that currently exist in separate collections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Read the full article on the<\/em> Metropolitan New York Library Council,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/metro.org\/articles\/dpla\/\">The Digital Public Library of America: Moving from Concept to Reality<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;As the\u00a0Digital Public Library of America\u00a0(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. 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