What do librarians REALLY want from publishers, and how can smaller and independent publishers create a better ecosystem? In our sixth Collaborating for Access webinar, COSLA, DPLA, and ReadersFirst are partnering with the Independent Publisher Caucus, to bring together librarians and smaller and independent publishers...
Book bans in schools and libraries are on the rise. Last school year, more than 850 individual titles were impacted by censorship efforts of local groups and state decision-makers. How can educators and students navigate censorship in their communities? National Council for History Education (NCHE)...
2023 Theme: Checking In: Responding To & Inspiring Change Over the last few years, the world has changed in big ways. Sometimes we have been at the forefront, fighting for change, but other times we’ve been carried in the wake of changes we could not...
DPLA's next Open Board + Community meeting, which will include an update on their strategic visioning process, will be held on Monday, October 16, at 2p ET. Please register here.
Join the newly-formed DPLA Hub Network Curation Task Force for an informal chat about their work, including creating best practice guidelines for creating digital exhibits.
In this DPLA Network Coffee Chat, representatives from the Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML), Ohio Digital Network, and DPLA will discuss their recent collaboration to share over 350,000 images from CML’s digital collections to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia in July. In the first two months, these...
Are you “hungry” for resources that will inspire rich discussion in your classes? Join the DPLA Outreach & Assessment Working Group and Joanna to explore the Primary Source Sets from DPLA, including this example – “Feeding the Hungry with Food Stamp Programs.” In this session,...
Call for Papers The Digital Humanities Utah Executive Committee invites proposals for presentations at DHU8 (February 23–24, 2024). DHU8 will take place in person only at Marriott Library, University of Utah. Proposals are due by November 1, 2023. Submit a Proposal General CFP DHU invites submissions for...
The MWDL Governing Body (current roster) will meet virtually on Friday, November 3 at 10 AM Mountain/9 AM Pacific. The meeting agenda includes: Welcome new members (Emily, All) New Governing Body Guidelines review (Emily) Director update on activities (Teresa) GB decides which folks will roll...
The DLF Forum, Learn@DLF, and NDSA’s Digital Preservation are multi-day experiences for learning, networking, and skill-building seeking to inspire and connect a community of digital library, museum, archives, and cultural heritage practitioners. Conference program now available. Early bird registration ends August 15.
In 2022-2023, the DPLA Metadata Working Group analyzed metadata guidelines and best practices across hubs, summarizing them in the Metadata Best Practices Report. The Report included a list of recommendations, which was then distributed to the hubs network for their input to help inform the...
Introduction Join 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. Three members of the D-CRAFT project team will share project history and introduce the...