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
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- November 17, 2022
This is the first blog in a series from DPLA’s Digital Equity Project: Advancing Racial Justice in American Libraries. Derek Webb, Head of Archives at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries…
- October 19, 2022
Digital Public Library of America recently launched a new application to run a core part of its infrastructure, the DPLA API. This software upgrade improves security, performance, reliability, and privacy…
- September 28, 2022
Over the summer, we gave a wide-ranging update on the accomplishments of our Wikimedia Project to date and promised forthcoming news on what’s coming up next. In the last few…