Artificial Intelligence: The Copyright Connection
By: Steve Andreadis
Developments in artificial intelligence raise copyright questions, some of which will be discussed at a virtual event on October 26, 2021.
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Blogs Categories: Technology
Blogs Categories: Technology
Library Enriches America’s Story by Connecting with Minority Communities, Funded by $15M Mellon Grant
By: Brett Zongker
The Library today announced a new, multiyear initiative to connect more deeply with Black, Hispanic, Indigenous and other minority communities by expanding its collections, using technology to enable storytelling and offering more internship and fellowship opportunities, supported by a $15 million investment from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Generating STEAM with Copyright
By: Steve Andreadis
A summary of some of the protections and guidance copyright law provides to those participating in STEAM-related activities.
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A Soundtrack of World War II
By: Mark Hartsell
A Library digitization project reveals parts of World War II as the Marines lived it and heard it.
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The Roaring Twenties Welcome Artificial Intelligence: How Will It All Play Out?
By: Alison Hall
The music industry in the 1920s was forever changed with the introduction of the radio. Radio enabled music dissemination at an unprecedented rate and allowed live performers to reach millions of people at home, thereby fundamentally altering pre-existing business models. In the 2020s, one hundred years later, the industry is yet again facing a potentially industry-changing new technology. This time, however, it is the force of artificial intelligence (AI) that will transform the way in which business models and the music creation processes work.
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Inventing the Modern World
By: Neely Tucker
The Library of Congress houses a multitude of papers, blueprints, recordings, drawings, images and artifacts that document the dazzling era of American invention, from the 1850s to the 1910s.
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Thomas Jefferson: A Man of the Pasta
By: Neely Tucker
Thomas Jefferson, future president, designed a macaroni-making machine, one of his many inventions drawn and described in his papers at the Library of Congress.
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Crowdsourcing Challenge: The Man Who Recorded the World
By: Neely Tucker
The Library's latest crowdsourcing project is the papers of Alan Lomax, whose legendary field recordings documented much of American folk music, most notably the blues.
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Pic of the Week: Girls Who Code Edition
By: Neely Tucker
Girls Who Code meets with several members of Congress in the Library for a bipartisan discussion on how to bring more women into careers in tech.
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Pic of the Week: Purple Bison Edition
By: Neely Tucker
The Library's Science, Technology and Business Division hosted the art quilt display, "Inspired by Endangered Species: Animals and Plants in Fabric Perspectives," putting an array of brilliantly colored quilts on display.
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