If this is a duplicate message please accept my apologies. It was sent to me personally so I can only assume that many did not get it. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <kwhitebloom@cyber.law.harvard.edu> Date: Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 6:35 PM Subject: Invitation to DPLA Plenary Meeting To: thomas.surprenant@qc.cuny.edu Dear Thomas, On behalf of the Digital Public Library of America Steering Committee, I would like to share the following announcement with you and the Queens College community regarding the Digital Public Library of America<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/dpla>(DPLA) plenary meeting, which will be convened by the DPLA Secretariat at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/>and take place on Friday, October 21, 2011 at The National Archives in Washington, DC. The Digital Public Library of America Steering Committee is leading the first concrete steps toward the realization of a large-scale digital public library that will make the cultural and scientific record available to all. We're bringing together a wide range stakeholders in a broad, open forum to present the history of and vision for the DPLA effort, to showcase the best ideas and models submitted to our Beta Sprint (an open call for code and concepts defining how the DPLA should operate), and to create multiple points of entry for public participation in the work of the DPLA. We?re looking forward to this opportunity to share our work thus far with the public and to engage an even wider group of participants from across the country in the DPLA effort. For those interested in attending, we have scholarships available to help support travel and accommodation. For more information regarding these scholarships, please contact dpla@cyber.law.harvard.edu with your name, city of residence, and a short paragraph explaining your need no later than Friday, September 30, 2011. We warmly invite you, your students, and all other faculty and staff to join us at this event. Registration and more information can be found at: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2011/10/dplaplenary <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2011/10/dplaplenary> Please feel free to forward this announcement widely among the members of your community, and do not hesitate to be in touch with us if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Warm regards, Kenny Whitebloom Research Assistant, Digital Public Library of America Secretariat -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies