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Digitizing Georgia’s cultural heritage

A guest post from Annie Schutte, a librarian, teacher and consultant for the Knight Foundation The following is part of a series that looks at The Digital Public Library of America – the first national...

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DPLA, LibraryBox and SXSWi

A LibraryBox is an open source, portable digital file distribution tool based on inexpensive hardware that enables delivery of educational, healthcare, and other vital information to individuals off...

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Showcasing Kentucky’s unique oral-history and newspaper collections

A guest post from Annie Schutte, a librarian, teacher and consultant for the Knight Foundation The following is part of a series that looks at The Digital Public Library of America  - the first...

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A plan for libraries to aggregate metadata into one central portal

A guest post from Annie Schutte, a librarian, teacher and consultant for the Knight Foundation The following is part of a series that looks at The Digital Public Library of America  - the first...

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New York’s Underground Libraries

I’ve spent a good deal of time on the subway, perpetually frustrated by the lack of wifi and cell service, waiting for twitter to buffer between stops until my train finally resurfaces just enough for...

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Sharing oral histories from Minnesota’s immigrant population

A guest post from Annie Schutte, a librarian, teacher and consultant for the Knight Foundation The following is part of a series that looks at The Digital Public Library of America  - the first...

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South Carolina brings digital wealth to library project

A guest post from Annie Schutte, a librarian, teacher and consultant for the Knight Foundation The following is part of a series that looks at The Digital Public Library of America  - the first...

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Press: What is the DPLA? (Library Journal)

This is the fifth in an occasional series of articles from John Palfrey that will explore issues surrounding the efforts to launch and expand the Digital Public Library of America. Below is an excerpt:...

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Bringing the power of digital history to the Mountain West

A guest post from Annie Schutte, a librarian, teacher and consultant for the Knight Foundation. The following is part of a series that looks at The Digital Public Library of America  - the first...

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[April 18] DPLA Launch Meet Up in Cambridge, MA

For those of you in the Boston area, the DPLA staff will be in Cambridge tomorrow afternoon (April 18, 2013) to meet with those who would like to chat about the new DPLA site (which will go live at...

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