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Showing page 1 of 56.</p></div><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/unbannable-the-impact-of-book-bans-on-library-patrons-and-how-libraries-can-push-back">Unbannable: The Impact of Book Bans on Library Patrons and How Libraries Can Push Back</a></h2><div><p>Reflections on the latest DPLA LibLearnX 2025 Session This is a guest post authored by DPLA Curation Corps lead, Jaena Rae Cabrera. As librarians, we’ve been alarmed by the rise in book bans in recent years. Book bans seek to silence black, brown and LGBTQIA+ authors and erase stories that educate and empathize with other […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">February 12, 2025</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/open-call-to-host-dplafest-2025">Open Call to Host DPLAfest 2025</a></h2><div><p>DPLAfest is coming back this year! This will be our first time holding DPLAfest since 2019. 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Where public discourse once unfolded in […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">January 29, 2025</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/save-the-date-indielib-2025">Save the Date for IndieLib 2025!</a></h2><div><p>We are excited to announce that the second annual IndieLib Forum for Independent Publishers and Librarians, co-hosted by Independent Publishers Caucus and DPLA, will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at NYU’s Engelberg Center. See below for details and registration link. INDIELIB 2025 Independent Publisher & Librarian Forum Hosted By: Independent Publishers Caucus & […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">January 23, 2025</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/recommitting-to-dplas-mission-in-2025">Recommitting to DPLA’s Mission in 2025</a></h2><div><p>Last week, DPLA held our inaugural new year kickoff meeting. 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Here are some highlights: Turning the page on ‘24, writing our new chapter in ‘25 Look for a […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">December 20, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/an-update-on-the-future-of-our-cultural-heritage-work">An Update on the Future of Our Cultural Heritage Work</a></h2><div><p>Very soon, DPLA will announce the new home of our cultural heritage program, and so we wanted to take a moment to get you up to speed on our progress. As a reminder, in recent months, we shared several updates, including the news that DPLA will maintain the cultural heritage aggregation program through 2025. We […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">October 31, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/ai-public-libraries-an-overview">AI & Public Libraries: An Overview</a></h2><div><p>This is a guest post by Ben Lee, Assistant Professor, University of Washington Information School. In the context of public libraries, artificial intelligence (AI) has elicited a wide spectrum of responses. On the one hand, it brings excitement surrounding new possibilities for public programming, collection development, and staff usage. On the other hand, it elicits […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">October 8, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/indianapolis-celebrates-wikipedia-day">Indianapolis Celebrates Wikipedia Day</a></h2><div><p>DPLA honored for its partnership with the Indiana State Library Today — October 4, 2024 — was declared by Indianapolis mayor Joseph H. Hogsett to be “Wikipedia Day,” recognizing Wikipedia as the most well-read reference work in the world. DPLA is honored to be mentioned in the mayor’s proclamation. Through DPLA’s partnership with the Indiana […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">October 4, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/the-banned-book-club-now-available-nationwide">The Banned Book Club now available nationwide</a></h2><div><p>Readers across the country can now access banned books for free via the Palace app Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and our partners at Lyrasis have made over 1,300 titles that have been removed from schools and libraries available to all Americans for free through The Banned Book Club, available on the Palace app […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">October 3, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/dplas-corps-mission-providing-high-quality-expert-curated-open-access-collections-for-all">DPLA’s ‘Corps’ Mission: Providing High-Quality, Expert-Curated, Open Access Collections for All</a></h2><div><p>This is a guest post authored by DPLA Curation Corps Team Leader, Georgia Westbrook. Librarians and other information professionals are key to keeping the doors to knowledge – both in person and on the internet – open for all. That’s why DPLA created the Curation Corps, a group of 12 former and current librarians and […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">September 26, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/end-of-summer-update-from-dpla">End of Summer update from DPLA</a></h2><div><p>Dear friends of DPLA,  We’ve had a busy summer at DPLA, as we make the turn into fall I wanted to share an update on all the things that we’ve been up to. At our Community + Open Board meeting in July, we shared an update on our process for selecting a long-term home for […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">August 29, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/groundbreaking-ebook-agreement">Groundbreaking Agreement Provides Libraries with Permanent Ownership Rights Over Tens of Thousands of Digital Titles</a></h2><div><p>Digital Public Library of America and Independent Publishers Group have partnered to rewrite the future of providing ebooks to benefit libraries, authors and readers alike Chicago, August 13, 2024 – The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Independent Publishers Group (IPG) have announced a groundbreaking agreement that will transform how American libraries provide access […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">August 13, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/reflections-on-ala24">Reflections on ALA24</a></h2><div><p>Last month, I joined friends and colleagues from around the country at the American Library Association’s 2024 Annual Conference. Yet again, DPLA helped co-host the day-long ALA Ebook Interest Group meeting, now affectionately known as “ALA Ebook Friday.” My own day got off to a wild start. While surfing early that morning, I was stung […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">July 24, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/join-us-open-board-community-meeting-july-8">Join us! Open Board + Community Meeting July 8</a></h2><div><p>Join DPLA on Monday, July 8 at 2 PM ET for an Open Board + Community Meeting. We will be joined by Benjamin Lee of the University of Washington’s Information School and Meaghan O’Connor of DC Public Library for a conversation on what we’ve heard through a series of conversations this spring with library leaders […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">June 28, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/dpla-ala24-full-ebook-friday-schedule">DPLA @ ALA24: Full “Ebook Friday” Schedule</a></h2><div><p>DPLA is in San Diego this week for the 2024 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition. 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The Banned Book Club allows readers in communities directly affected by book bans to access […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">May 28, 2024</div></article><article class="news_newsItem__MNC6p"><h2 class="news_title__aoabA"><a href="/news/dpla-outreach-assessment-working-group-launches-assessment-workshop-series-this-summer">DPLA Outreach & Assessment Working Group launches assessment workshop series this summer</a></h2><div><p>On the heels of our highly successful reparative description workshop series, brought to you by the Metadata and Rights Statements working groups, the Outreach & Assessment Working Group is proud to announce Resourcefully Assessing: Critical Approaches to Assessment, an event series focused on various assessment frameworks and tools used in education, digital collections, and cultural heritage […]</p> </div><div class="news_date__2iF_5">May 21, 2024</div></article><div class="Pagination_pagination__g7MwO"><button disabled="" 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Cabrera\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs librarians, we’ve been alarmed by the rise in book bans in recent years. Book bans seek to silence black, brown and LGBTQIA+ authors and erase stories that educate and empathize with other perspectives and worldviews. But libraries are working together to make books effectively unbannable.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLast month, at \u003ca href=\"https://2025.alaliblearnx.org/\"\u003eLibLearnX\u003c/a\u003e in Phoenix DPLA brought together a panel of professionals whose institutions work tirelessly to improve access to banned books. The session explored how library-driven initiatives, such as Brooklyn Public Library\u0026#8217;s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned\"\u003eBooks Unbanned\u003c/a\u003e, ALA’s \u003ca href=\"https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/\"\u003eUnited Against Book Bans\u003c/a\u003e, and the Digital Public Library of America’s \u003ca href=\"https://ebooks.dp.la/the-banned-book-club/\"\u003eBanned Book Club\u003c/a\u003e, are actively combating censorship and safeguarding critical access to knowledge for all. As the leader of DPLA’s Curation Corps, I joined the panel alongside Emma Eriksson from Brooklyn Public Library and Kent Oliver from ALA\u0026#8217;s Public Policy and Advocacy Office.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXe2QfGH-xsMRjUNAtnb1OPYRYYeZ3ORpHng8v__CJElYsddYTM8N5R9mVUKyJNgxVAr6-rLgH1fnFFTF0awBWkR3VJNm1S2nZ2YamGwYNB7_sKAq2asLzHG20Z_krpP9FHQQjwLrA?key=074xYdPGkS-Re5dQAe9_h4-3\" alt=\"\"/\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA packed house for DPLA\u0026#8217;s \u0026#8220;Unbannable\u0026#8221; session at LibLearnX in Phoenix, AZ, in January 2025.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the session, I shared that, in the last quarterly update, 356 new titles that have been recently removed from libraries were added to The Banned Book Club, bringing the collection to over 1,600 ebooks and audiobooks. Some of the recently removed titles include Trevor Noah’s \u003cem\u003eBorn a Crime\u003c/em\u003e, Kevin Kwan’s \u003cem\u003eCrazy Rich Asians\u003c/em\u003e, Chessy Prout’s memoir \u003cem\u003eI Have The Right To\u003c/em\u003e, and children’s books like \u003cem\u003ePinkalicious\u003c/em\u003e. DPLA’s \u003ca href=\"https://ebooks.dp.la/banned-book-of-the-week/\"\u003eBanned Book of the Week\u003c/a\u003e, a social media series launched last year, lifts up banned titles selected by our Curation Corps and other librarians.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmma shared that BKPL’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned\"\u003eBooks Unbanned\u003c/a\u003e project, which began in April 2022, has already circulated over 300,000 books to more than 7,000 young adults around the country. She also shared testimonials from some of the patrons that have been able to benefit from this access:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“I am severely visually impaired and can’t read physical book copies. Having a wide selection of audio books and accessible ebooks helps me access the same amount of literature as my sighted peers.” — Age 15, Washington\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“If it hadn’t been for the books available to me about different marginalised people’s perspectives in my school libraries growing up, I might have grown up to be a very different person.” — Age 16, California\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“In my school, there’s really limited access to books addressing topics that the administrators deem controversial. I was trying to do research for a project last semester about inequality in the United States due to things like sexuality and gender, and I could find almost nothing in my school library that would help.” — Age 15, Illinois\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“They are banning some of my favorite books and it makes me feel very unwelcome in my school. Thank you for helping me.” — Age 17, Minnesota\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eReflecting on the session, Emma notes, \u0026#8220;\u0026#8216;We cannot participate because we fear for our lives,\u0026#8217; is not something I thought I would ever hear a library worker say about a banned book display, but it is the experience of many. Our panel was important not because of the information we shared but because we provided a space to listen to the lived experiences of library workers on the front lines of democracy.\u0026#8221;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, Kent shared an update on \u003ca href=\"https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/\"\u003eUnited Against Book Bans\u003c/a\u003e, a national initiative led by ALA’s Public Policy and Advocacy Office and designed to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship. Kent shared a number of guides, toolkits and action steps that librarians can use to fight censorship and attacks on the freedom to read.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_2459-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27520\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_2459-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_2459-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_2459-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_2459-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_2459-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with a data-driven overview of the current state of book bans across the United States, the presenters all shared personal testimonials from patrons that illustrate the profound impact of book bans on people in the community. The standing-room-only audience made it clear that book bans and challenges are not a “hoax” and pose a serious and growing threat to readers, librarians and libraries alike. Fortunately, due to the work of DPLA, Brooklyn Public Library, the ALA and so many other courageous institutions, librarians are now more prepared to defend the freedom to read and advocate in their communities, wherever they may be.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDPLA and our partners at Lyrasis offer free access to more 1,600 titles that have been removed from schools and libraries available to all Americans through \u003ca href=\"https://ebooks.dp.la/the-banned-book-club/\"\u003eThe Banned Book Club\u003c/a\u003e, available on the Palace app in \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-palace-project/id1574359693\"\u003eApple\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thepalaceproject.palace\u0026amp;hl=en_US\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c/a\u003e stores. In July 2023, DPLA created The Banned Book Club to ensure that all readers have access to the books they want to read and we remain committed to supporting access.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAttendees of the LibLearnX session described the event as “emotional” and shared how important it is for librarians to have an opportunity to connect around this important issue. As Kent put it, “Several attendees shared their stories, benefiting others and relieving their stress. Librarians facing book bans and personal attacks in their communities often feel isolated and alone. The support and empathy in the room were palpable.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the leader of DPLA’s Curation Corps, I am proud to be part of a group of leading libraries taking a stand against censorship and to help support DPLA’s work. Thank you all, fellow librarians, for the work you do to ensure access to knowledge for all.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor links to all the resources shared in this session please visit this \u003ca href=\"https://padlet.com/eeriksson5/unbannable-at-liblearnx-2025-a4vq6fsslysmhr9u\"\u003ePadlet\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJaena Rae Cabrera is program manager of the \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/locations/main-library/filipino-american-center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco P\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/locations/main-library/filipino-american-center\"\u003eublic Library\u0026#8217;s Filipino American Center\u003c/a\u003e, president of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.apalaweb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eAsian Pacific American Librarians Association\u003c/a\u003e, and head of DPLA’s Curation Corps.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDPLA wants to thank Jaena Rae Cabrera, who leads DPLA’s Curation Corp and represented DPLA in the session at LibLearnX, as well as Jill Egan, another Curation Corps member who leads curation of The Banned Book Club, for their service and the access that results.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe DPLA Curation Corps\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e is a group of librarians, information professionals and library graduate students who develop collections for the DPLA’s ebook projects including the \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://freebooks.dp.la/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePalace Bookshelf\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Open eBooks and \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://market.thepalaceproject.org/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePalace Marketplace\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e. DPLA relies on the expertise of the library community members who participate in the Curation Corps to create collections patrons will love. Learn more \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ebooks.dp.la/curation-corps/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ehere\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eReflections on the latest DPLA LibLearnX 2025 Session This is a guest post authored by DPLA Curation Corps lead, Jaena Rae Cabrera. As librarians, we’ve been alarmed by the rise in book bans in recent years. Book bans seek to silence black, brown and LGBTQIA+ authors and erase stories that educate and empathize with other [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,93,71,95,70],"tags":[273,151,78,271],"class_list":["post-27519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebooks","category-events","category-featured","category-guest","category-blog","tag-announcement","tag-announcements","tag-ebooks","tag-events"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27519/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27506,"date":"2025-02-04T11:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27506"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:35:51","slug":"open-call-to-host-dplafest-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2025/02/04/open-call-to-host-dplafest-2025/","title":{"rendered":"Open Call to Host DPLAfest 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"184\" src=\"http://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-5.png\" alt=\"DPLAfest logo\" class=\"wp-image-27428\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-5.png 700w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-5-300x79.