Carol, eu praticamente não tenho tempo de ler tudo o que manda. Será que não seria o caso de você mandar só para mim e eu post semanalmente no br.okfn.orgalgo como uma coleção de notícias sobre tudo o que tem saído sobre conhecimento livre?
Enviar o notícia com sua opinião porque ela é importante ao grupo também pode ajudar a fomentar discussão. O que acham todos? Tom 2013/4/19 Carolina <[email protected]> > > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Kenny Whitebloom <[email protected]> > *Date:* April 18, 2013, 12:25:57 PM EDT > *To:* Berkman Friends <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *[berkmanfriends] Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) > Launches Today* > > Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Launches Today *April 18, 2013* > > The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launched a beta of its > discovery portal <http://dp.la/> and open platform today. The portal > delivers millions of materials found in American archives, libraries, > museums, and cultural heritage institutions to students, teachers, > scholars, and the public. Far more than a search engine, the portal > provides innovative ways to search and scan through its united collection > of distributed resources. Special features include a dynamic map, a > timeline that allow users to visually browse by year or decade, and an app > library that provides access to applications and tools created by external > developers using DPLA’s open data. > > “The wonder and joy of entering an expansive library for the first time is > truly a special feeling. We are delighted to be able to share this unified, > open collection with Americans and the world, and can’t wait to see what > people discover, and what new applications and knowledge will be created,” > said Dan Cohen, Executive Director of the DPLA. > > "Many decades in the visioning, two and a half years in the planning, with > a small steering committee and an incubation hub at the helm, and featuring > dozens of great libraries, universities and archives involved in hundreds > of meetings, workshops, plenary meetings, and hackathons, attracting > thousands of volunteers backed by millions of foundation and government > dollars, today the Digital Public Library of America goes live! It's a > great day for education and progress, as if the Ancient Library of > Alexandria had met the modern World Wide Web and digitized America for the > benefit of all," said Doron Weber, Vice Chair of the DPLA Steering > Committee and Vice President, Programs at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a > major, active funder of the project. > > The DPLA portal is powered by a rich repository of information, known as > the DPLA platform, which enables new and transformative uses of America’s > digitized cultural heritage. With an application programming interface > (API) and maximally open data, the DPLA can be used by software developers, > researchers, and others to create novel environments for learning, tools > for discovery, and engaging apps. The DPLA App Library (dp.la/apps) > features an initial slate of applications built on top of the platform; > developers and hobbyists of all skill levels are freely able to make use of > the data provided via the platform. > > "The DPLA launches virtually today, a symbol of what people can accomplish > through collaboration in a networked era," said John Palfrey, President of > the Board of Directors of the DPLA. "The most exciting idea is that we > cannot begin to imagine the extraordinary things that librarians and their > many partners can accomplish with this open platform and such > extraordinarily rich materials, from so many institutions large and small, > together and at the ready. We will create new knowledge together and make > accessible, free to all, information that people need in order to thrive in > a democracy." > > “The DPLA’s goal is to bring the entire nation’s rich cultural > collections off the shelves and into the innovative environment of the > Internet for people to discover, download, remix, reuse and build on in > ways we haven’t yet begun to imagine,” said Maura Marx, Director of the > DPLA Secretariat. “Regular users can search in the traditional way using > the portal, and developers and innovators can build on big chunks of code > and content using the platform—we’re creating access, not controlling it.” > > Led by Cohen, the DPLA aims to expand the realm of openly available > materials, and make those riches more easily discovered and more widely > usable and used. To date, the DPLA has partnered with six state and > regional digital libraries and an equal number of large cultural heritage > institutions— including the National Archives and Records Administration > (NARA), the Smithsonian Institution, the New York Public Library, and > Harvard University—to provide access to millions of unique digital objects. > > “Among the 2.4 million records available at launch, you will find gems > that include daguerreotypes of former Presidents George Washington and > Abraham Lincoln, images of women marching for the vote in Kentucky, news > film clips of the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights movement, The Book > of Hours, an illuminated manuscript from 1514, *Notes on the State of > Virginia*, written by Thomas Jefferson, and paintings by Winslow Homer,” > said Emily Gore, DPLA Director for Content. > > With its content partners, the DPLA has developed a number of diverse > virtual exhibitions (dp.la/exhibitions) that tell the stories of people, > places, and historical events both here in the US and abroad; all are > available freely via the portal. *A History of Survivance: 19th c. Upper > Midwest Native American Resources in the DPLA*, developed by the > Minnesota Digital Library, tells the story of extraordinary cultural > disruption, change and continuity in Minnesota and the surrounding areas > during the 19th century through objects of both Native and non-Native > origin. Other exhibitions include *Boston Sports Temples*, developed by > Digital Commonwealth (Massachusetts), which celebrates the rich histories > of Boston’s professional stadiums and arenas; and *This Land Is Your > Land: Parks and Public Spaces*, an exploration of the history, impact, > and significance of our national parks and protected areas curated by the > South Carolina Digital Library. > > “The project unleashes access to a volume and variety of historical and > cultural assets through a dynamic, digitized information platform,” said > Jorge Martinez, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at the Knight > Foundation. “It offers an invaluable opportunity to reanimate this > information and further strengthen the roles of libraries as centers for > engagement—bringing communities together, fostering deeper understanding > and connecting people with traditional culture—by leveraging the power of > new technology.” > > The DPLA began in October 2010 with a small meeting of representatives > from foundations, research institutions, cultural organizations, > government, and libraries who came together to discuss best approaches to > building a national digital library. In 2011, the Berkman Center for > Internet & Society at Harvard University established, with the support of > Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a two-year planning initiative to guide the > conceptualization, planning, and development of the DPLA. > > Today’s launch is, in large part, the culmination of that effort, marking > the transition from a two-year planning initiative towards a fully > realized, standalone 501(c)3 non-profit organization that will continue to > make the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums freely > available to the world. > > A series of festivities to celebrate the launch, scheduled to occur at the > Boston Public Library today and tomorrow, were postponed until the fall in > the wake of the April 15 Boston Marathon tragedy, which occurred near the > storied public library. > > “I see the building of a new library as one of the greatest examples of > what humans can do together to extend the light against the darkness,” said > Dan Cohen, reflecting on the recent events in a letter to the DPLA > community<http://dp.la/info/2013/04/16/a-message-from-executive-director-dan-cohen/>. > “In due time, we will let that light shine through.” > > *About the Digital Public Library of America* > The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) brings together the riches of > America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available > to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, > from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s > heritage, to the efforts and data of science. The DPLA aims to expand this > crucial realm of openly available materials, and make those riches more > easily discovered and more widely usable and used. > > The DPLA is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Arcadia Fund, > the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the John S. and James L. > Knight Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. > > More information is online at http://dp.la. > > ---------- > You are subscribed to the BerkmanFriends discussion list. > > Mailing list options: > http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/info/berkmanfriends > Mailing list members: > http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/review/berkmanfriends > > Reminder: emails sent through this list are considered on-record unless > otherwise noted. > > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-br mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-br > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-br > > -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) OKFN Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre http://br.okfn.org
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