News: Report on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)

 Jefferson's Taper: A National Digital Library

Robert Darnton "offer[s] a work-in-progress report on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and [...] argue[s] that it is a feasible, affordable project as well as an opportunity to realize the Enlightenment ideals":

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/nov/24/jeffersons-taper-national-digital-library/