Smithsonian Libraries and the Digital Public Library of America | Smithsonian Libraries Blog

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-05-03

Summary:

The Smithsonian Institution recently announced that it will join with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to provide links to a wealth of the Institution’s cultural and scientific content. The DPLA pilot project, which combines and centralizes links to the collections of participating cultural institutions, launched April 18.The Smithsonian will serve as a digital content hub within the DPLA network, which provides links to the Smithsonian’s digital collection of books, journals, museum objects, manuscripts and videos. Through the DPLA, the Smithsonian Libraries will collaborate with renowned libraries, universities, archives and museums to reach a wide national audience. The DPLA is taking the first concrete steps toward the realization of a large-scale digital public library that will make the cultural and scientific record available to all. This impact-oriented research effort unites leaders from all types of libraries, museums and archives with educators, industry and government to define the vision for a digital library in service of the American public.  A formal launch of the DPLA was scheduled for April 18th in Boston. However, because of the tragic events in the area, the official celebrations were cancelled. In conjunction with Rachel Frick (Digital Library Federation), it was decided to hold an informal and impromptu 'meet up' at the Smithsonian. Approximately 40-50 people attended the event; those attending came from a variety of institutions including the National Endowment for the Humanities, Library of Congress, the Enoch Pratt Library (Baltimore), the Berkman Center (Harvard), and the National Park Service.  David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, also showed his support by coming by and chatting with guests for about an hour ..."

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http://blog.library.si.edu/2013/05/smithsonian-libraries-and-the-digital-public-library-of-america/#.UYPRtSuDQUs

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Date tagged:

05/03/2013, 11:06

Date published:

05/03/2013, 07:06