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://pro.dp.la/events/dplafest\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDPLAfest\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e is coming back this year! This will be our first time holding DPLAfest since 2019. \u003cstrong\u003eIf you are interested in hosting DPLAfest at your institution,\u003c/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://forms.gle/MGtiRdrpoAv5XBnx9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e we want to hear from you\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e!\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDPLAfest is an opportunity to bring our field together to help us build connections and work on our shared goals. As we \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/recommitting-to-dplas-mission-in-2025\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebegin to launch this new phase\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e of DPLA, one of our top priorities is rebuilding a community of practice around our cultural heritage work—and we see DPLAfest as an important part of that effort.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-8-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27431\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-8-1024x683.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-8-300x200.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-8-768x512.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-8-1536x1024.png 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-8.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe expect to hold DPLAfest later this fall, and have already begun planning. Next week, we will be convening our first meeting of the newly formed DPLAfest committee, which will help us select a conference theme, keynotes, and program.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHosting DPLAfest is an opportunity to bring together leaders in the field under one roof and be a part of this important conversation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf your institution could be our next host, we ask you to\u003ca href=\"https://forms.gle/MGtiRdrpoAv5XBnx9\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003efill out this form expressing interest\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e. The form closes on \u003cstrong\u003eMarch 1\u003c/strong\u003e! If you have any questions, please email us at \u003ca href=\"mailto:dplafest@dp.la\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003edplafest@dp.la\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eDPLAfest is coming back this year! This will be our first time holding DPLAfest since 2019. If you are interested in hosting DPLAfest at your institution, we want to hear from you! DPLAfest is an opportunity to bring our field together to help us build connections and work on our shared goals. As we begin [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[290,93,70,122,1,209],"tags":[273,151,187,271],"class_list":["post-27506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dplafest-2025","category-events","category-blog","category-staff","category-uncategorized","category-workshops","tag-announcement","tag-announcements","tag-dplafest","tag-events"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27506/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27502,"date":"2025-01-29T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27502"},"modified":"2025-02-11T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T22:00:16","slug":"new-report-why-weve-been-checking-out-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2025/01/29/new-report-why-weve-been-checking-out-tiktok/","title":{"rendered":"New Report: Why We’ve Been Checking Out TikTok "},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cp\u003eThe digital town square. The public soap box. The decentralized water cooler. Social media platforms have become all these things and more. They’ve revolutionized how we communicate, connect, and consume information. But this revolution has also created a significant challenge for researchers trying to understand its impact on society. Where public discourse once unfolded in places accessible to all, it now happens in spaces that are often opaque to academic inquiry. This shift has profound implications for our understanding of everything from political discourse to misinformation to radicalization to international relations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DPLA_Checking-Out-TikTok_Jan2025.pdf\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"791\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27503\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-9.png 612w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-9-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur new research paper, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DPLA_Checking-Out-TikTok_Jan2025.pdf\"\u003eChecking Out TikTok: Positioning a Library to Aid Social Media Research Outside of Academia\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e, explores this very issue, examining some of the issues involved in understanding the societal effects of social media, and how libraries can play a crucial role in enabling vital research and preserving access to posts on this medium. With social media platforms in constant flux, as shown by TikTok’s current instability, it is critical researchers understand and archive digital pieces of our historical record. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eA chief problem with studying and preserving social media is that the measures that platforms have enacted to avoid botting, abuse, and regulatory scrutiny, also fluster normal archival and researcher activity. And while it used to be simple to archive the doings of a presidential administration,the documentary evidence that archives traditionally preserve for future generations – letters, speeches, official documents – is now scattered across countless social media feeds, often behind paywalls or subject to terms of service that restrict access. This creates a significant gap in our historical record, hindering our ability to understand the present and learn from the past.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis isn’t just an academic concern. It affects all of us. We need to understand how these platforms shape and sway public opinion and impact our social fabric. Without access to the necessary data, we risk being unable to make sense of the digital world around us.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur research reveals a stark reality: we are losing the battle on understanding the societal impacts of social media platforms. It\u0026#8217;s a patchwork of under-resourced projects. When we spoke with researchers, we heard continuing themes of being under-resourced and stymied by platforms that made their work more difficult rather than less. This has to change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe need to establish robust mechanisms that empower researchers, historians, and archivists to access and analyze social media data ethically and responsibly. Libraries, with their long-standing expertise in information management and preservation, are uniquely positioned to play a central role in this effort. They can provide the necessary infrastructure, tools, and expertise to support long-term research initiatives and ensure that this crucial part of our history is not lost.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur paper explores these challenges and proposes concrete solutions, highlighting the potential of libraries to ensure that future generations have access to a complete and accurate record of our times.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe encourage you to read the full paper to learn more about this critical issue and how libraries can help us navigate the complex landscape of social media.\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eThe digital town square. The public soap box. The decentralized water cooler. Social media platforms have become all these things and more. They’ve revolutionized how we communicate, connect, and consume information. But this revolution has also created a significant challenge for researchers trying to understand its impact on society. Where public discourse once unfolded in [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,70,122,101,1],"tags":[273,151,180],"class_list":["post-27502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content","category-blog","category-staff","category-tech","category-uncategorized","tag-announcement","tag-announcements","tag-technology"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27502/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27480,"date":"2025-01-23T09:54:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27480"},"modified":"2025-02-24T12:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:07:22","slug":"save-the-date-indielib-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2025/01/23/save-the-date-indielib-2025/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Date for IndieLib 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indielib-2025-independent-publisher-librarian-forum-tickets-1143055231969?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1063\" height=\"1063\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IndieLib2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27494\" style=\"width:422px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IndieLib2025.png 1063w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IndieLib2025-300x300.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IndieLib2025-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IndieLib2025-150x150.png 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IndieLib2025-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1063px) 100vw, 1063px\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are excited to announce that the second annual \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.indiepubs.org/indie-lib-forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eIndieLib Forum\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e for Independent Publishers and Librarians, co-hosted by Independent Publishers Caucus and DPLA, will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at NYU\u0026#8217;s Engelberg Center.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSee below for details and registration link.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eINDIELIB 2025\u003c/h1\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndependent Publisher \u0026amp; Librarian Forum\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHosted By: \u003c/strong\u003eIndependent Publishers Caucus \u0026amp; Digital Public Library of America\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen: \u003c/strong\u003eWednesday, April 16, 2025\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation: \u003c/strong\u003eEngelberg Center, New York University, New York, NY\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription: \u003c/strong\u003eThis forum seeks to facilitate conversation, encourage transparency, and plan for beneficial partnerships between two groups that are rarely in direct communication: indie publishers and librarians. Panels will discuss topics collection development, promoting discovery of indie titles, library ebook license models, and transparency in data reporting. The emphasis will be on action items to create better representation of independent publisher content in libraries, equitable and sustainable collection strategies, and ways to facilitate libraries’ mission for access and the public good.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-button\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indielib-2025-independent-publisher-librarian-forum-tickets-1143055231969?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eRegister here\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProgramming Lineup\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"height:30px\" 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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/LibraryReads_logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27493\" style=\"width:134px;height:auto\"/\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003c/div\u003e","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eWe are excited to announce that the second annual IndieLib Forum for Independent Publishers and Librarians, co-hosted by Independent Publishers Caucus and DPLA, will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at NYU\u0026#8217;s Engelberg Center. See below for details and registration link. INDIELIB 2025 Independent Publisher \u0026amp; Librarian Forum Hosted By: Independent Publishers Caucus \u0026amp; [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,93,70,122,1],"tags":[273,151,78,271],"class_list":["post-27480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebooks","category-events","category-blog","category-staff","category-uncategorized","tag-announcement","tag-announcements","tag-ebooks","tag-events"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27480/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27489,"date":"2025-01-15T15:36:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27489"},"modified":"2025-01-17T09:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T14:21:27","slug":"recommitting-to-dplas-mission-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2025/01/15/recommitting-to-dplas-mission-in-2025/","title":{"rendered":"Recommitting to DPLA\u0026#8217;s Mission in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cp\u003eLast week, DPLA held our inaugural new year kickoff meeting. Over 100 people joined us to begin what promises to be a significant year for all of our work.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur goal was to review the progress we made in 2024, and to invite people to be part of launching the next phase of our work together.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a reminder, last year, we conducted an \u003ca href=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DPLA-FInal-Report_May-3-2024.pdf\"\u003eassessment\u003c/a\u003e of our signature digital cultural heritage aggregation program. We heard two things: a desire to grow and expand our collective work, and the need for a sustainable long-term home beyond that which a small organization can provide. In the spring, we began the \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/towards-a-new-fund-and-home-for-americas-digital-heritage\"\u003eprocess\u003c/a\u003e to identify a vibrant and durable structure for our digital cultural heritage aggregation program. At the same time, we set a target of raising $5 million to help launch that work in its next phase. We’re finalizing the details of these partnership and funding opportunities and will have more details to share in the spring.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the meantime, we’re excited to announce some of our new initiatives for 2025, and to invite you to take part:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003col class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrant fund\u003c/strong\u003e: Aimed at providing needed support to our hub network, our new grant fund will support projects that strengthen and accelerate the work of the DPLA Network. This could include addressing needs for curation and harvesting tools to bring new collections to the DPLA catalog. We are forming a grants committee to work with us to develop the criteria and call for proposals, as well as help us review applications. If you are interested in advocating for the future direction of cultural heritage aggregation, please let us know \u003ca href=\"https://forms.gle/LD7jYggshq5X4opE6\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDPLAfest\u003c/strong\u003e: We’re bringing back DPLAfest, our in-person gathering of our community, this\u0026nbsp; fall. And planning has already begun. We invite those excited about coming together to help us build connections to join the Fest planning committee, and be part of helping us determine a location and crafting programming. Sign-up to join the planning committee \u003ca href=\"https://forms.gle/LD7jYggshq5X4opE6\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDPLA’s \u003ca href=\"https://pro.dp.la/hubs/network-council-members\"\u003eNetwork Council\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e: We’re seeking members interested in serving in key leadership roles. To learn more about what we’re looking for and volunteer, read \u003ca href=\"https://forms.gle/LD7jYggshq5X4opE6\"\u003ethe application form\u003c/a\u003e, or reach out to \u003ca href=\"mailto:dominic@dp.la\"\u003eDominic\u003c/a\u003e or our current Network Council Chair \u003ca href=\"mailto:msnow@umn.edu\"\u003eMaggie Snow\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLastly, \u003ca href=\"https://dpla.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ew6sARUsRiGrKxsT5a-WZA\"\u003ewe invite you to join us\u003c/a\u003e for our first Open Board + Community meeting of the year, March 20th at 1pm ET, when we’ll share updates on the work outlined above, among other things.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmid all these new activities, we will continue to maintain the core work of providing reliable aggregation services to our partners. You can \u003ca href=\"https://digitalpubliclibraryofamerica.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CT/pages/84969744/Hub+Re-ingest+Schedule\"\u003efind our ingest schedule here\u003c/a\u003e and, as always, can join Dominic and Michael in their regular \u003ca href=\"https://pro.dp.la/events/workshops#office-hours\"\u003eoffice hours\u003c/a\u003e. The next one is Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 2pm ET.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgain, if you are interested in any of these opportunities to be part of the future of DPLA, \u003cstrong\u003eplease let us know with \u003c/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfX9PVO1WiLgv5KfOLXCs72mYacdJrMINOldw-mqT9QzNRCaw/viewform\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethis application form\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e. And feel free to pass these opportunities on to others you think would be interested in joining this new phase with us.\u0026nbsp;We would like to start this work soon, so \u003cstrong\u003eplease respond by February 2\u003c/strong\u003e! \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHappy New Year and thank you, as always and especially now, for your partnership,\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe DPLA Team\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eLast week, DPLA held our inaugural new year kickoff meeting. Over 100 people joined us to begin what promises to be a significant year for all of our work.\u0026nbsp; Our goal was to review the progress we made in 2024, and to invite people to be part of launching the next phase of our work [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[151,270],"class_list":["post-27489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-announcements","tag-hub-network"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27489/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27471,"date":"2024-12-20T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27471"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:11:54","slug":"year-end-note-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/12/20/year-end-note-2024/","title":{"rendered":"🥂 So Much Accomplished, So Much More to Come"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Year-End Note from the Staff of DPLA\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27472\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1024x512.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-300x150.