In this interview series, we ask librarians what excites them about AI, what worries them, what they have learned lately, and what inspires them.

This fall, Tania joined a range of conversations about AI, and each one has sharpened how we at DPLA think about our work with libraries.

Librarians are having a lot of conversations about AI right now — with patrons, students, colleagues, and each other. We want to hear what they think.

We ask librarians what excites them about AI, what worries them, what they have learned lately, and what they are finding inspiring.

DPLA is organizing a workshop for a small group of library leaders, technologists, and researchers this November in Seattle.

We’re excited to share that Cleveland Public Library (CPL) now maintains the digital collection of American cultural heritage.

Ben is an Assistant Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington where he founded the Lab for Computing Cultural Heritage.

On June 25, the Digital Public Library of America and the Chicago Public Library co-hosted Libraries and AI in Public Life, a convening that brought national library leaders together with civic leaders from Chicago at the Obama Presidential Center for a conversation about the role of civic institutions in the age of artificial intelligence. We […]

Bot attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. It’s clear we’re operating in a new digital environment.

We’re excited to share that DPLA has received a $1.1 million grant from Humanity AI to ensure that libraries play a central role in shaping how artificial intelligence enters public life.

We believe in equal and barrier-free access to information for everyone. The recent extension of the WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance deadlines pushed us to dig deeper.

DPLA members expressed interest in learning how other partners were using their digital management systems (DAMS).

We are thrilled to welcome two new Hubs to the DPLA Hub network: the Jewish Heritage and History Hub and the Mississippi Digital Library.

The dashboard allows our partners to see how their digital collections are being used. We’ve brought the main functionality back online. 

Cleveland Public Library (CPL) and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) today announced a partnership to chart a new vision for the national digital collection.

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Board of Directors elected Joe Lucia as its new chair at its first meeting of the year last month. Lucia succeeds Felton Thomas, Jr., Executive Director and CEO of Cleveland Public Library, whose term of service ended after six years, the last three of which he served as […]

A steady bright spot this year has been DPLA’s continued work using Wikimedia to expand access to collections. Even as many institutions across the country face shifting priorities and uncertain funding, and rapidly evolving digital expectations, our work expands access to cultural heritage collections through Wikimedia platforms to continue to demonstrate the kind of broad, […]

As we shared on Monday, Dec. 8, DPLA and many of our peer institutions recently suffered an aggressive botnet attack that limited access to our search results and many of our item pages and primary source sets.  As of Tuesday afternoon on Dec. 9, all services have been restored, but may remain fragile. We continue […]

We are currently experiencing significant difficulties with access to our search results and item pages due to an aggressive botnet attack. We are actively working to identify a solution and restore full functionality. If you encounter errors or have trouble accessing specific pages, please let us know at info@dp.la. Thank you for your patience.

Since its launch in 2013, the Digital Public Library of America’s cultural heritage aggregation program has provided free and open access to millions of items from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. In this post we’ll show how the collection has grown since its launch and share key metrics for the dp.la site. […]