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Archive: April 2020 (2 Posts)

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Innovator Brian Foo Incorporates “Citizen DJs” into Design Process

Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester

The following is a guest post by Innovator in Residence Brian Foo, creator of Citizen DJ. The Citizen DJ project invites the public to make music using the free-to-use audio and video collections from the Library of Congress. The project will feature online tools for exploring and remixing tens of thousands of sounds from a variety of collections ranging from music to government film to oral histories. 

Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, At the Museum, Education and Training, Innovator in Residence, Open Access, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure, Videos and Podcasts

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Newspaper Navigator Surfaces Treasure Trove of Historic Images – Get a Sneak Peek at Upcoming Data Jam!

Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester

Projects like Newspaper Navigator are busy unlocking even more digital content for members of the public to access from home. On May 7th at 2pm EST, Innovator in Residence Ben Lee will host a virtual data jam to experiment and play with thousands of images—including maps, advertisements, comics, and more!—from historical newspapers dating to the 1800s. In this post, Ben discusses his aspirations for engaging the American public with the millions of images he extracted from  Chronicling America.

Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Research, Crowdsourcing, Digital Content, digital humanities, digital scholarship, Open Data