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Archive: September 2017 (2 Posts)

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Welcoming Jer Thorp as Innovator-in-Residence

Posted by: Abbey Potter

Starting this week, acclaimed data artist Jer Thorp began his tenure as the 2017 Library of Congress Innovator-in-Residence. He will spend six months with the National Digital Initiatives team exploring the Library’s digital collections and creating an art piece that will be displayed in the Library’s public spaces. Jer Thorp is an artist and educator …

Dozens of squares, each with its own individual color or shade, lined up in rows and columns

Using data from historic newspapers

Posted by: Abbey Potter

This post is derived from a talk David Brunton, current Chief of Repository Development at the Library of Congress, gave to a group of librarians in 2015.  I am going to make a single point this morning, followed by a quick live demonstration of some interfaces. I have no slides, but I will be visiting …