We have become familiar with participatory culture through social networking sites like Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter and Flickr, which allow anyone with internet access to connect to communities and publish personal content ranging from short Twitter updates to albums full of photographs.

While archives generally work behind the scenes organizing and preserving historical documents, records, and photographs for future generations, the hippest archives are seeking to embrace participatory culture to create social archives which include anyone with an interest in helping to collect and preserve history.

We are excited to invite you to share your story, create communities that interest you, upload images, and curate your own collections with content from DPL's Digital Collections mixed with your own.

We welcome you to Create Your Community.