Articles by

Dan Cohen

  • Communities

    Digital Public Library makes push for national coverage by 2017

    Above: “Folklore Music Map of the United States,” 1945. Courtesy of the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, via the DPLA Today, Knight Foundation announced a $1.5 million investment in the Digital Public Library, which will help the national online collection of American history provide national coverage by 2017. Here, Executive Director Dan Cohen shares the […]

    Article · June 26, 2015 by

  • Journalism

    An evolving, essential role for libraries

    Knight News Challenge: Libraries closes today, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. The challenge offers applicants a chance to share in $2.5 million by focusing on the question “How might we leverage libraries as a platform to build more knowledgeable communities?” Below, Dan Cohen, founding executive director of the Digital Public Library of America, writes about the essential […]

    Article · September 30, 2014 by