Hub Network
Member Governance
Our membership governs DPLA network activities through the Network and Advisory Councils, working groups, and task forces. Learn more about these groups and, if you’re a member, get involved!
Membership Program
DPLA’s Membership Program is an opportunity to work together more effectively to achieve the common goal of bringing the riches of our nation’s cultural heritage organizations to a broad, engaged public. Discover the benefits of becoming a DPLA Member Hub.
Documentation and Tools
Want to know about the nuts and the bolts? Explore useful resources on topics such as metadata, aggregation, standardized rights statements, and analytics designed for Hubs, contributing institutions, and interested professionals.
Content and Service Hubs
DPLA would not exist without the collaboration of our Content Hubs and Service Hubs, the organizations that aggregate metadata from their partners—libraries, museums, archives, and cultural heritage institutions from across the country—and contribute it to DPLA. Through the Hub Network, we’re realizing the vision of a national digital library and connecting our shared history with a diverse, engaged public. Join us!
Member News
Browse the archives- May 19, 2022
With over 200 million pieces of metadata from about 1 million items—and these have already received over 100 million page views. As we wrap up the second year of this…
- May 16, 2022
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce the publication of a free ebook, The Covid Archive: A finding aid to government documents related to the Covid19 Pandemic.…
- April 21, 2022
Last week, the DPLA community gathered to explore two topics critical to our mission of advancing equitable access to knowledge for all. On Monday, April 11, at our quarterly Open…