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Weekly News Digest
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April 15, 2025 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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The Latest News From DPLA
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) issued an update on its activities, which include the following.DPLAfest 2025 is in the works: “[T]he Chicago Public Library will host a gathering of our multifaceted community at the Harold Washington Library Center on October 20–21, 2025. The Fest planning committee has begun meeting and will share a call for proposals and registration page soon.” Related to the executive order gutting IMLS, DPLA notes, “In response to the uncertainties of the moment, we have decided to suspend DPLA network membership dues through the end of the year.” DPLA shares, “Join us in New York City in April at this year’s IndieLib Forum. On Wednesday, April 16 at NYU’s Engelberg Center, we’re bringing together librarians and indie publishers, in partnership with the Independent Publishers Caucus, Library Futures, and DeMarque.” DPLA is planning a webinar “with Jefferson Sankara, Senior Software Product Engineer at the Filecoin Foundation, to learn about DPLA’s exploration of decentralized storage technology to ensuring the protection of cultural artifacts and heritage—against both natural and man-made threats, such as natural disasters, loss of funding, or technological failures. We will share the results of a pilot project to upload some of our partner content onto Filecoin’s decentralized storage network.” For more information, read the news item.
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