UT Joins Digital Public Library of America | Tennessee Today

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-02-28

Summary:

"UT Libraries has partnered with the Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tenn-Share statewide library consortium to become a service hub for the Digital Public Library of America. Tennessee’s service hub was one of four successful applicants added to the DPLA network in February 2015. For most of American history, the ability to access materials for free through public libraries has been a central part of the culture, producing generations of avid readers and a knowledgeable, engaged citizenry. The DPLA sustains that tradition by bringing together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and making them freely available online through a single platform and portal. Tennessee service hub partners will identify and recruit other cultural heritage institutions in the state that can contribute content. Initially the hub will collect materials on Appalachia, the Great Smoky Mountains, and the civil rights movement. The DPLA’s portal will deliver Tennessee’s digitized cultural heritage to students, teachers, scholars, and the public. The DPLA interface offers innovative new ways for researchers to discover and use the millions of collected digital objects, including online texts, photographs, manuscripts, and artwork. Tennessee service hub partners will digitize materials and enhance their discovery through descriptive metadata ..."

Link:

http://tntoday.utk.edu/2015/02/26/ut-joins-digital-public-library-america/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.u.tennessee oa.dpla oa.digitization oa.libraries oa.archives oa.museums oa.glam oa.ch oa.announcements

Date tagged:

02/28/2015, 08:33

Date published:

02/28/2015, 03:33