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-768x384.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1536x768.png 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere at DPLA, we are capping off an eventful 2024 and looking forward to an even more momentous year to come.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe’re reflecting on all we’ve accomplished this year. Here are some highlights:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn May,\u0026nbsp;DPLA\u0026nbsp;celebrated a tremendous milestone: our landmark,\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/browse-by-topic?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecultural heritage aggregation program\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;reached more than\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003e50 million items\u003c/strong\u003e, a testament to our network of more than\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003e6,000 institutions and partner hubs\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDPLA\u0026nbsp;working groups hosted\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eover a dozen webinars\u003c/strong\u003e, virtual discussions, and coffee chats throughout the year on everything from\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/practical-approaches-to-reparative-description-a-workshop-series-with-wide-appeal?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003ereparative description\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/dpla-outreach-assessment-working-group-launches-assessment-workshop-series-this-summer?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eassessment\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/dpla-hosts-introduction-to-openrefine?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eOpenRefine\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;to our\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/ai-public-libraries-an-overview?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003efuture with AI\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;— and\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003ethousands of you\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;attended our sessions.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe launched\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eDPLA\u0026nbsp;Network Office Hours\u003c/strong\u003e, providing monthly connections with our cultural heritage team. Over the summer, we embarked on a Hub Network listening tour, surveying 24 of our hubs in just 4 weeks. Office Hours will continue in the new year — our next one is Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 2pm ET.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe relaunched our\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://pro.dp.la/projects/dpla-wikimedia?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eWikimedia pipeline\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;and, in two months, added more than\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003e400,000 files\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;to Wikimedia Commons.\u0026nbsp;DPLA\u0026nbsp;partners received a total of more than\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003e2.5 billion page views\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;in 2024. Indianapolis mayor Joseph H. Hogsett\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/indianapolis-celebrates-wikipedia-day?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003edeclared\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;Oct. 4, 2024 to be “\u003cstrong\u003eWikipedia\u0026nbsp;Day\u003c/strong\u003e,” due in part to our partnership.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe made\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eover 1,300 titles\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;that have been removed from schools and libraries available to all Americans for free through\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"http://www.thebannedbookclub.info/?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eThe Banned Book Club\u003c/a\u003e, which is\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/the-banned-book-club-now-available-nationwide?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003enow\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;nationwide. And, we launched the\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://ebooks.dp.la/banned-book-of-the-week/?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBanned Book of the Week\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, highlighting selected titles chosen by our\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/dplas-corps-mission-providing-high-quality-expert-curated-open-access-collections-for-all?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eCuration Corps\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;and other librarians from around the country. We shared some of our learnings at both the\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/unbannable-how-libraries-are-ensuring-access-to-banned-books?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003ePublic Library Association Conference\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/reflections-on-ala24?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eAmerican Library Association Annual Conference\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eWe inaugurated\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/dpla-brings-librarians-and-independent-publishers-together-at-inaugural-indielib-forum?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndieLib\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, a first-of-its-kind, one-day gathering that brought together independent publishers and librarians.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe launched a new, groundbreaking\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/groundbreaking-ebook-agreement?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edigital ownership model\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;that allows libraries to purchase (rather than merely license) and own in perpetuity\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003etens of thousands of ebook and audiobook titles\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;from dozens of independent publishers.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe continued our successful\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eCollaborating For Access webinar series\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;with ReadersFirst and COSLA, hosting conversations about incorporating\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Ez09ozBn4\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\u0026amp;mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eself-publishing\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;into library collections and\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zExKsw5Z0o\u0026amp;mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eDigital Ownership\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eMeanwhile, with our partners at Lyrasis, we surpassed\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003etwo million ebooks and audiobooks\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;available in the\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003ePalace Marketplace\u0026nbsp;\u003c/a\u003eand expanded the number of publishers offering library-friendly options for access and readership.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eTurning the page on ‘24, writing our new chapter in ‘25\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLook for a number of exciting announcements in the new year. As we welcome new funders and build new partnerships to sustain\u0026nbsp;DPLA’s legacy of work, we will have a lot of good news to share in early 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe’ll be launching two new programs next year. First, we will begin a program to support the work of our existing Hub partners. Second, we’ll start a fund specifically to onboard new contributors. Both of these programs are in the early stages. We anticipate beginning to distribute funds in the second half of the year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe will continue our ingestion work throughout the year, keeping pace with the harvest schedule (which we maintain \u003ca href=\"https://digitalpubliclibraryofamerica.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CT/pages/84969744/Hub+Re-ingest+Schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e). And we are working to add new offers from a number of the Big Five publishers that will provide libraries with alternative licensing options through the Palace Marketplace. Speaking of which, we’ll also be adding more university presses to the Marketplace and continuing to make even more titles available for digital ownership by libraries. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eStay involved and stay tuned\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eMark your calendars, we have a lot planned in 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/2025Kickoff\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27473\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1-1024x512.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1-300x150.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1-768x384.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1-1536x768.png 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eThursday, Jan. 9: 2025 Kickoff (virtual)\u003c/h4\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us to be part of planning a busy new year. We want to hear your thoughts about your new programs, the return of\u0026nbsp;DPLAfest, and how you want to be involved in envisioning the next stages of our work. Register\u0026nbsp;\u003ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://bit.ly/2025Kickoff?mc_cid=67b8f62c30\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehere\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;to join the conversation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"220\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27475\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-3.png 633w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-3-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eFriday, Jan. 24 \u0026#8211; Monday, Jan. 27: LibLearnX (Phoenix)\u003c/h4\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDPLA\u0026nbsp;will be at LibLearnX in late January. Join Micah May, our Director of \u0026nbsp;Ebook Services, and Brooklyn Public Library’s Emma Eriksson on Saturday, Jan. 26, for a conversation about the role of libraries in countering book bans now and in the future.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"282\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-4-1024x282.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27476\" style=\"width:596px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-4-1024x282.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-4-300x82.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-4-768x211.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-4.png 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eWednesday, April 16: IndieLib 2025 (NYC)\u003c/h4\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe’re hosting the second annual IndieLib 2025 in New York City on April 16, 2025. Save the date and stay tuned for more details in the new year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://pro.dp.la/events/past-dplafests\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"184\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27477\" style=\"width:588px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-5.png 700w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-5-300x79.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eAnd, welcome back\u0026nbsp;DPLAfest!\u003c/h4\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time since the pandemic,\u0026nbsp;DPLAfest is coming back in the fall of 2025. We look forward to gathering our growing community of librarians, archivists, museum professionals, developers, technologists, publishers, authors, teachers, students. More details to come on this, as well.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThank you all for your partnership this past year, and throughout this amazing project. We have an exciting future ahead, one that will not be possible without your leadership and dedication.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHappy holidays to you all!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e— DPLA\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eA Year-End Note from the Staff of DPLA Here at DPLA, we are capping off an eventful 2024 and looking forward to an even more momentous year to come. We’re reflecting on all we’ve accomplished this year. Here are some highlights: Turning the page on ‘24, writing our new chapter in ‘25 Look for a [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,75,221,93,73,170,70,79,122,1,209],"tags":[273,151,78,271],"class_list":["post-27471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contributing-institutions-2","category-dpla-updates","category-ebooks","category-events","category-governance","category-hubs-2","category-blog","category-projects","category-staff","category-uncategorized","category-workshops","tag-announcement","tag-announcements","tag-ebooks","tag-events"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":{"ID":27478,"id":27478,"title":"DPLA_holiday2024_sq","filename":"DPLA_holiday2024_sq.png","filesize":1176784,"url":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DPLA_holiday2024_sq.png","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/12/20/year-end-note-2024/dpla_holiday2024_sq/","alt":"","author":"55","description":"","caption":"","name":"dpla_holiday2024_sq","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":27471,"date":"2025-01-09 14:32:17","modified":"2025-01-09 14:32:17","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-includes/images/media/default.png","width":1080,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DPLA_holiday2024_sq-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DPLA_holiday2024_sq-300x300.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DPLA_holiday2024_sq-768x768.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DPLA_holiday2024_sq-1024x1024.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DPLA_holiday2024_sq.png","1536x1536-width":1080,"1536x1536-height":1080,"2048x2048":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DPLA_holiday2024_sq.png","2048x2048-width":1080,"2048x2048-height":1080}},"display_title":"A Year-End Note from the Staff of DPLA"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27471/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27440,"date":"2024-10-31T16:29:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27440"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:08:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:08:54","slug":"an-update-on-the-future-of-our-cultural-heritage-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/10/31/an-update-on-the-future-of-our-cultural-heritage-work/","title":{"rendered":"An Update on the Future of Our Cultural Heritage Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eVery soon, DPLA will announce the new home of our cultural heritage program, and so we wanted to take a moment to get you up to speed on our progress.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a reminder, in recent months, we shared \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/about/a-new-home-for-americas-digital-heritage\"\u003eseveral\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/end-of-summer-update-from-dpla\"\u003eupdates\u003c/a\u003e, including the news that DPLA will maintain the cultural heritage aggregation program through 2025. We also have begun planning for \u003ca href=\"https://pro.dp.la/events/dplafest\"\u003eDPLAfest\u003c/a\u003e 2025, with more details coming soon.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere We’ve Been: Our Search for a New Home\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the spring, we \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/towards-a-new-fund-and-home-for-americas-digital-heritage\"\u003eembarked on a process\u003c/a\u003e to identify a new organization to manage our signature digital cultural heritage aggregation work and its member network—a hallmark program that has defined DPLA’s first decade. This effort was an outgrowth of \u003ca href=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DPLA-FInal-Report_May-3-2024.pdf\"\u003ea program assessment\u003c/a\u003e that began a year ago, and involved conversations with a wide range of stakeholders, including interviews with industry professionals, internal team members, funding partners, and others invested in our mission. Through these discussions, it became clear that for our work to truly expand and thrive, it needs an institutional home that can support it in a way that our small organization cannot.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, we began conversations with a cohort of funders to raise a transitional fund. This unique setup enables us to focus specifically on the requirements of our new home, rather than seeking general support. We’ve connected with both familiar funding partners and new ones, all of whom share our vision for the future.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter exploring discussions with more than two dozen candidates, we took a significant step forward in July when our board approved the opening of discussions with one promising partner.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere We Are: The Path to Transition in 2025\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn September’s Network Council meeting, we discussed some initial details about what this transition will look like. We are approaching 2025 as a pivotal year, one that will serve as a bridge to fully establishing ourselves in this new home by 2026. During this transition year, DPLA will continue to host and support our cultural heritage aggregation work, ensuring that our community remains engaged and our programs remain strong.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are optimistic that this partnership will allow us to expand our services, opening doors to new resources and opportunities. During this time, our Network Council and working groups will continue their essential roles, maintaining the momentum that has brought us to this point. We’re also thrilled to announce that DPLAFest will return for the first time since before the pandemic, offering opportunities for our community to participate in planning and shaping our future together.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere We’re Going: Anticipating Growth and New Beginnings\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe’re on track to make a formal announcement this fall. We’re also making great progress on the funding side, and looking forward to receiving commitments over the coming months.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring this transition time, the upcoming membership year will remain under DPLA’s own purview. The staff have been hard at work on activities important to our mission—such as overhauling the Wikimedia pipeline’s codebase and onboarding our two new hubs—and continue to be on call for any partner needs. And we continue to hold regular DPLA Network office hours every second Tuesday (upcoming on Nov. 12 and Dec. 10)—simply join our Zoom room at \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/XSgI3oChnI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003ebit.ly/dpla-network\u003c/a\u003e to stay in touch.