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Towards a Digital Public Library of America

D PL A

“...an open, distributed network of comprehensive online resources that would draw on the nation’s living heritage from libraries, universities, archives, and museums in order to educate, inform, and empower everyone in the current and future generations.”

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Elements of the DPLA

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Progress to Date

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300 participants; Washington, DC

Live webcast with satellite viewing events and real-time closed captioning

Beta Sprint and workstream presentations

April 27, 2012 Plenary

Workshops October 2011 Plenary March 2011: Content & Scope

60 participants; Cambridge, MA

May 2011: Global Interoperability and Linked Data 40 participants; Amsterdam

June 2011: Technical Principles 25 participants; Washington, DC

December 2011: Technical specifications workshop , 25 participants; Cambridge MA

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