We’re Welcoming Two New Hubs to the Network
We are thrilled to welcome two new Hubs to the DPLA Hub network: the Jewish Heritage and History Hub, a partnership between the Jewish Heritage Network and the Center for Jewish History, and the Mississippi Digital Library. We have had the pleasure of working closely with both for years. Together, these Hubs bring more than 60,000 items into DPLA.
DPLA’s Hub model is rooted in the belief that cultural memory belongs to everyone, and that local and community institutions are often its most dedicated stewards. Hubs aggregate collections from libraries, archives, museums, and cultural organizations and contribute them to DPLA’s platform, making materials freely available and searchable alongside millions of items from across the country.
As of April 2026, our network includes 44 Hubs, and growing. We’re incredibly proud of the diverse range of communities, regions, and histories our Hubs represent.
Showcasing the History and Culture of Mississippi
We’re celebrating the newly-ingested collections from the Mississippi Digital Library (MDL), with contributions from over 50 institutions, including the University of Mississippi, Delta State University Archives and Museum, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, and others. MDL brings together institutions across the state to provide access to an array of materials capturing the social, cultural, and political life of Mississippi communities.
These newly-added collections include photographs, manuscripts, and newspapers, offering diverse perspectives—from oral histories and community traditions to correspondence from Mississippi government leaders.
Explore new items from the Mississippi Digital Library in DPLA
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Expanding Access to Jewish Heritage Collections
The Jewish Heritage and History Hub represents a collaborative effort between the Center for Jewish History (CJH) and the Jewish Heritage Network (JHN), bringing together an extraordinary range of materials that document the Jewish experience.
Opening its doors in 2000, the CJH is the home of five partner organizations (American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research) whose collections comprise over five miles of archival documents in dozens of languages and alphabet systems, over 500,000 volumes of books, over 9.6 million digital items, and thousands of artworks, objects, textiles, and recordings.
The JHN traces their roots back to Judaica Europeana, one of Europeana’s first aggregation projects. The JHN develops digital heritage projects and services, leveraging innovative technologies to provide global access to Jewish heritage content, including projects such as the platform J-Story, the digital repository solution J-Ark, and Yahad.net, a shared virtual Seder space with access to a collection of digitized historical Haggadot. In the last couple of years, JHN has been increasingly involved with experiments around the new generation of decentralized ecosystems for heritage — the Common European Data Spaces — leading the project European Memory Data Space for Holocaust-related data.
Explore new items from the Jewish Heritage and History Hub in DPLA
Read more about the Jewish Heritage and History Hub
Building a More Inclusive, Representative National Digital Library
Each new partnership strengthens the DPLA ecosystem, enabling us to connect collections across institutions and regions while preserving the expertise that each Hub brings.
We are grateful to our partners at the Jewish Heritage Network, the Center for Jewish History, and the Mississippi Digital Library for their leadership and dedication to our shared mission of equitable access to knowledge for all.
We invite you to explore these new collections on the DPLA platform and discover the stories they have to tell.
Stay tuned for more updates about our partners!