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SUMMARY:DPLA Book Talk: Burning the Books\, with author Richard Ovenden
DESCRIPTION: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. \nPlease register here. \nThe director of the famed Bodleian Libraries at Oxford narrates the global history of the willful destruction―and surprising survival―of recorded knowledge over the past three millennia. \nLibraries and archives have been attacked since ancient times but have been especially threatened in the modern era. Today the knowledge they safeguard faces purposeful destruction and willful neglect; deprived of funding\, libraries are fighting for their very existence. Burning the Books recounts the history that brought us to this point. \nRichard Ovenden describes the deliberate destruction of knowledge held in libraries and archives from ancient Alexandria to contemporary Sarajevo\, from smashed Assyrian tablets in Iraq to the destroyed immigration documents of the UK Windrush generation. He examines both the motivations for these acts―political\, religious\, and cultural―and the broader themes that shape this history. He also looks at attempts to prevent and mitigate attacks on knowledge\, exploring the efforts of librarians and archivists to preserve information\, often risking their own lives in the process. \nMore than simply repositories for knowledge\, libraries and archives inspire and inform citizens. In preserving notions of statehood recorded in such historical documents as the Declaration of Independence\, libraries support the state itself. By preserving records of citizenship and records of the rights of citizens as enshrined in legal documents such as the Magna Carta and the decisions of the US Supreme Court\, they support the rule of law. In Burning the Books\, Ovenden takes a polemical stance on the social and political importance of the conservation and protection of knowledge\, challenging governments in particular\, but also society as a whole\, to improve public policy and funding for these essential institutions.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-book-talk-burning-the-books-with-author-richard-ovenden/
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SUMMARY:DPLA Network Coffee Chat: Collaboration\, Community and Digital Equity
DESCRIPTION: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 collection-building. This is one of the first projects to be supported by DPLA’s Digital Equity Project. Speakers will include Celeste Contreras\, Ann Hanlon\, and Derek Webb. DPLA Network Coffee Chats are opportunities to engage in casual conversation on topics of interest to our network; they are held meeting style instead of webinar style to encourage participation and sharing. \nPlease register here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-network-coffee-chat-collaboration-community-and-digital-equity/
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SUMMARY:DPLA at ALA: Open Board + Community Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 24\, at 4p CT\nMcCormick Place\, W179a\, ALA Annual Conference – Chicago\nAs 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 + Community Meeting. The meeting will include updates on DPLA’s major projects\, including our national Hubs network\, our Wikimedia work expanding access to and discoverability of cultural heritage collections\, and our efforts to build flexible ebook licensing models through Palace Marketplace\, part of The Palace Project\, as well as a look ahead at how DPLA is preparing to meet the challenges of the next 10 years.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-at-ala-open-board-community-meeting/
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