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are eager to share the official news and even more excited to dive into what lies ahead. This transition represents not just growth, but a new chapter filled with possibilities for expanding our impact and creating deeper connections across communities. Thank you for your patience and support as we work toward this vision. We look forward to the new year, and to the future we’ll build together.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe invite members of our \u003ca href=\"https://pro.dp.la/hubs/network-council-members\"\u003eNetwork Council\u003c/a\u003e to join our next meeting on Thursday, Dec. 5 for further updates—please contact us if you need an invite. \u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eVery soon, DPLA will announce the new home of our cultural heritage program, and so we wanted to take a moment to get you up to speed on our progress. As a reminder, in recent months, we shared several updates, including the news that DPLA will maintain the cultural heritage aggregation program through 2025. 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On the one hand, it brings excitement surrounding new possibilities for public programming, collection development, and staff usage. On the other hand, it elicits real fears surrounding patron privacy, interests of for-profit vendors, and algorithmic bias. Library leaders across the country have started to unpack these opportunities and challenges within their own institutions. As one library leader said, “There is a lot of \u003cem\u003etalking\u003c/em\u003e about AI, but not as much \u003cem\u003edoing\u003c/em\u003e.”\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWorking together, we’ve taken up the charge to 1) share the lessons each of us has learned so far, 2) begin a field-wide discussion surrounding these opportunities and challenges, and 3) develop a roadmap for shared experimentation and implementation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur first step toward answering this question was to convene a conversation on AI and public libraries at the Knight Foundation’s \u003ca href=\"https://knightfoundation.org/events/kflibrary2023/2024-library-leaders-conference/\"\u003eannual library leaders convening\u003c/a\u003e in Miami this February, when DC Public Library\u0026#8217;s Director of Service Design \u0026amp; Engagement Meaghan O’Connor and I led a discussion entitled, “AI Opportunities and Challenges.” The moderated discussion, along with a breakout session attended by two dozen library leaders, revealed that public libraries across the country are eager to engage in a wider, field-level discussion. Based on anecdotes shared during these discussions, we have identified three broad areas of interest:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003col class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollection development\u003c/strong\u003e: applying AI to improve access to special collections, developing better search \u0026amp; recommendation algorithms for library discovery systems, etc.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublic-facing\u003c/strong\u003e: developing public programming related to generative AI literacy, supporting patron experimentation with generative AI tools, etc.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternal, staff-facing\u003c/strong\u003e: developing organizational best practices and policies surrounding AI, supporting staff experimentation, developing pilots for AI usage in an operational context, etc.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe hosted a series of online meetings with library leaders to solicit their ideas of ongoing and potential initiatives related to AI at their public libraries. Over the course of these four meetings with 15 library leaders, we have identified a number of public libraries interested in partnering with us to 1) conduct experiments over the next six months, and 2) report back on these experiments during next year’s Knight library leaders convening. These experiments reflect all three of these areas of interest and prioritize findings relevant across libraries with different staffing capacities. In particular, the decided-upon experiments will explore processes for developing AI policies, outcomes of public programming on generative AI, and pilots surrounding the application of AI to enrich metadata \u0026amp; search.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe intend to share what comes from those experiments at next February’s Knight Foundation convening of public library leaders, with an eye towards establishing a set of new projects surrounding AI across public libraries.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe welcome your input throughout this process, and please reach out to us with any questions, suggestions, or ideas.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt DPLA’s last Open Board + Community Meeting, Ben Lee and Meghan O\u0026#8217;Connor shared an outline of their insights about AI and public libraries. Watch the full presentation below.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DPLA Open + Community Board Mtg July 8, 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DLRl3es2Q24?list=PLPlAf3Poag-uaWUT2WFCz8giLQq01qiZu\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBanner photo by \u003ca href=\"https://unsplash.com/@martinadams?utm_content=creditCopyText\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_source=unsplash\"\u003eMartin Adams\u003c/a\u003e on \u003ca href=\"https://unsplash.com/photos/white-wooden-bookshelf-V75YEqJp4pE?utm_content=creditCopyText\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_source=unsplash\"\u003eUnsplash\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a guest post by Ben Lee, Assistant Professor, University of Washington Information School. 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Hogsett to be \u0026#8220;Wikipedia Day,\u0026#8221; recognizing Wikipedia as the most well-read reference work in the world. DPLA is honored to be mentioned in the mayor\u0026#8217;s proclamation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough DPLA’s partnership with the Indiana State Library, more than a quarter-million digital images have been shared to Wikimedia Commons. These images have received over 20 million views and have contributed to Wikipedia’s outreach, cultural heritage and education.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are honored to partner with Indiana State Library and the City of Indianapolis to acknowledge and celebrate the open knowledge movement.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"988\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Wikipedia-Day-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27467\" style=\"width:656px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Wikipedia-Day-edited.jpg 600w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Wikipedia-Day-edited-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003c/div\u003e","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eDPLA honored for its partnership with the Indiana State Library Today — October 4, 2024 — was declared by Indianapolis mayor Joseph H. Hogsett to be \u0026#8220;Wikipedia Day,\u0026#8221; recognizing Wikipedia as the most well-read reference work in the world. DPLA is honored to be mentioned in the mayor\u0026#8217;s proclamation. Through DPLA’s partnership with the Indiana [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,70,76,101,1],"tags":[273,151],"class_list":["post-27465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-blog","category-press","category-tech","category-uncategorized","tag-announcement","tag-announcements"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":{"ID":27467,"id":27467,"title":"Wikipedia 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Banned Book Club now available nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eReaders across the country can now access banned books for free via the Palace app\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26906\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal-768x432.jpg 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDigital Public Library of America (DPLA) and our partners at Lyrasis have made over 1,300 titles that have been removed from schools and libraries available to all Americans for free through \u003ca href=\"http://www.thebannedbookclub.info/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eThe Banned Book Club\u003c/a\u003e, available on the Palace app in \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-palace-project/id1574359693\"\u003eApple\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thepalaceproject.palace\u0026amp;hl=en_US\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c/a\u003e stores.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDPLA and Lyrasis \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/dpla-launches-the-banned-book-club-to-ensure-access-to-banned-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003elaunched\u003c/a\u003e The Banned Book Club in July 2023 to ensure that all readers have access to the books they want to read. Initially, using GPS-based geo-targeting, free digital versions of banned books were made available only in the specific communities where those books had been forced off library shelves.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs book bans have continued to intensify, however, we have ramped up our efforts: \u003cstrong\u003eThe Banned Book Club has now made free ebook versions of banned books available to readers across the country, regardless of whether they live in an area directly impacted by book bans or not.\u003c/strong\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders nationwide can now access nearly all banned books absolutely free \u003ca href=\"https://thepalaceproject.org/app/\"\u003evia the Palace e-reader app\u003c/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe know that book bans across the United States particularly target the voices of and stories about girls, Black people, queer people, people of color, trans people, and other marginalized groups. Enabling free access to banned books nationwide guarantees access to age-relevant material to those who are interested and combats the chilling effect that book bans have had on what people buy, read, and teach.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo access The Banned Book Club now, \u003ca href=\"https://thepalaceproject.org/app/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003edownload the Palace app\u003c/a\u003e and choose “Banned Book Club” as your library, then follow the prompts to sign up for a free virtual library card. For more specific instructions, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thebannedbookclub.info/#faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eclick here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more information on The Banned Book Club, readers can visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.thebannedbookclub.info/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eTheBannedBookClub.info\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003e###\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDigital Public Library of America\u003c/strong\u003e (DPLA) amplifies the value of libraries and cultural organizations as trusted sources of shared knowledge. DPLA fulfills its mission by collaborating with partners to accelerate the adoption of innovative tools and ideas to empower and equip libraries in making public information more accessible. DPLA’s ebook work is supported by the John S. and James L. 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To learn more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://thepalaceproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003ethepalaceproject.org\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eReaders across the country can now access banned books for free via the Palace app Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and our partners at Lyrasis have made over 1,300 titles that have been removed from schools and libraries available to all Americans for free through The Banned Book Club, available on the Palace app [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,70,1],"tags":[273,151,78],"class_list":["post-27409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebooks","category-blog","category-uncategorized","tag-announcement","tag-announcements","tag-ebooks"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":{"ID":26906,"id":26906,"title":"Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal","filename":"Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal.jpg","filesize":2034568,"url":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal.jpg","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/pro-site/events/webinars/banned-books-key-visual-hero_horziontal/","alt":"","author":"47","description":"","caption":"","name":"banned-books-key-visual-hero_horziontal","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":6906,"date":"2023-07-27 16:22:52","modified":"2023-07-27 16:22:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-includes/images/media/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Banned-Books-Key-Visual-HERO_Horziontal.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080}},"display_title":"The Banned Book Club now available for free nationwide!"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27409/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27383,"date":"2024-09-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27383"},"modified":"2024-09-26T13:12:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:12:49","slug":"dplas-corps-mission-providing-high-quality-expert-curated-open-access-collections-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/09/26/dplas-corps-mission-providing-high-quality-expert-curated-open-access-collections-for-all/","title":{"rendered":"DPLA\u0026#8217;s \u0026#8216;Corps\u0026#8217; Mission: Providing High-Quality, Expert-Curated, Open Access Collections for All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a guest post authored by DPLA Curation Corps Team Leader, Georgia Westbrook\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-5-1024x707.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27384\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-5-1024x707.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-5-300x207.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-5-768x530.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-5.png 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLibrarians and other information professionals are key to keeping the doors to knowledge – both in person and on the internet – open for all. That’s why DPLA created the Curation Corps, a group of 12 former and current librarians and information professionals who use their expertise across collection development, government documents, open educational resources, and cataloging (among many other areas!) to make more open access and public domain content available through the Palace Bookshelf. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince its founding almost 10 years ago, the Curation Corps has made over 23,000 titles available to the libraries and the public.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo make these resources available, the Curation Corps team members review book files for quality and content, carefully research titles and authors, and craft easy-to-read summaries about each book. Every resource on the Palace Bookshelf is vetted and selected based on its value and interest to readers: curating the records – selecting the best of the best – is a key role of the Corps. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Corps has reviewed variety of classic titles that are available for free on the\u003ca href=\"https://palacebookshelf.dp.la/palace_bookshelf\"\u003e Palace Bookshelf\u003c/a\u003e, including:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eMy Bondage and My Freedom, by Frederick Douglass\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eA Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eEthan Frome, by Edith Wharton\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wonderful World of Oz, by L. Frank Baum\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Palace Bookshelf also holds things you might not expect, like open textbooks, government documents published by DPLA, like the \u003ca href=\"https://palacebookshelf.dp.la/palace_bookshelf/book/https%3A%2F%2Fpalace-bookshelf-manager.dp.la%2FOB%2Fworks%2FURI%2Furn%3Auuid%3A835aa85d-eee6-4151-9a4c-9e566436bd65\"\u003eReport of Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election\u003c/a\u003e, and children’s books, including the entire \u003ca href=\"https://palacebookshelf.dp.la/palace_bookshelf/book/https%3A%2F%2Fpalace-bookshelf-manager.dp.la%2FOB%2Fworks%2FURI%2Furn%3Auuid%3A9027b868-2660-43d1-b2b2-9e4fc687be80\"\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c/a\u003e series.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-6-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27385\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-6-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-6-300x300.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-6-150x150.png 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-6-768x768.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-6.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause these books are available as a high-quality, librarian-curated collection, libraries can confidently integrate these titles into their own collections, free of charge. For libraries using The Palace Project, that integration is seamless and automatic. As of today, over 600 Palace libraries are integrating the Bookshelf into their collections.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral Curation Corps members have also supported other DPLA initiatives. For example, Matthew Davis leads work to support collection development for the Palace libraries acquiring content through the Palace Marketplace, our non-profit ebook and audiobook marketplace developed in consultation with libraries, for libraries. Jill Egan serves as lead curator for \u003ca href=\"https://www.thebannedbookclub.info/\"\u003eThe Banned Book Club\u003c/a\u003e, which makes ebook versions of banned books available to readers in locations across the United States where titles have been banned And Miriam Tulio leads a small team that reviews self-published titles in the \u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org\"\u003ePalace Marketplace\u003c/a\u003e Indie Catalog to make recommendations for libraries looking to add to their collections.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a personal note, I have to say that being a part of the Curation Corps is incredibly fulfilling work. As a former open educational resources librarian, I have seen firsthand how the cost of educational materials, especially textbooks, can increase the cost of higher education. The Curation Corps plays a part in addressing that problem through our work. Our efforts put more free public domain materials into the hands of people, which can lead to fresh art and innovation that makes the world a more interesting place.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd finally, I love knowing that we’re providing a well-reviewed and free collection that can be integrated into online offerings without any additional vetting on librarians and libraries; our community relies on the help of each other and the Curation Corps puts that ethos into practice.