DPLA Community + Open Board Meeting - Jan. 15th

On Friday, January 15, 2021 from 2-3 ET/ 1-2 CT, the Digital Public Library of America will host a Community + Open Board Meeting featuring a panel discussion on "Reckoning With Our Pasts + Building Our Futures." Panelists will address commitments to equity and inclusion in librarianship and include:

Elaine Westbrooks, DPLA Board Member and Vice Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Cecily Marcus, Curator, Givens Collection of African American Literature; Performing Arts; Literary Manuscripts at University of Minnesota Libraries, Minnesota Digital Library, and DPLA Advisory Council Co-Chair

Marcia Walker-McWilliams, Executive Director, Black Metropolis Research Consortium

Shaneé Yvette Murrain, Director of Community Engagement, DPLA

Penelope Shumaker, Metadata Librarian, State Library of Ohio; Ohio Digital Network; and DPLA Metadata Working Group

For more information and to register, visit HERE. [This event has passed.]