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New DPLA Groups and Workshops

Posted on September 14, 2015 (September 14, 2015) by Mandy Mastrovita

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is in the process of starting up new groups to facilitate the exploration of topics that are important to the DPLA community. These groups are: Archival Description Working Group: The Archival Description Working Group is composed of representatives from DPLA Partner institutions as well as national-level experts in digital […]

U.S. Copyright Office Publishes Recommendations for Digitization of Orphan Works

Posted on June 5, 2015 (June 8, 2015) by sheila

The U.S. Copyright Office recently reviewed and made recommendations about the problem of orphan works under U.S. copyright law. During its review, the Copyright Office solicited comments and held public roundtables on the issues that effect digitization of orphan works. The results of the study are now available in the report, “Orphan Works and Mass […]