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-right\"\u003e\u0026#8211; Georgia Westbrook, \u003cem\u003eCuration Corps Team Leader\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe DPLA Curation Corps\u003c/strong\u003e is a group of librarians, information professionals and library graduate students who develop collections for the DPLA’s ebook projects including the \u003ca href=\"http://freebooks.dp.la/\"\u003ePalace Bookshelf\u003c/a\u003e, Open eBooks and \u003ca href=\"http://market.thepalaceproject.org/\"\u003ePalace Marketplace\u003c/a\u003e. DPLA relies on the expertise of the library community members who participate in the Curation Corps to create collections patrons will love. Learn more \u003ca href=\"https://ebooks.dp.la/curation-corps/\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a guest post authored by DPLA Curation Corps Team Leader, Georgia Westbrook. Librarians and other information professionals are key to keeping the doors to knowledge – both in person and on the internet – open for all. That’s why DPLA created the Curation Corps, a group of 12 former and current librarians and [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,95,70,1],"tags":[273,151,78],"class_list":["post-27383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebooks","category-guest","category-blog","category-uncategorized","tag-announcement","tag-announcements","tag-ebooks"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27383/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27394,"date":"2024-08-29T16:50:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27394"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:50:37","slug":"end-of-summer-update-from-dpla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/08/29/end-of-summer-update-from-dpla/","title":{"rendered":"End of Summer update from DPLA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cp\u003eDear friends of DPLA,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe’ve had a busy summer at DPLA, as we make the turn into fall I wanted to share an update on all the things that we’ve been up to.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt our Community + Open Board meeting in July, we shared an \u003ca href=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/July-8-DPLA-Board-update-8-Bridges.pptx.pdf\"\u003eupdate\u003c/a\u003e on our process for selecting a long-term home for our signature cultural heritage aggregation program. In the weeks since, we have chosen that new home and begun establishing the partnership that will anchor this important collaboration. We are thrilled with how this process has evolved and where we’re headed, and we are eager to share the official news. I’m confident that our new institutional partner will open up new opportunities for collaboration, curation and use of our collections. We expect to be able to announce the name of our partner in the fall.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eI’m also excited to share that DPLA will continue to host and support our cultural heritage aggregation work throughout 2025. We’ll maintain the work as we have in the past, and I’m optimistic that we will be able to offer expanded services, as well. Twenty twenty-five will be a transition year which we will use to collaboratively design with our partners how we fully launch in the new home in 2026. (You can read more about this search and selection process \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/about/a-new-home-for-americas-digital-heritage\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe’re also planning to bring back DPLAFest for the first time since before the pandemic. Among other things, we hope to use that time to plan the future together. We’ll share how you can be involved in planning and shaping our time together in the weeks to come.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere are some other things we’ve been up to:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt last month’s Community meeting, we also shared what we learned from a series of online meetings with library leaders to solicit their ideas of AI at their public libraries. After hosting a series of virtual round tables we’ve selected a small number of public libraries interested in partnering with us to conduct experiments over the next six months. Working with University of Washington professor \u003ca href=\"https://ischool.uw.edu/people/faculty/profile/bcgl\"\u003eBen Lee\u003c/a\u003e, we plan to share what we and our partners learn in the spring. (If you missed the session, you can watch it \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/DLRl3es2Q24\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.) \u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarlier this month we \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/groundbreaking-ebook-agreement\"\u003eannounced a groundbreaking agreement \u003c/a\u003ewith the Independent Publishers Group to empower libraries to purchase and own ebooks and audiobooks, just as they do with the books on their shelves. This was a group effort, involving our Palace partners Lyrasis, librarians, publishers, legal scholars and advocates from across the country, and I’m confident it’s a first step towards wider adoption of models that serve libraries and readers. (You can find coverage of the announcement in \u003ca href=\"https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/dpla-ipg-announce-new-ebook-ownership-model-for-libraries\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/95735-dpla-ipg-team-up-to-offer-libraries-an-e-book-ownership-option.html\"\u003ePublisher’s Weekly\u003c/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/dpla-digital-ownership\"\u003eLibrary Futures\u003c/a\u003e.)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe hosted a webinar series on Critical Approaches to Assessment, \u003ca href=\"https://pro.dp.la/events/workshops\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e, and co-hosted “\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/reflections-on-ala24\"\u003eEbook Friday\u003c/a\u003e” at the ALA Annual Conference in San Diego.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s been a productive summer, and we’ll have more to share about the fall in the weeks ahead, including a resumption of our Collaborating for Access series, new \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPlAf3Poag-sT4fhWbcE9xn9M47sSDjK_\"\u003eDPLA Book Talk\u003c/a\u003e and our plans for September’s \u003ca href=\"https://bannedbooksweek.org/\"\u003eBanned Book Week\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThank you all for your ongoing support and partnership\u0026#8211; we can’t do any of this without you.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHappy Labor Day,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn S. Bracken\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eExecutive Director, DPLA\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eDear friends of DPLA,\u0026nbsp; We’ve had a busy summer at DPLA, as we make the turn into fall I wanted to share an update on all the things that we’ve been up to. At our Community + Open Board meeting in July, we shared an update on our process for selecting a long-term home for [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[273,151,283,187,78,270],"class_list":["post-27394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-announcement","tag-announcements","tag-banned-book-club","tag-dplafest","tag-ebooks","tag-hub-network"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27394/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27356,"date":"2024-08-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27356"},"modified":"2024-08-13T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T18:30:20","slug":"groundbreaking-ebook-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/08/13/groundbreaking-ebook-agreement/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking Agreement Provides Libraries with Permanent Ownership Rights Over Tens of Thousands of Digital Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"256\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-2-1024x256.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27360\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-2-1024x256.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-2-300x75.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-2-768x192.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital Public Library of America and Independent Publishers Group have partnered to rewrite the future of providing ebooks to benefit libraries, authors and readers alike\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eChicago, August 13, 2024 \u0026#8211; The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Independent Publishers Group (IPG) have announced a groundbreaking agreement that will transform how American libraries provide access to books for millions of readers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough this landmark collaboration between IPG and DPLA, libraries around the country will now have the power to purchase and own in perpetuity, rather than merely license, tens of thousands of ebook and audiobook titles from dozens of independent publishers. The agreement will empower libraries to fulfill their mission to provide access to books for readers nationwide. Publishers such as Austin Macauley, Arcadia Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, Dover Publications and JMS Books, alongside dozens of other renowned indie publishers, are participating in the deal.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince the advent and spread of digital content, libraries have only been able to license ebooks and audiobooks from publishers and aggregators with no option to buy, trapping libraries in licensing agreements where they must spend more money for fewer books that they do not own. Instead of being spaces where readers can explore emerging authors or more uncommon works, libraries have been under pressure to focus on bestsellers and titles by big name authors that are in high demand. A growing number of library leaders recognized that having to rent ebooks and audiobooks prevented them from fulfilling their mission of collecting, preserving, and ensuring long-term access to books for all readers.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Most readers don\u0026#8217;t know that the thousands of libraries offering access to ebooks don\u0026#8217;t actually own that digital content themselves, the way they do the physical books on their shelves. That can limit libraries\u0026#8217; ability to preserve content, update the formats when needed, share the content with other libraries and transfer the content when they change systems. Libraries, which are already tragically underfunded and under-resourced, often have to license the books from publishers, too often at a high price,” said \u003cstrong\u003eDPLA Executive Director John S. Bracken\u003c/strong\u003e. “This groundbreaking agreement with IPG begins to change these practices. We\u0026#8217;re hopeful that more publishers will join us to make their books more accessible to readers everywhere.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow, libraries will be able to purchase books through the Palace Marketplace, a non-profit ebook and audiobook platform developed by The Palace Project in consultation with libraries, for libraries. The Palace Project provides libraries with tools and resources that allows patrons to access the broadest possible range of ebooks and audiobooks sourced from the widest variety of sources. Among the tens of thousands of books that are now available for libraries to own and lend out digitally are contemporary award-winning titles, like Leticia Aguilar’s spellbinding memoir \u003cem\u003eLeaving Patriarchy Behind\u003c/em\u003e, Michael Nicholson’s \u003cem\u003eThe Mosaic Escalator\u003c/em\u003e, a mind-bending adventure story nominated for the Best Fiction Book Award by the Golden Book Awards 2024, as well as classics like Elizabeth Bowen’s debut novel \u003cem\u003eThe Hotel\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-4-1024x781.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27366\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-4-1024x781.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-4-300x229.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-4-768x586.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-4.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#8220;At IPG, we have always supported libraries and the crucial role they play in providing access, facilitating discovery, and preserving books for the long term,” said \u003cstrong\u003eJoe Matthews, CEO of Independent Publishers Group\u003c/strong\u003e. “We are proud to help our publishers offer libraries terms that promote these important roles by including the option for libraries to own digital copies of the books they purchase.\u0026#8221;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“After more than 12 years explaining to policy makers and publishers why existing license models for ebooks prevent libraries from fulfilling their mandates, this agreement is a win that libraries, publishers and authors should celebrate together,” said \u003cstrong\u003eChristina de Castell, Chief Librarian \u0026amp; CEO of the Vancouver Public Library\u003c/strong\u003e. “Now, libraries will be able to take steps to share and preserve authors’ ebooks as we have always shared and preserved their print books. I hope this agreement is a model that leads other publishers towards more flexible licensing terms, so libraries can continue to be the home for our collective knowledge in our increasingly digital world.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Copyright\u0026#8217;s ‘first sale doctrine’ is important to readers and libraries for a number of reasons, not least of which is the way that it facilitates long-term preservation and access,” noted \u003cstrong\u003eLyrasis CEO John Wilkin\u003c/strong\u003e. “Licensing models have threatened this critical underpinning, which is needed for preservation of the cultural record. Lyrasis is excited to collaborate with DPLA and IPG in the creation of a model that will make preservation and access of digital content possible.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://ebooks.dp.la\"\u003ehttps://ebooks.dp.la\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003e###\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Independent Publishers Group (IPG):\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFounded in 1971, IPG was the first organization specifically created for the purpose of marketing titles from independent presses to the book trade. Today, IPG’s wide reach into the book market includes distribution of both print and e-books from a wide array of publishers, digital printing and traditional publishing. With consistent growth year over year, IPG’s success has come from supporting and encouraging the growth of its publishing partners in the United States and worldwide. IPG was acquired by Chicago Review Press in 1987, and this acquisition formed the parent company Chicago Review Press, Inc., which now owns Chicago-based indie publishers Chicago Review Press and Triumph Books. In October 2021, IPG acquired UK-based United Independent Distributors (UID) and its subsidiary companies Eurospan, Marston Book Services and Orca Book Services, extending IPG’s menu of services and global reach.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Digital Public Library of America:\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital Public Library of America (DPLA) amplifies the value of libraries and cultural organizations as trusted sources of shared knowledge. Founded in 2010 and launched as an independent organization in 2013, DPLA continues to fulfill its mission by collaborating with partners to accelerate the adoption of innovative tools and ideas to empower and equip libraries to make public information more accessible. DPLA’s ebook work is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. To learn more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.dp.la/\"\u003edp.la\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Palace Project\u003c/strong\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Palace Project was born of the belief that the public library is the digital center of knowledge and creativity for their community. A robust suite of content, services, and tools for the delivery of ebooks, audiobooks, and other digital media to benefit public libraries and their patrons, The Palace Project offers a seamless, easy-to-use system, including platform, content and mobile app, for libraries to engage directly with patrons and improve, enhance and expand the resources available to them. The Palace Project is supported by Lyrasis, in strategic partnership with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).\u003c/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTo learn more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://thepalaceproject.org\"\u003ethepalaceproject.org\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Lyrasis\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLyrasis is a community-focused, mission-driven nonprofit that partners with archives, libraries, museums and research communities to ensure enduring access to our shared academic, scientific and cultural heritage. Home to The Palace Project, BiblioBoard, the Indie Author Project, DSpace, ArchivesSpace and other community-supported programs, Lyrasis offers technologies and services to help knowledge professionals and collections-holding organizations worldwide foster collaboration, solve problems and build solutions to benefit the wider community. To learn more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.lyrasis.org\"\u003ewww.lyrasis.org\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDPLA’s ebook work is supported by \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://knightfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe John S. and James L. Knight Foundation\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.macfound.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMacArthur Foundation\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e and \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://sloan.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Alfred P. Sloan Foundation\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eDigital Public Library of America and Independent Publishers Group have partnered to rewrite the future of providing ebooks to benefit libraries, authors and readers alike Chicago, August 13, 2024 \u0026#8211; The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Independent Publishers Group (IPG) have announced a groundbreaking agreement that will transform how American libraries provide access [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"[]"},"categories":[221,70],"tags":[151,78],"class_list":["post-27356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebooks","category-blog","tag-announcements","tag-ebooks"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27356/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27326,"date":"2024-07-24T11:06:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27326"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:39:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:39:50","slug":"reflections-on-ala24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/07/24/reflections-on-ala24/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on ALA24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"403\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-1024x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27334\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-1024x403.jpg 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-300x118.jpg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-768x302.jpg 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-1536x605.jpg 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-2048x807.