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Posted by: Cheryl Ingraham
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) is extremely pleased to introduce to you our CCDI Junior Fellow, Darshni Patel.
Posted in: Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital futures, internships
Posted by: Kate Zwaard
I am SO THRILLED to share that we are now accepting applications for the Program Director of the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI), part of our Of the People: Widening the Path initiative. This position reports to the Library’s Digital Strategy Director (me!). The person in this position will lead this exciting new effort to …
Posted in: Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital futures
Posted by: Cheryl Ingraham
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with an excerpt from the post, "Speaking through Images: Asian American Photographers and Printmakers at the Library of Congress."
Posted in: Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital futures
Posted by: John Sayers
On April 10, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden spoke with Ivette Feliciano on the PBS Newshour about the "Of the People, Widening the Path" initiative, supported by a $15 million investment from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Posted in: Community Collections grants, digital futures, internships
Posted by: Cheryl Ingraham
We feature Joan Baez for Women's History Month and bring together parts of her story found in the Library's digital collections.
Posted in: digital futures
Posted by: Cheryl Ingraham
Discovery in Digitized Collection explores collections whose titles don’t necessarily give clue to the diverse contents and stories of communities of color.
Posted in: digital futures
Posted by: Laurie Allen
The Library's Innovator in Residence Program, has helped the Library re-imagine creative engagement with our collections through technological innovation. Like the Innovator in Residence program, the Artist/Scholars in Residence for the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative will provide opportunities for intensive time to re-imagine the ways that technology and Library materials can be used to connect with Americans.
Posted in: digital futures
Posted by: Kate Zwaard
You may have seen the news about the Library’s exciting new program Of the People, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will allow us to do more to connect our collections, staff, and services to the experiences of underserved Americans. I’m excited to share more details about the portion that my team, the …
Posted in: digital futures
Posted 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.
Posted in: Community Collections grants, digital futures, internships