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DPLA provides free digital access to banned books
DPLA has launched The Banned Book Club to ensure that all readers have access to the books they want to read. The Banned Book Club makes e-book versions of banned books available to readers in locations across the United States where titles have been banned via the free Palace e-reader app.
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Browse the archives- May 2, 2024
Last month, DPLA began a search to select a vibrant and durable home for our flagship cultural heritage aggregation program. Our deadline for the first round of expressions of interest…
- April 19, 2024
DPLA held its most recent quarterly Open Board + Community Meeting this Monday, April 22. If you missed the meeting, we invite you to watch the recording to more about…
- April 16, 2024
The history of book bans is the history of the fight for power. We know that, time and again, book bans seek to specifically and disproportionately silence black, brown and…