DPLAfest 2013 Morning Kick-off (October 25, 2013)
Channel: digpublib
Date: 2013-10-29

On October 24-25, 2013 the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) brought together librarians, archivists, and museum professionals, developers and technologists, publishers and authors, teachers and students, and many others to Boston, MA to celebrate the DPLA's successful April 2013 launch, its recent milestones, and its future at the first DPLAfest. 

DPLAfest 2013 — a two-day series of events free and open to the public — included a reception at the Boston Public Library on the evening of Thursday, October 24 and a full day of workshops, discussions, and other hands-on activities on Friday, October 25 at Northeastern University and Simmons College. 

This is a recording of the morning kick-off session, which took place on Friday, October 25, 2013. During this session, DPLA Executive Director Dan Cohen; Northeastern's Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Uta Poiger; Co-director of NUlab for Texts, Maps, and Networks, Elizabeth Maddock Dillon; and the Dean of Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Eileen Abels, launched a full day of workshops and hands-on activities.

The DPLA was proud to co-host DPLAfest 2013 with the Boston Public Library, Northeastern University's College of Social Sciences and Humanities, and Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. You can find out more about DPLAfest 2013 at http://dp.la/info/get-involved/events/dplafest2013/

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