C-CAP digital collections and exhibitions research project DPLA contributor data

This data was gathered as part of a research assessment with the goal of
identifying the types of institutions represented in the national
aggregation of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). DPLA is a
non-profit organization that brings together digital primary sources from
libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage organizations
across the US into a single website, which initially launched in 2013. The
work was conducted as part of the University of California Irvine
Libraries’ Mellon-funded project “Community-Centered Archives Practice:
Transforming education, archives, and community history,” abbreviated as
“C-CAP TEACH.” C-CAP TEACH is a 4-year project that cultivates
commitment among higher education institutions to community-centered
archives approaches, and aims to encourage academic libraries to engage
critically and responsibly, to contribute to social justice-focused
scholarship, training, pedagogy, and partnerships in their communities.
The initial data was retrieved via API query of the DPLA website in April
2023, with additional queries conducted from September 2023 through May
2024.