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLast month, I joined friends and colleagues from around the country at the American Library Association’s 2024 Annual Conference. Yet again, DPLA helped co-host the day-long ALA Ebook Interest Group meeting, now affectionately known as “\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/dpla-ala24-full-ebook-friday-schedule\"\u003eALA Ebook Friday\u003c/a\u003e.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eMy own day got off to a wild start. While surfing early that morning, I was stung in the foot by a stingray. After a quick trip to urgent care, I made it to the gathering just a few minutes late \u0026#8211; and am grateful to my co-host, Readers First\u0026#8217;s Michael Blackwell, for welcoming everyone and getting us started!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe had a packed and exciting agenda, through which a few critical themes emerged: \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe urgent and growing need for continued innovation regarding the terms on which libraries acquire digital content;\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eChallenges to the sustainability of maintaining robust collections, given problematic time-bound licenses; \u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003ePromising messaging from publishers on their willingness to work with libraries to find solutions that work for all; and,\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eExcitement about the \u003ca href=\"https://ebooks.dp.la/dpla-exchange/\"\u003ePalace Marketplace\u003c/a\u003e as a platform for innovation.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe need for libraries to own their digital collections was prominently highlighted throughout the day, most notably in updates provided by the \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/about/\"\u003eInternet Archive\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://www.libraryfutures.net/\"\u003eLibrary Futures\u003c/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https://briet.app/\"\u003eThe BRIET Project\u003c/a\u003e. It was echoed and underscored by a number of librarians, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.njstatelib.org/\"\u003eNew Jersey State Library\u003c/a\u003e\u0026#8216;s Michael Maziekien. Richard Williams from \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipgbook.com/\"\u003eIndependent Publishers Group\u003c/a\u003e (IPG) also previewed plans to make tens of thousands of IPG titles available for libraries to acquire and own through the Palace Marketplace. (More on that soon, so stay tuned!)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the conference, librarians talked about the struggles they face maintaining robust collections given the challenges presented by licenses that expire after a certain amount of time. These time-limited licenses were referred to as “Mission Impossible licenses,” since they expire after being read. Carmi Parker, a librarian and ILS administrator in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wcls.org/\"\u003eWhatcom County Library System\u003c/a\u003e and Robin Bradford, a collection development librarian with the \u003ca href=\"https://mypcls.org/\"\u003ePierce County Library System\u003c/a\u003e, presented data about how time-limited licenses negatively impact their collections, resulting library patrons losing access to older titles.\u0026nbsp;The high cost of licensing titles is restricting the breadth of titles available to library readers and lengthening hold times.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eI was encouraged, however,\u0026nbsp;by a number of conversations with a number of publishers who seemed increasingly willing to work with libraries to offer more reasonable and flexible licensing. For instance, many independent publishers, including, for example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/\"\u003eBlackstone Publishing\u003c/a\u003e, Everest Media, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dreamscapepublishing.com/\"\u003eDreamscape Media\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sagaegmont.com/\"\u003eSaga Egmont\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jms-books.com/\"\u003eJMS Books\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com/thomas-mercer.html\"\u003eThomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003c/a\u003e, and many more, are charging lower prices and offering more flexible terms, including perpetual one-at-a-time options, bundles of loans that do not expire until all the lends have been exhausted, and simultaneous multi-user options. I heard from some larger publishers a willingness to consider a wider set of licensing options, including small bundles of simultaneous use lends. We are all ultimately on the same team: team reading, and I’m cautiously optimistic that together we can find options that get more books into the hands of more readers.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-group\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2805-1-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27344\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2805-1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2805-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2805-1-768x577.jpg 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2805-1-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2805-1-2048x1539.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2806-1-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27343\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2806-1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2806-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2806-1-768x577.jpg 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2806-1-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2806-1-2048x1539.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003csup\u003eLibrarians just want to have fun! After the Ebook Friday sessions, we gathered at San Diego\u0026#8217;s Fairweather Rooftop Bar for Happy Hour, co-sponsored by DPLA/The Palace Project, Ingram and Unlimited Listens. (Photos Courtesy of Micah May)\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLastly, it was gratifying to hear \u003ca href=\"https://thepalaceproject.org/\"\u003eThe Palace Project\u003c/a\u003e mentioned frequently as a platform that best enables libraries to innovate. Librarians talked about how Palace lets them bring disparate collections together and unify the user experience. Selectors discussed the importance of some of the alternative licensing options available through Palace, such as unlimited simultaneous multi-user access. Independent publishers, such as Anne Fonteneau from \u003ca href=\"https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/\"\u003eBlackstone Publishing\u003c/a\u003e and Elham Ali from \u003ca href=\"https://ecwpress.com/\"\u003eECW Press\u003c/a\u003e, shared their enthusiasm for the ways in which Palace, our collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/Main.aspx\"\u003eLyrasis\u003c/a\u003e, has helped them bring new offerings to the library market.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eI left San Diego confident that Palace is coming into its own as a flexible platform that allows library-driven innovation.\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eLast month, I joined friends and colleagues from around the country at the American Library Association’s 2024 Annual Conference. Yet again, DPLA helped co-host the day-long ALA Ebook Interest Group meeting, now affectionately known as “ALA Ebook Friday.” My own day got off to a wild start. While surfing early that morning, I was stung [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,93,70,122],"tags":[273,151,78,271],"class_list":["post-27326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebooks","category-events","category-blog","category-staff","tag-announcement","tag-announcements","tag-ebooks","tag-events"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":{"ID":27334,"id":27334,"title":"Ebook_Friday_ALA24","filename":"IMG_2800-scaled.jpg","filesize":388485,"url":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-scaled.jpg","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/07/24/reflections-on-ala24/img_2800/","alt":"","author":"55","description":"","caption":"","name":"img_2800","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":27326,"date":"2024-07-24 15:03:43","modified":"2024-07-24 15:06:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-includes/images/media/default.png","width":2560,"height":1008,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-300x118.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":118,"medium_large":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-768x302.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":302,"large":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-1024x403.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":403,"1536x1536":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-1536x605.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":605,"2048x2048":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2800-2048x807.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":807}},"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27326/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27313,"date":"2024-06-28T13:33:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T17:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27313"},"modified":"2024-06-28T13:41:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T17:41:53","slug":"join-us-open-board-community-meeting-july-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/06/28/join-us-open-board-community-meeting-july-8/","title":{"rendered":"Join us! Open Board + Community Meeting July 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-2-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27310\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-2-1024x512.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-2-300x150.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-2-768x384.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-2-1536x768.png 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eJoin DPLA on Monday, July 8 at 2 PM ET for an \u003ca href=\"https://dpla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RDzFIEkFQd2rCpNASyOXAg#/\"\u003eOpen Board + Community Meeting.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe will be joined by Benjamin Lee of the University of Washington’s Information School and Meaghan O’Connor of DC Public Library for a conversation on what we’ve heard through a series of conversations this spring with library leaders about the challenges and opportunities of AI in libraries.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe’ll also share what we are up to this summer, including the launch of the \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/introducing-the-banned-book-of-the-week\"\u003eBanned Book of the Week Campaign\u003c/a\u003e, our \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/practical-approaches-to-reparative-description-a-workshop-series-with-wide-appeal\"\u003ePractical Approaches to Reparative Description\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/dpla-outreach-assessment-working-group-launches-assessment-workshop-series-this-summer\"\u003eResourcefully Assessing: Critical Approaches to Assessment\u003c/a\u003e workshop series, and our work to select a vibrant and durable home for our cultural heritage aggregation program.We hope to see you there! Please register via \u003ca href=\"https://dpla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RDzFIEkFQd2rCpNASyOXAg#/\"\u003eZoom\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eJoin DPLA on Monday, July 8 at 2 PM ET for an Open Board + Community Meeting. We will be joined by Benjamin Lee of the University of Washington’s Information School and Meaghan O’Connor of DC Public Library for a conversation on what we’ve heard through a series of conversations this spring with library leaders [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[151,271],"class_list":["post-27313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-board","tag-announcements","tag-events"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27313/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27304,"date":"2024-06-26T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T18:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27304"},"modified":"2024-06-27T13:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T17:26:14","slug":"dpla-ala24-full-ebook-friday-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/06/26/dpla-ala24-full-ebook-friday-schedule/","title":{"rendered":"DPLA @ ALA24: Full \u0026#8220;Ebook Friday\u0026#8221; Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"123\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-1-1024x123.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27306\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-1-1024x123.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-1-300x36.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-1-768x92.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-1-1536x184.png 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-1-2048x245.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDPLA is in San Diego this week for the 2024 ALA Annual Conference \u0026amp; Exhibition. Here\u0026#8217;s where you can find us:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eEbooks Interest Group Meeting\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFriday, June 28, 2024 \u0026#8211; 10am-2pm PST\u003c/strong\u003e | \u003cstrong\u003eHilton Bayfront,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eSapphire Ballroom\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePresented by CORE\u0026nbsp;ALA\u0026nbsp;Ebooks Interest Group, ReadersFirst, and DPLA\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003eReception to follow (see below for details)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eALA\u0026#8217;s Core Ebooks Interest Group will host our 6th Annual “Ebook Friday.” Hosted by\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eReaders First\u003c/em\u003e’s Michael Blackwell and DPLA’s Micah May, Ebook Friday invites leaders in the library digital content ecosystem to present projects, discuss trends, and consider possible advocacy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone with an interest in a better library digital content experience is welcome and encouraged to attend this exploration of the challenges libraries face in meeting increasing demand sustainably.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are at the\u0026nbsp;ALA\u0026nbsp;Conference, please join us. \u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eThe event is free and open to all.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALA\u0026nbsp;Ebook Friday Schedule\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10:00 \u0026#8211; 10:05: Welcome\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Blackwell,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eReaders First\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eMicah May,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eDigital Public Library of America\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10:05 \u0026#8211; 10:20:\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eReaders First\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ePublisher Price Watch and Publisher Studies\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;with Carmi Parker,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eWhatcom Library System\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10:20 \u0026#8211; 10:40: COSLA Update\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003ewith Angela Stanley,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eGeorgia Public Library Service\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10:40 \u0026#8211; 11:00: State Library Ebook Legislative Update\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;with Kyle Courtney,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eEbook Study Group\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11:00 \u0026#8211; 11:30: CDL and Internet Archive Update\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChris Freeland, Director of Open Libraries,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eInternet Archive\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eLila Bailey, Senior Policy Counsel,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eInternet Archive\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eBrewster Kahle, Founder and Director,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eInternet Archive\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eJoe Gratz, Partner,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eMorrison \u0026amp; Forester\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11:30 \u0026#8211; 11:45: Library Futures Advocacy Updates\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJennie Rose Halperin,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eLibrary Futures\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eMichelle Reed,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eLibrary Futures\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11:45 \u0026#8211; 11:50: The BRIET Project\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;with Maria Bustillos,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eBrick House\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11:50 \u0026#8211; 12:00: Group Discussion \u0026#8211; Ownership of Ebooks\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12:00 \u0026#8211; 12:15: Break\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12:15 \u0026#8211; 12:30: Books Unbanned Update\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;with Amy Mikel and\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eBanned Book Club\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;with Micah May\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12:30 \u0026#8211; 12:50: Meeting the Challenge with Variable Hold Queues and other strategies\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarmi Parker,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eWhatcom Library System\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eRobin Bradford,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003ePierce County Library System\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eMicah May,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eDPLA\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12:50 \u0026#8211; 1:00:\u0026nbsp;Palace Project Update\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;with Michael Atwood\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1:00 \u0026#8211; 1:50:\u0026nbsp;Indie Publishers Summit Follow-up\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Indie Publisher Ebook Experience and Experiments\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;with Claire Kelley,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eSeven Stories Press\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe School Market Experience\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;with Rachel Zugschwert,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eLerner Publishing Group\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Panel Discussion\u003c/strong\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnne Fonteneau,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eBlackstone Publishing\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Williams,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eIndependent Publishers Group\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003eDaniel O’ Brien,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eIndependent Publishes Caucus\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1:50 \u0026#8211; 2:00: Q\u0026amp;A and Wrap-Up\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eReception follows at 2:30p\u003c/em\u003em (\u003cem\u003esee below for details)\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLibrary Insights Summit: Exploring Ebook Opportunities and Challenges\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFriday, June 23, 1:00 -1:50pm PST | San Diego Convention Center, \u003cem\u003eRoom 6F\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis panel is part of a ticketed event: Library Insights Summit: Connecting Publishers \u0026amp; Librarians\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe library eBook landscape has been evolving over the past decade, and libraries saw strong interest in digital content including ebooks and audiobooks during the pandemic. In this session, a librarian, digital aggregator, and publisher will discuss lending models, libraries’ challenges to meet patron demand with their budgets, and ways to increase transparency in data—with the goal of increasing collaboration between librarians and publishers directly.