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Digital Public Library of America empowers people to learn, grow, and contribute to a diverse and better-functioning society by maximizing access to knowledge.

dp.laJoined August 2011

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#ALAAC23 Attendees: It's time to head over to our DPLA Open Board + Community Meeting at ALA Annual: TODAY at 4p CT, McCormick Place W179a, with DPLA executive director

@jsb

and DPLA board chair

@feltonian

See you there!

Promotional graphic: Open Board + Community meeting at ALA Annual 2023, Saturday, June 24 at 4p CT, McCormick Place, W179A

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DPLA

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Jun 24

#ALAAC23 Attendees: You're invited to join our DPLA Open Board + Community Meeting at ALA Annual: TODAY at 4p CT, McCormick Place W179a with DPLA executive director

@jsb

and DPLA board chair

@feltonian

See you there!

Promotional graphic: DPLA Open Board + Community Meeting at ALA Annual 2023, Saturday, June 24, at 4pm CT, McCormick Place, W179a

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DPLA

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Jun 23

If you're at #ALAAC23, join DPLA executive director

@jsb

with Skip Dye, Heather Hutto, and Lisa Vargas at the Library Insights Summit panel, Understanding and Combatting Book Bans, today at 11am CT, McCormick Place W470a.

Promotional graphic: Library Insights Summit: Understanding and Combating Book Bans
Friday, June 23, 11-11:45am CT - McCormick Place W470a

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DPLA

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Jun 23

If you're at #ALAAC23, join us for "Ebook Friday" at Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave, International South room, 10-4. We've got a full day of programming on everything from digital responses to book bans to legislative updates. Get the full schedule: mailchi.mp/dp.la/headed-t

Screenshot: Ebook Friday - Friday June 23 - Hilton Chicago - International South Room - Presented by CORE ALA Ebooks Interest Group, ReadersFirst and DPLA

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Jun 22

Are you headed to #ALAAC23? Join us at these panels and events, and don't miss our Open Board + Community Meeting on Saturday at 4p CT at McCormick Place, W179a: mailchi.mp/dp.la/headed-t

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Headed to #alaac23 next week? Chicago's Ginger Forest w a live Drag Queen reading at our booth, #1626, at 6 p.m. 6/23. Ginger will be available for a meet & greet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. #open #inclusion #readtherainbow #libraries

Disabled writers: now's the time to apply for a Walter Grant! This year we have one $2000 grant for an unpublished, unrepped disabled writer, along with 5 general grants, 2 trans creator grants, & 3 Native creator grants. Info + application here: bit.ly/WalterGrants

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American Library Association

@ALALibrary

Jun 21

The Right to Read Rally will feature award-winning author and scholar Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, the Intellectual Freedom Awards, and much more. Join us to honor the courage and resilience of America's library workers. Register today! bit.ly/ALAAC23-Regist

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Rally for the Right to Read
Uniting for Libraries & Intellectual Freedom
Keynote from Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
ALA Intellectual Freedom Awards
Spotlight on Anti-Censorship
Advocates from Around the Country
Thursday, June 22, 2023
6:00PM - Chicago Hilton
ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition - Chicago
#ALAAC23
June 22-27, 2023
American Library Association

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🧵I'm proud to announce that our History Communication Institute (

@histcomm

) has today released its first official statement on Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) You can read the full statement on our website; here are the key takeaways ⬇️

It is our birthday! 🥳 As the Wikimedia Foundation turns 20 years old today, we invite you to the celebration! Let's look at years past and get a glimpse of what the future holds: medium.com/freely-sharing

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DPLA

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Jun 21

Have you explored our Black Women's Suffrage Digital Collection yet? Browse 225,000+ images, letters, diaries + more that help tell the story of Black women's activism. Find this 1919 image, "Sunday at the Hostess House," from

@SchomburgCenter

+ much more: BlackWomensSuffrage.org

Sunday at the Hostess House, 1919. Black men, women, and children seated in chairs facing the camera. The women are wearing wide brimmed hats.

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Newly Launched Resource: Introducing Texas.Dp.La – a Digital Public Library of America TxHub Site ow.ly/UqCK50OTJu4

Interested in using DPLA to research your #familyhistory? Access photos, family bibles, military records, correspondence, yearbooks, oral histories, and more, and check out our free family history guide for tips and tricks: dp.la/guides/the-fam #genealogy

Screenshot of DPLA's Family Research Guide page. Available at link in text.

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DPLA

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Jun 19

Happy #Juneteenth! This image of a Juneteenth celebration in the 1880s at Emancipation Park in Houston's Fourth Ward is from

@houstonlibrary

and

@TXDigLibrary

via dp.la.

A group photograph of thirty-one people at a Juneteenth Celebration in Emancipation Park in Houston's Fourth Ward, 1880s. Reverend Jack Yates is pictured on the left and Sallie Yates is pictured in the center toward the front in a black outfit

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Jun 16

Who's ready to hit the #beach this #weekend? These photographs, by John W. Mosley, of 1940s beachgoers on the segregated "Chicken Bone Beach" in

@AtlanticCityGov

are from

@TempleLibraries

and

@PADigitalNews

via dp.la.

Black and white photograph, 1940s, by John W. Mosley.
Mary Lou Sullivan on Chicken Bone Beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey

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Black and white photography by John W. Mosley. Ted White and unidentified woman posed on Chicken Bone Beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey

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Black and white photograph by John W. Mosley. Four women posed on Atlantic City beach in the 1960s.

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Black and white photograph, 1940s, by John W. Mosley.
Hazel Sharper posed standing on Chicken Bone Beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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DPLA

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Jun 15

Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning British actress—and Member of Parliament—Glenda Jackson acting on Broadway in "Rose," 1981. Photographs by Martha Swope are from

@nypl

via dp.la

Black and white photograph of Actress Glenda Jackson having a drink in a scene from the Broadway production of the play "Rose" 1981

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Black and white photograph: Actress Glenda Jackson pointing her index fingers in a scene from the Broadway production of the play "Rose" 1981

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American Library Association

@ALALibrary

Jun 14

Across the country, libraries are helping patrons get low-cost broadband access with the Affordable Connectivity Program - join us this week to get even more Americans online! Spread the word & share the ACP application with your community: getinternet.gov #OnlineForAll

Photo of a person smiling and holding a television remote. Text over photo reads "The Affordable Connectivity Program can save you or your household $30/month on your internet bill. Apply now at GetInternet.Gov.

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Trans creators: now's your chance to apply for a Walter Grant! This year we have two $2000 grants for unpublished, unrepped trans writers and illustrators, along with 5 general grants and 1 disabled creator grant. Info + application here: bit.ly/WalterGrants

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Jun 14

There's still time to sign up for tomorrow's Coffee Chat on Collaboration, Community, and Digital Equity with our partners

@uwmlibraries

. Find out more and RSVP here: bit.ly/dpla-events

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Smithsonian Transcription Center

@TranscribeSI

Jun 12

This 1867 Freedmen's Bureau letter from Columbus, TX documents the activities that local African Americans planned for the anniversary of their emancipation: s.si.edu/45RNbhg. Help us and

@NMAAHC

discover more early #Juneteenth celebrations: transcription.si.edu/freedmensbureau.

Purple graphic featuring a black and white, handwritten letter from the Freedmen's Bureau in Columbus, Texas, dated June 1867 (left), and a transcription of the letter on the right (see https://s.si.edu/45RNbhg for a full transcription). Freedmen's Bureau Transcription Project #DiscoverTCFreedmen this #Juneteenth at transcription.si.edu/freedmensbureau is written across the bottom.

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