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“Benjamin Sewall Blake jumping,” 1888, Massachusetts Historical Society

A PORTAL FOR DISCOVERY

A PLATFORM TO BUILD UPON

A STRONG PUBLIC OPTION

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A PORTAL FOR DISCOVERY

• EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

• BROWSE BY PLACE

• EXPLORE CURATED EXHIBITS

• SAVE SEARCHES, CREATE LISTS

WHERE DOES THE CONTENTCOME FROM?

CONTENT AND SERVICE HUBS

CONTENT HUBS

SERVICE HUBS

A PLATFORM TO BUILD UPON• THE API: ACCESS TO MILLIONS OF

ITEMS FOR ANY PURPOSE

• INNOVATIVE APPS

• FREE DATA

Open Pics

A STRONG PUBLIC OPTION

• Current Statewide Efforts

• Cal Digital Newspaper Collection

• Audiovisual Preservation Project

• Community Digitization Centers

• Aggregation Centers

EXPLORING A DISTRIBUTIVE MODEL

• Explore regional service hubs for LAPL and SFPL

• Launch California Digital Library as new Content Hub

• Provide access through DPLA to 250,000+ new metadata records

CALIFORNIA DIGITAL HUBS PILOT

• Project timeline: March 2014-March 2015

• Identifying resources to harvest collections

• Project management

MAKING IT HAPPEN