On 17 January 2012 SCONUL and JISC jointly hosted a lecture presented by Professor Robert Darnton, University Librarian at Harvard University, on the development of the Digital Public Library of Amerca (DPLA) and how the US experience can inform developments in the UK.

The core text of Robert Darnton's speech can be found here (please note that this may differ slightly from that delivered) and a recodring of the event is below.