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeakers\u003c/strong\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlan Inouye\u003c/strong\u003e, Sr. Director, Public Policy \u0026amp; Government Relations, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Library Association\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSkip Dye\u003c/strong\u003e, Public Policy and SVP, Library Sales and Digital Strategy, \u003cem\u003eRandom House\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Bracken\u003c/strong\u003e, Executive Director, \u003cem\u003eDigital Public Library of America / Banned Book Club\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Burleigh\u003c/strong\u003e, Director, Corporate Outreach \u0026amp; Development, \u003cem\u003eOverDrive\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEbook Friday Reception\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFriday, June 23, 2:30 \u0026#8211; 4:30pm PST\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;| \u003ca href=\"https://www.fairweatherbar.com/?mc_cid=f9b8b14793\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFairweather Rooftop Bar\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e: \u003cem\u003e793 J Street, San Diego, CA 92101\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us to celebrate Ebook Friday at\u0026nbsp;ALA24 with free snacks and drinks!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFood sponsored by Ingram, drinks courtesy of DPLA/The Palace Project and Unlimited Listens\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.709138,-117.157579\u0026amp;z=14\u0026amp;t=m\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;gl=US\u0026amp;mapclient=apiv3\u0026amp;mc_cid=f9b8b14793\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\"\u003e\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://mcusercontent.com/e1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4/images/73282db1-a0f9-30e7-04c4-bbd7034d5e65.png\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://mcusercontent.com/e1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4/images/7885405c-a7be-6824-345f-bbd546a892c9.png\" alt=\"The Palace Project logo\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout ALA24, stop by the \u003cstrong\u003eLyrasis Booth #914\u003c/strong\u003e to find out more about The Palace Project!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eDPLA is in San Diego this week for the 2024 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition. Here is where you can find us.\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,93,70],"tags":[273,151,271],"class_list":["post-27304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dpla-updates","category-events","category-blog","tag-announcement","tag-announcements","tag-events"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27304/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27282,"date":"2024-06-05T12:33:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T16:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27282"},"modified":"2024-06-26T14:36:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T18:36:55","slug":"dpla-will-be-at-ala-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/06/05/dpla-will-be-at-ala-2024/","title":{"rendered":"DPLA will be at ALA 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cp\u003eDPLA will be at the ALA Annual Conference in San Diego later this month \u0026#8211; and we hope to see you there. You can find us throughout the conference on various panel discussions, at the Ebook Friday Reception at the Fairweather Bar and talking with libraries and publishers about The Palace Project with our partners from Lyrasis at their booth, #914.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere’s what we have on tap for ALA24:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://annual2024.eventscribe.net/agenda.asp?pfp=FullSchedule\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEbooks Interest Group Meeting\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, aka \u0026#8220;Ebook Friday,\u0026#8221; join DPLA Director of Ebook Services Micah May and Michael Blackwell of \u003cem\u003eReaders First\u003c/em\u003e for a day of curated conversation about library digital service. \u003cstrong\u003eWhere:\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eHilton Bayside, Sapphire Room.\u003c/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWhen:\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eFriday, June 28, 10:00am–2:00pm PST.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://2024.alaannual.org/2024-library-insights-summit\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLibrary Insights Summit\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e: DPLA Executive Director John Bracken will join a panel to discuss “Exploring eBook Opportunities and Challenges.” \u003cstrong\u003eWhere:\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSan Diego Convention Center, Room 6F.\u003c/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWhen:\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eFriday, June 28, 1:00–1:50 pm PST\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEbook Friday Reception,\u003c/strong\u003e with free snacks brought to you by our friends at Ingram and complimentary drinks courtesy of DPLA/The Palace Project and Unlimited Listens. \u003cstrong\u003eWhere:\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eFairweather Rooftop Bar.\u003c/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWhen:\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eFriday, June 28, 2:30–4:30pm PST\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, our partners at Lyrasis are part of a panel, \u003ca href=\"https://annual2024.eventscribe.net/agenda.asp?pfp=FullSchedule\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot by the eBook: Increased Access and Alternative Licensing\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, on Sunday, June 30,\u0026nbsp;from 9:00am–10:00am PST.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore details to come. In the meantime, drop a line and let us know if you’ll be in town for ALA24\u0026#8211; we’d love to see you!\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eDPLA will be at the ALA Annual Conference in San Diego later this month and we hope to see you there.\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,70],"tags":[151,78,271],"class_list":["post-27282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dpla-updates","category-blog","tag-announcements","tag-ebooks","tag-events"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27282/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":27227,"date":"2024-05-31T12:09:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T16:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=27227"},"modified":"2024-06-26T14:38:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T18:38:10","slug":"an-update-on-our-process-and-progress-and-a-look-at-our-amazing-advisors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/2024/05/31/an-update-on-our-process-and-progress-and-a-look-at-our-amazing-advisors/","title":{"rendered":"An update on our process and progress, and a look at our amazing advisors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Towards-a-New-Digital-Home-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27166\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Towards-a-New-Digital-Home-1024x512.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Towards-a-New-Digital-Home-300x150.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Towards-a-New-Digital-Home-768x384.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Towards-a-New-Digital-Home-1536x768.png 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Towards-a-New-Digital-Home.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eEarlier this spring we\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/towards-a-new-fund-and-home-for-americas-digital-heritage\"\u003eshared\u003c/a\u003e our plans to find a durable home for our cultural heritage aggregation program supported by a collaborative new fund that we are in the process of raising. I’m excited to share that we received several strong responses to \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/applications-open-now-a-new-home-for-americas-digital-heritage\"\u003eour request\u003c/a\u003e for expressions of interest. Last week we invited five of those applicants to respond to a detailed request for proposals by June 11th. (The RFP asks for 17 questions of the applicants, we have posted them \u003ca href=\"http://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DPLA-Request-for-Proposals_-Cultural-Heritage-Aggregation-Program-Leadership.pdf\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e along with additional background on the project.)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo help us evaluate these applications we’ve invited a committee of 13, and their names are below. We are so thankful for their willingness to be part of this important process with us. We expect that the DPLA board will make the final decision on what new home is selected in July, followed by an announcement sometime after that.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eI also wanted to share the output of the program assessment that Sarah Lutman led us through over the past few months. As you’ll see, it was the process of conducting \u003ca href=\"http://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DPLA-FInal-Report_May-3-2024.pdf\"\u003ethat assessment\u003c/a\u003e that helped land us in the decision to launch the search for a new home.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eMeet the Steering Committee members:\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AnnHanlon_1-edited-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27235 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AnnHanlon_1-edited-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AnnHanlon_1-edited-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AnnHanlon_1-edited-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AnnHanlon_1-edited-768x769.jpeg 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AnnHanlon_1-edited.jpeg 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnn Hanlon\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHead of Digital Collections and Initiatives\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRecollection Wisconsin\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lucas-Hernandez-edited-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27240 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lucas-Hernandez-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lucas-Hernandez-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lucas-Hernandez-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lucas-Hernandez-edited-768x769.jpg 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lucas-Hernandez-edited.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucas Hernandez\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirector, Digital Skills\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMicrosoft\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ameka-BRadley-Hobbs-e1717082858999-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27273 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ameka-BRadley-Hobbs-e1717082858999-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ameka-BRadley-Hobbs-e1717082858999-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ameka-BRadley-Hobbs-e1717082858999.jpeg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTameka Hobbs\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLibrary and Cultural Center Library Regional Manager\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfrican-American Research\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Martin-Kalfatovic-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27233 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Martin-Kalfatovic-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Martin-Kalfatovic-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Martin-Kalfatovic.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Kalfatovic\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirector\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIIIF Consortium\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LeeBen200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27280 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LeeBen200-1.jpg 200w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LeeBen200-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Lee\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAssistant Professor\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUniversity of Washington\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jennifer_8._Lee_Portrait_2017_2_cropped-e1717082746752-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27271 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jennifer_8._Lee_Portrait_2017_2_cropped-e1717082746752-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jennifer_8._Lee_Portrait_2017_2_cropped-e1717082746752-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jennifer_8._Lee_Portrait_2017_2_cropped-e1717082746752-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jennifer_8._Lee_Portrait_2017_2_cropped-e1717082746752-768x768.jpg 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jennifer_8._Lee_Portrait_2017_2_cropped-e1717082746752.jpg 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer 8. Lee\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eCo-founder\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlympton\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Nicco-Mele-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27270 size-thumbnail\"/\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicco Mele\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eVenture Partner\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDraper Richards Kaplan\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mauricio-palma-2023-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27269 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mauricio-palma-2023-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mauricio-palma-2023-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mauricio-palma-2023.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMauricio Palma\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirector of Community Building\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilicon Valley Community Foundation\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rowell-chelcie-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27268 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rowell-chelcie-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rowell-chelcie-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rowell-chelcie.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChelcie Rowell\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAssociate Head of Digital Collections Discovery\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarvard 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srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Julie-Walker-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Julie-Walker-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Julie-Walker-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Julie-Walker-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Julie-Walker-edited.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulie Walker\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eState Librarian \u0026amp; Vice Chancellor for Libraries and Archives\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eState Library of Georgia\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% 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the \u0026#8216;Banned Book of the Week\u0026#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eOur award-winning Banned Book Club will continue to highlight brilliant and beautiful works being taken off library shelves\u003c/h4\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"http://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bannedbook_clio-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27187\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bannedbook_clio-1024x724.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bannedbook_clio-300x212.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bannedbook_clio-768x543.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bannedbook_clio.png 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLast July, DPLA \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/dpla-launches-the-banned-book-club-to-ensure-access-to-banned-books\"\u003elaunched\u003c/a\u003e the Banned Book Club to ensure that all readers have access to the books they want to read. \u003ca href=\"http://www.thebannedbookclub.info/\"\u003eThe Banned Book Club\u003c/a\u003e allows readers in communities directly affected by book bans to access books that have been removed from library shelves for free via the Palace e-reader app (which you can \u003ca href=\"https://thepalaceproject.org/app/\"\u003edownload here\u003c/a\u003e!).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the PLA 2024 Conference in Columbus, Ohio, last month, DPLA convened leaders and representatives of libraries that are pushing back against book bans for a panel entitled, “Unbannable: How Libraries Are Ensuring Access to Banned Books.” You can \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/unbannable-how-libraries-are-ensuring-access-to-banned-books\"\u003eread about the session here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe recently welcomed 17 new locations across 11 states (Alaska, California, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin) to the Banned Book Club, along with adding more than 400 newly banned titles to our collection. Indeed, these are inglorious updates. We were dismayed that the rate of book banning is not slowing down; rather, it is accelerating, with even more books removed from library shelves across the country in the past three months than in the prior quarter.