The Missouri Hub of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), to which the MSU Libraries contributes its Digital Collections records, recently voted to admit member institutions from outside of Missouri and has changed its name to Heartland Hub (with updated website coming soon).  The first new members are academic libraries from Iowa, including Drake University, the University of Northern Iowa, Iowa State University, and Grinnell College.

The DPLA ties together records from across the country into a unified portal for searching, which are contributed by libraries, archives, and museums alike, many of which are connected by service hubs (like Heartland Hub). DPLA includes various ways of searching records, including by map or by timeline.  Other contributors to DPLA include HathiTrust, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, Internet Archive, ARTStor, and more. 

Heartland Hub participants from Missouri include the Missouri State University Libraries, the Missouri State Archives, the State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri History Museum, Kansas City Public Library, St. Louis University, and more, including participants in Missouri Digital Heritage.