About the Project
Together, DPLA's partners hold 50 million items that represent our nation’s cultural heritage—photographs, videos, books, news footage, oral histories, letters, artwork, government documents, and much more. Storing this information on Filecoin would increase public access while providing an extra layer of protection against loss of access due to changes in institutional budgets, priorities, or technology. Bridging between DPLA's partners and emerging technologies is a familiar role for DPLA. To bridge DPLA partners to Filecoin, this collaboration will yield a pilot project that preserves a portion of one of DPLA partners’ collections on Filecoin for a trial period and share the results with their community.