Linking past to present, and considering the revolutionary framing of knowledge and visions for the future across space and time, Robert Darnton discusses next week’s launch of the Digital Public Library of America. This post links to one of my favorite tumblr presences, exploreblog, and their summary of Darnton’s perspectives.

I’m enthralled by the process and particularly interested in the shifts of institutional (and academic) thinking that will be required to make DPLA a success. As I also applied to be a ACLS Public fellow for DPLA, I am closely tracking developments and partnerships, such as the recent announcement the UVA libraries and the Bioheritage Diversity Library are teaming up with DPLA.

DPLA launches on April 18 and more information can be found here.