1. + Towards a Digital Public Library of America DP LA

3. “...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.”

6. + Elements of the DPLA

12. + Progress to Date

14. + Building Community 300 participants; Washington, DC Live webcast with satellite viewing events and real-time closed captioning Beta Sprint and workstream presentations April 27, 2012 Plenary WorkshopsOctober 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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19. + dp.la dpla@cyber.law.harvard.edu Digital Public Library of America