New digital platform empowers public libraries and patrons, boosts equitable access to knowledge – Knight Foundation
peter.suber's bookmarks 2021-07-06
Summary:
"A powerful partnership of industry leaders today announced The Palace Project, a transformational, library-centered platform for digital content and services.
The Palace Project, with a $5 million award from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to LYRASIS, and in strategic partnership with Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), will develop and scale a robust suite of content, services, and tools for the delivery of ebooks, audiobooks, and other digital media to benefit public libraries and patrons.
The Palace Project will support the mission of public libraries by providing equitable access to digital knowledge, bolstering the direct relationship between libraries and patrons, and protecting patron privacy by enabling libraries to serve content to patrons from all the major e-content providers. ..."