Get easy access to our society's digitized cultural heritage.
The vision of a national digital library has been circulating among librarians, scholars, educators, and private industry representatives since the early 1990s. Now this free online collection of books, images, historic records, and audiovisual materials is available to anyone with Internet access. Many universities, public libraries, and other public-spirited organizations have digitized materials, but these digital collections often exist in silos. The DPLA brings these different viewpoints, experiences, and collections together in a single platform and portal, providing open and coherent access to our society's digitized cultural heritage. Ms. Martin will demonstrate what DPLA is and how to begin to explore it.
About our Speaker
Greer Martin is the Digital Public Library of America Metadata Librarian/Archivist at the University of Georgia. Greer has served as the Photo Archives Intern at The MacArthur Foundation and Digital Preservation Research Assistant and Digital Assessment Coordinator for the Google Books project at the University of Illinois. Prior to her graduate work, she worked as a production coordinator and Associate Analytics Manager at Scholastic Inc.