View source for Submissions:2023/How the Digital Public Library of America is putting American history at Wikipedians' fingertips

{{WCNA 2023 Session Submission
|theme=Recent Changes, Community Initiatives, GLAM / Heritage / Culture
|type=Lecture
|abstract=Since 2020, the [[commons:COM:DPLA|Digital Public Library of America]] has uploaded [[commons:Category:Media_contributed_by_the_Digital_Public_Library_of_America|over 3.5 million digitized images from library collections]] across the United States to Wikimedia Commons. The goal of the project is to make it easier for '''you''' the Wikipedian to access and use archival imagery in improving Wikipedia.

Our uploads include items from the colonial era all the way to the COVID era—with photos, maps, periodicals, and many more types of materials. We work with hundreds of institutions across the country, from the largest federal libraries to small town libraries specializing in local history, to bring you very diverse collections.

In this presentation, I will showcase everything that has been made available to Wikimedians to raise awareness of our work and how it can benefit Wikipedians. I will also discuss the project's history, how it works in practice, and how Wikimedians can help get their local library or museum involved. If able to attend, I will co-present with participants of the project who have been using DPLA's images in their own Wikimedia editing. [Ended up co-presenting with [[:commons:User:Jmabel|Joe Mabel]].]

;Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tHpSC_0QhqPmcCSU9yaEEYmogO2HCP0EjYkAC4QEfXs/edit?usp=sharing<br>[[:en:User:Jmabel/Final draft of talk for WikiConference North America|Final draft of Joe's portion of the talk]]
|author=Dominic Byrd-McDevitt
|email=dominic{{@}}dp.la
|username=[[w:User:Dominic|Dominic]]
|affiliates=Digital Public Library of America / Wikimedians of Indiana
|time=up to 60 minutes
|presented=Not this exact presentation
|livestream=Yes, you may livestream my session
|present-other=yes
|status=Accepted
}}