[OpenGLAM] Fwd: [dpla] Smithsonian Institution Announces Partnership with Digital Public Library of America

Fri Mar 22 11:29:00 UTC 2013

FYI, great news!

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From: Rebekah Heacock <rheacock at cyber.law.harvard.edu>
Date: 2013/3/21
Subject: [dpla] Smithsonian Institution Announces Partnership with Digital
Public Library of America
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*Smithsonian Institution Announces Partnership with Digital Public Library
of America*<http://dp.la/2013/03/21/smithsonian-institution-announces-partnership-with-digital-public-library-of-america/>
The DPLA will provide links to the Smithsonian’s digital collection of
books, journals, museum objects, manuscripts and videos

March 21, 2013

*Washington, DC*—The Smithsonian Institution will join with the Digital
Public Library of America to provide links to a wealth of the Institution’s
cultural and scientific content. The DPLA pilot project, which combines and
centralizes links to the collections of participating cultural
institutions, launches April 18 in Boston.

The Smithsonian will serve as a digital content hub within the DPLA
network, which provides links to the Smithsonian’s digital collection of
books, journals, museum objects, manuscripts and videos. Through the DPLA,
the Smithsonian Libraries will collaborate with renowned libraries,
universities, archives and museums to reach a wide national audience.

“Our contribution to the Digital Public Library of America supports one of
the Smithsonian’s major strategic goals, which is to broaden access to the
Smithsonian’s vast museum collections,” said Wayne Clough, Secretary of the
Smithsonian.

“The DPLA will allow people who have rarely, if ever, visited the
Smithsonian to find and learn from our archival and library collections in
the context of America’s scientific and cultural heritage,” said
Smithsonian Libraries Director Nancy E. Gwinn, who has represented the
Smithsonian in the DPLA collaboration since its inception two years ago.

ABOUT THE DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF AMERICA
The DPLA is taking the first concrete steps toward the realization of a
large-scale digital public library that will make the cultural and
scientific record available to all. This impact-oriented research effort
unites leaders from all types of libraries, museums and archives with
educators, industry and government to define the vision for a digital
library in service of the American public. More information can be found at
http://dp.la/. To find out more about the DPLA launch, April 18-19 in
Boston, visit http://dp.la/get-involved/events/launch/.

Over the past two years, the DPLA has partnered with a wide range of
organizations—including Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Boston, Chicago and San
Francisco Public Libraries; Harvard University; Institute of Museum and
Library Services; Internet Archive; National Archives and Records
Administration; and the National Endowment for the Humanities—to develop
the infrastructure for a national digital library.

ABOUT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum and research
complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological
Park, nine research facilities and 20 libraries. There are 6,000
Smithsonian employees and 6,500 volunteers. Approximately 30 million people
from around the world visited the Smithsonian in 2012. The total number of
objects, works of art and specimens at the Smithsonian is estimated at 137
million.

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