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Education

Educators and students explore our Primary Source Sets to discover history and culture through primary sources and ideas for classroom use.

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Family Research

Genealogists use our search tools to find free materials for their family history research projects.

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Lifelong Learning

Lifelong learners enjoy browsing by topic and viewing Online Exhibitions to learn more about their interests.

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Scholarly Research

Scholarly researchers use DPLA to find open access sources from archives across the country through a single portal.

If you’re new to DPLA, these research guides will give you a head start using our site. The guides reflect a few key activities that attract visitors to DPLA, but you can explore many other interests here too.

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DPLA News

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  • DPLA Directors Elect Joe Lucia New Board Chair
    February 5, 2026

    The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Board of Directors elected Joe Lucia as its new chair at its first meeting of the year last month. Lucia succeeds Felton Thomas,…

  • Expanding Access at Scale Through DPLA’s Wikimedia Partnership
    December 16, 2025

    A steady bright spot this year has been DPLA’s continued work using Wikimedia to expand access to collections. Even as many institutions across the country face shifting priorities and uncertain…

  • Announcing a New Team Member
    September 29, 2025

    Announcement: We are thrilled to share that Tania Ríos Marrero is our new Engagement Coordinator. Tania is a librarian and community facilitator with a decade of experience in libraries and…

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