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe at DPLA are so grateful to the dedicated librarians who serve on our Curation Corps team and assist DPLA with a wide variety of curatorial duties. We would particularly like to thank and congratulate \u003cstrong\u003eJill Egan\u003c/strong\u003e, a school librarian and member of the DPLA Curation Corps, who has taken on the role of lead curator for the Banned Book Club. We are indebted to her and so appreciate her hard work to keep the Banned Book Club up-to-date.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn reviewing the newly banned books, Jill observed, “The books on this list have informed, enriched and affected the minds of countless readers. As a school librarian, it concerns me greatly that young people might be denied appropriate opportunities for that experience. I was also surprised to see that many of the recent additions are titles that have been in collections for decades, by canonical authors such as Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O’Connor, James Joyce, William Faulkner and others. Providing digital access to these classics is necessary to preserve our cultural history.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome of the classic titles we were dismayed to see banned in the past few months include:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003c/em\u003e by William Faulkner\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eCatch-22\u003c/em\u003e by Joseph Heller\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c/em\u003e by Ernest Hemingway\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c/em\u003e by Aldous Huxley\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAtlas Shrugged\u003c/em\u003e by Ayn Rand\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eOf Mice and Men\u003c/em\u003e by John Steinbeck\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c/em\u003e by James Joyce\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Good Man is Hard to Find And Other Stories\u003c/em\u003e by Flannery O\u0026#8217;Connor\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"192\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-12-1024x192.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27243\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-12-1024x192.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-12-300x56.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-12-768x144.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-12-1536x288.png 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-12.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiriam Tuliao\u003c/strong\u003e, who is also a member and co-leader of the DPLA Curation Corps, has also been helping Jill with this work and she added “Ensuring access to these titles gives full meaning to the freedom to read and promotes discovery, learning, and connection.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on our analysis of data provided by PEN America, the Top Ten most frequently banned books in the United States are:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003col class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/5886167\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGender Queer: A Memoir\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e by Maia Kobabe\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/4260936\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e by Toni Morrison\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/3380040\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll Boys Aren\u0026#8217;t Blue: A Memoir Manifesto\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e by George M. Johnson\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/3261546\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMe and Earl and the Dying Girl\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e by Jesse Andrews\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/5099015\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOut of Darkness\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e by Ashley Hope Perez\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/65695\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrank\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e by Ellen Hopkins\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/192261\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e by Sherman Alexie\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/1676073\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Perks of Being a Wallflower\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e by Stephen Chbosky\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/4277299\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThirteen Reasons Why\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e by Jay Asher\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out\u003c/em\u003e by Susan Kuklin\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs ever, we are grateful to \u003ca href=\"https://pen.org/user/tasslyn-magnusson/\"\u003eDr. Tasslyn Magnusson\u003c/a\u003e, and to PEN America and Everylibrary. Dr. Magnusson’s work tracking book bans makes the Banned Book Club possible.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“At DPLA, our mission is to ensure access to knowledge for all and we believe in the power of technology to further that access,” notes \u003cstrong\u003eJohn S. Bracken\u003c/strong\u003e, DPLA’s executive director. “Today book bans are one of the greatest threats to our freedom, and we have created the Banned Book Club to leverage the dual powers of libraries and digital technology to ensure that every American can access the books they want to read.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eAccolades for Action\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-10-1015x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27223\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-10-1015x1024.png 1015w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-10-297x300.png 297w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-10-150x150.png 150w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-10-768x775.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-10.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" /\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFCB Chicago\u0026#8217;s Head of Design Michele Morales (left) and DPLA Executive Director John S. Bracken (right) receive The One Show\u0026#8217;s inaugural Best of Non-Profit award for the Banned Book Club in New York City in May 2024. \u003c/em\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"410\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-11-1024x410.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27224\" style=\"width:348px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-11-1024x410.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-11-300x120.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-11-768x308.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-11-1536x616.png 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-11.png 1916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecently, DPLA and our Banned Book Club partners at \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcb.com/where-we-are/fcb-chicago\"\u003eFCB Chicago\u003c/a\u003e have been recognized for our efforts to put banned books back on library shelves (virtually, of course) by garnering high honors from both the \u003ca href=\"https://clios.com/awards/winner/creative-use-of-data/digital-public-library-of-america/banned-book-club-521526\"\u003eClio Awards\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://www.oneclub.org/theoneshow/showcase/2024/-item/54396\"\u003eThe One Club for Creativity\u003c/a\u003e. Our launch campaign was recognized as a Clio Gold Winner for Creative Use of Data and took home a dozen awards at The One Show this month, including the first-ever Best of Non-Profit award and the Fusion Pencil. The awards we received, and the warm reactions from the audience of designers and advertisers to remarks by John Bracken and the amazing FCB team, including \u003cstrong\u003eMichele Morales\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAADFlBsBjQE6sCbzOtAHDHw-J9Bgb2cZW68\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrés Ordóñez\u003c/strong\u003e, have been a manifest appreciation for the work that librarians are doing across the country everyday to ensure access to information to all.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eThe Banned Book of the Week Campaign\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BBotW_SeparateIsNeverEqual-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27195\" style=\"width:154px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BBotW_SeparateIsNeverEqual-819x1024.png 819w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BBotW_SeparateIsNeverEqual-240x300.png 240w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BBotW_SeparateIsNeverEqual-768x960.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BBotW_SeparateIsNeverEqual.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmid both expanding censorship and energizing celebrations, DPLA is excited to announce our new #BannedBookClub social media series, which will launch next week, with new posts coming out every Wednesday on DPLA’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/digpublib/\"\u003eInstagram\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/digitalpubliclibraryofamerica/\"\u003eFacebook\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/digpublib\"\u003eLinkedIn\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/dpla\"\u003eTwitter\u003c/a\u003e feeds. Jill, Miriam and other members of our Curation Corps will select the featured titles. We hope you’ll like and share the posts, and add your own favorites to the threads.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBanning books is a threat, not only to our collective knowledge, curiosity and intellectual growth as a society, but to the very concepts of free speech and democracy. 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Assessment Working Group launches assessment workshop series this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u003cp\u003eOn the heels of our highly successful \u003ca href=\"https://dp.la/news/practical-approaches-to-reparative-description-a-workshop-series-with-wide-appeal\"\u003ereparative description workshop series\u003c/a\u003e, brought to you by the Metadata and Rights Statements working groups, the \u003ca href=\"https://pro.dp.la/hubs/dpla-working-groups\"\u003eOutreach \u0026amp; Assessment Working Group\u003c/a\u003e is proud to announce\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eResourcefully Assessing: Critical Approaches to Assessment\u003c/strong\u003e, an event series focused on various assessment frameworks and tools used in education, digital collections, and cultural heritage work.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis series will cover topics ranging from assessing quality in Open Education Resources (OERs), to measuring use and re-use of digital objects, to assessing and telling stories impact of outreach efforts themselves.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-9-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27215\" srcset=\"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-9-1024x576.png 1024w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-9-300x169.png 300w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-9-768x432.png 768w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-9-1536x864.png 1536w, https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-9.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eJoin any or all of these sessions to learn more from invited OER design experts, IMLS-funded researchers, and the DPLA community at large.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eQuality Indicators for Open Educational Resources (OER)\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eThursday, June 13, 2024, at 1p ET\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us for our first event in the Resourcefully Assessing: Critical Approaches to Assessment Series, hosted by the Outreach \u0026amp; Assessment working group. This series will explore a variety of assessment strategies for different resource and collection types. In this coffee chat, Joanna Schimizzi will discuss quality indicators for Open Educational Resources (OER). We’ll share example resources, rubrics, and templates that support you in finding and evaluating OER, with a focus on primary source sets. Part of the conversation will of course focus on student needs and on the opportunity to customize and localize resources to build robust sets of work. Please also view the recording of Joanna\u0026#8217;s previous DPLA webinar, \u0026#8220;\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/uNFQj3_8rKc?si=yqcVzRil46XAzbrd\"\u003eTeaching and Learning with DPLA Resources\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026#8221;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003ePresenters:\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoanna Schimizzi\u003c/strong\u003e is a Biology teacher in North Carolina and a Professional Learning Specialist with ISKME. While getting her Master’s in Education from Northeastern University, she became extremely interested in classroom culture and student identity. This led her to work with ISKME and OER Commons to support educators in finding Open Educational Resources (OER) so that resources can be modified and remixed to include a wider variety of perspectives and experiences. Joanna is mom to two boys and lives with her husband in a little town outside of Charlotte, NC.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://dpla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QuhihGNWT2OXnp29ExB26g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003ePlease register here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eWikimedia Metrics and Tools\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eThursday, July 18, 2024, at 1p ET\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlease join the DPLA Wikimedia Working Group (WWG) for an overview of metrics and tracking tools across Wikimedia Platforms. Together we will look at metrics and tools from across Wikimedia while offering advice for institutions currently involved in, or looking to get involved in the DPLA Wikimedia Pipeline, and related Wikipedia work and editing. The presentation will cover pipeline metrics, the Wikimedia events dashboard and using it for event/edit tracking, article assessment tools, and tools on Wikimedia Commons. Additionally, we will briefly discuss new WMF tools that are being developed. Attendees will hear from individuals and institutions with first hand experience with these tools, and will offer insight and advice on how to best utilize them for your personal or institutional editing and content goals. We will close the session with time for Q\u0026amp;A and discussion.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003ePresenters:\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJamie Flood\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eSenior Wikipedian and Outreach Specialist, USDA National Agricultural Library\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGiovanna Fontenelle\u003c/strong\u003e, Program Officer, Culture \u0026amp; Heritage, Wikimedia Foundation\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvan Robb\u003c/strong\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003eDigital Repository Librarian, Northwest Digital Heritage, Washington State Library\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://dpla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QhQNESjQQG-0hb5zx1PBLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003ePlease register here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eD-CRAFT Toolkit — assessing use \u0026amp; reuse of digital collections\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eThursday, August 8, 2024, at 1p ET\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us to learn more about D-CRAFT (Digital Content Reuse Assessment Framework Toolkit)! Anyone working with digital collections at galleries, libraries, archives, museums, or repositories may find this session useful.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree members of the \u003ca href=\"https://reuse.diglib.org/project-team/\"\u003eD-CRAFT project team\u003c/a\u003e will share project history and introduce \u003ca href=\"https://reuse.diglib.org/toolkit/\"\u003ethe toolkit\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003ePresenters:\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRanti Junus\u003c/strong\u003e, Systems Librarian, Electronic Resources, Michigan State University\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAyla Stein Kenfield\u003c/strong\u003e, Repository Services Librarian \u0026amp; Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSanti Thompson\u003c/strong\u003e, Eva Digital Research Endowed Library Professor, University of Houston\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://dpla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ANgmT9WkTEiMzQLDfmjROw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003ePlease register here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eOn the heels of our highly successful reparative description workshop series, brought to you by the Metadata and Rights Statements working groups, the Outreach \u0026amp; Assessment Working Group is proud to announce\u0026nbsp;Resourcefully Assessing: Critical Approaches to Assessment, an event series focused on various assessment frameworks and tools used in education, digital collections, and cultural heritage [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,209],"tags":[151,286,271],"class_list":["post-27203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-workshops","tag-announcements","tag-assessment","tag-events"],"acf":{"summary":"","color":"","illustration":false,"display_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=27203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/27203/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=27203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=27203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=27203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}}],"pageItem":{"ID":6894,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2024-08-12 15:40:09","post_date_gmt":"2018-01-12 23:36:26","post_content":"","post_title":"News","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"news-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-08-12 15:40:09","post_modified_gmt":"2024-08-12 19:40:09","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http://dpla.wpengine.com/?p=6894","menu_order":20,"post_type":"nav_menu_item","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw","db_id":6894,"menu_item_parent":"0","object_id":"6894","object":"custom","type":"custom","type_label":"Custom Link","title":"News","url":"https://dpla.wpengine.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6881","target":"","attr_title":"","description":"","classes":[""],"xfn":""},"currentPage":1,"newsCount":1106,"currentTag":"","newsPageCount":56,"keywords":"","author":"","_sentryTraceData":"0288f472f706c9e5e8e2a43a6a91bcea-3c82b7f0073c938d-1","_sentryBaggage":"sentry-environment=production,sentry-public_key=9a96f55c94d9e0f332251d903fbb60aa,sentry-trace_id=0288f472f706c9e5e8e2a43a6a91bcea,sentry-sample_rate=1,sentry-transaction=GET%20%2Fnews,sentry-sampled=true"},"__N_SSP":true},"page":"/news","query":{},"buildId":"x3uMrw2AHJ7QGw2CpxybP","isFallback":false,"gssp":true,"customServer":true,"scriptLoader":[]}</script></body></html>