Meeting – Spring 2021

Zoom

Summary: Mountain West Digital Library hosted an all-hubs meeting virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. We heard updates from MWDL staff, taskforces, and members on local activities. The meeting concluded with a panel discussion on how MWDL libraries and archives continue to adapt...

DPLA Town Hall

DPLA Network members are invited to attend this Town Hall Meeting for a conversation about DPLA’s upcoming work. Please note this meeting will replace the previously scheduled DPLA Advisory Council Meeting at the same time. Please register here.

DPLA Coffee Chat: Rights Here, Rights Now

The DPLA Outreach and Assessment Working Group invites all network members to attend this casual “coffee chat” conversation with copyright experts about how to get your collections ready for DPLA. Bring all your questions and concerns around copyright! We will have themed breakout rooms with...

DPLA Book Talk: Burning the Books, with author Richard Ovenden

Join us on June 5 at 1p ET for a book talk with author Richard Ovenden, director of the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford, about his book, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge. Please register here. The director of...

DPLA Network Coffee Chat: Collaboration, Community and Digital Equity

In this DPLA Network Coffee Chat, we’ll hear from representatives from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries about their archival collection, The Milwaukee Women’s Art Library, and their collaboration on a new community ambassador position to help bridge the gap between institutional support and grassroots community-led...

DPLA at ALA: Open Board + Community Meeting

Saturday, June 24, at 4p CT McCormick Place, W179a, ALA Annual Conference - Chicago As Digital Public Library of America approaches its 10th anniversary, join executive director John Bracken, DPLA board chair Felton Thomas and the DPLA Board of Directors for an Open Board +...

2023 LD4 Conference on Linked Data

Join us to learn concrete ways that linked data benefits GLAM institutions, and discover pathways to participation in linked data. Whether you have already implemented linked data in your work or are just getting started, you will leave with a better understanding of what linked...

DPLA Open Board + Community Meeting

DPLA invites everyone to join their next Open Board + Community Meeting for an update on current work and a preview of upcoming projects, with Executive Director John Bracken, DPLA Board Chair Felton Thomas, and the DPLA Board of Directors. Register here.

DPLA Network Coffee Chat: The Living Archives

We are honored to partner with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library on the Living Archives project, which shares stories of Black, Hispanic, Asian and Indigenous residents as they navigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers will include Martha Yesowitch, Debbie Rubenstein, and Sarah Gherghel. They...

DPLA Book Talk: Recoding America, with Jennifer Pahlka

On July 24, 2023, at 11a MT/10a PT, DPLA will host author Jennifer Pahlka to talk about her important new book, Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better. ______________________ A bold call to reexamine how our...