Digital Public Library of America

The Digital Public Library of America , or DPLA for short , is a project for the presentation of digital copies of cultural goods . It was launched in 2010 by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and coordinates access to the digitized holdings of the participating institutions. The driving force at Harvard is its director Robert Darnton . Test operation began on April 18, 2013 with 2.4 million digital copies of photos, manuscripts and works of art.

The project grew out of dissatisfaction with Google Books , in which the Harvard University library originally participated. Europeana was the model .

See also

• Library of Congress

Web links

• Digital Public Library of America website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Darnton: The National Digital Public Library Is Launched! , The New York Review of Books . April 25, 2013, accessed August 16, 2015.
2. ↑ US National Digital Library opens . In: Heise.de . April 19, 2013, accessed August 16, 2015.

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