DPLA Ebooks

DPLA and Ebooks: Expanding Access through Collaboration

Presenters: Micah May, DPLA Ebooks Consultant; Tony Ageh, Chief Digital Officer, The New York Public Library; Michael Blackwell, Director of St. Mary’s County Library (MD); Valerie Horton, Director of Minitex; Michele Kimpton, DPLA Director of Business Development and Senior Strategist DPLA staff and partners provide a detailed overview of DPLA’s ebooks initiatives and how this work advances the field […]

Introduction to SimplyE

Presenters: Michele Kimpton, DPLA; Brian Bannon, New York Public Library; Micah May, DPLA; Carissa Egan, Lyrasis; Michael Blackwell, St. Mary’s County Library; Brad Bullis, Connecticut State Library. View slides.  Watch video. 

Collaborating for Literacy: Exploring Licensing Models that Work for Libraries, Creators, and Readers

Presenters: Cindy Altick Aden, Washington State Librarian Mallori Bontrager, Digital Services Manager, Independent Publishers Group John Bracken, Digital Public Library of America Michele Kimpton, Digital Public Library of America Andrew Medlar, Director, BookOps, The New York Public Library & Brooklyn Public Library Lisa Peet, News Editor, Library Journal Adam Silverman, Senior Director, Business Development, HarperCollins […]

SimplyE and Digital Resource Solutions for the Second Wave

Hosts: Co-presented by EveryLibrary Institute and DPLA Digital Public Library of America and its partners from Brooklyn Public Library and Alameda County Library will provide an overview of SimplyE, the only e-reading platform built by libraries for libraries, and the DPLA free ebook offering and marketplace. The webinar will include a demonstration of SimplyE, an […]

Knight Foundation + DPLA: 2021 Convening on Libraries

You're invited to join Knight Foundation and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) on June 28 for a gathering of library, civic and philanthropic leaders. Many of you have been part of our annual Knight Library Directors convening, which over the last decade has forged a community of library leaders and others from across […]

DPLA Coffee Chat: Ebooks

Join DPLA for an informal open meeting to talk about the recent announcement of The Palace Project and DPLA's ongoing ebooks work.