Introducing the LC Labs Artificial Intelligence Planning Framework
LC Labs has been developing a planning framework to support the responsible exploration and potential adoption of AI at the Library.
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Blogs Categories: Digital Content
Blogs Categories: Digital Content
Check out: The Secret Life of GeoTIFFs
n October 2022, the outcomes of a 2015 experiment to geo-reference 4,998 digitized maps of the Austro-Hungarian empire were shared with the public at the Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud Data Jam. Check out this recent post on World's Revealed, the Library's Geography and Maps blog, to learn more about the resulting GeoTIFF files enable access to digitized historical maps.
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Discussing Library of Congress API documentation with Laura Wrubel and Patrick Rourke
An interview with two people who have worked extensively with LC APIs: Laura Wrubel, currently a digital library software developer at Stanford Libraries, and Patrick Rourke, software engineer at the Library of Congress who led the recent loc.gov/apis update.
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Help the Library of Congress Create Video Games that Improve Public Knowledge of Civics
The Library of Congress is sponsoring a challenge to help improve public knowledge of civics through video games.
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Library of Congress on the Web: from early innovation to well-documented public API
The Library of Congress recently published a series of updates to loc.gov/apis, home to technical documentation for multiple application programming interfaces.
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Jackie Katz, 2022–23 Einstein Fellow, on science education and LC collections
Jacqueline Katz is the 2022-2023 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator, exploring LC materials related to science education.
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Now Playing: the CCHC Data Jam!
Sharing the CCHC data jam event recording and summary of an engaging set of discussions on the complexities of accessing and analyzing digital cultural materials as datasets.
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Announcing LC Labs Data Sandbox and 3 New Data Packages
LC Labs is pleased to announce the release of three new sets of digitized materials packaged as data.
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Accessing Our Digital Past in the Manuscript Division Reading Room
In this guest post, Kathleen O'Neill, Senior Archives Specialist in the Manuscript Division, announces the launch of a new workstation in the Library's Manuscript Division reading room.
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LC Labs Letter: September 2022
LC Labs Letter September issue.
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