LC Labs Letter: February 2022
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
The February 2022 newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Digital Content, Education and Training
Archive: February 2022 (4 Posts)
Volunteer Vignette: A group effort!
Posted by: Carlyn Osborn
In today’s guest post, Abby Shelton interviews a By the People volunteer, Kathleen, who has gone above and beyond! By the People is a crowdsourced transcription program launched in 2018 at the Library of Congress. Volunteer-created transcriptions are used to make digitized collections more accessible and discoverable on loc.gov. You can read our most recent Volunteer Vignette on the Signal here. Abby: What …
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Crowdsourcing, Interviews
Datasets as Primary Sources: An Archaeological Dig into Our Collective Brains, Part 1
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
In this guest post, Educator Fellow Peter DeCraene reflects on how teachers can make use of data sets in the classroom.
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Digital Content, Education and Training
Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud: An Interview with Khadijah Camp
Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
We are so pleased to introduce Khadijah Camp, who has joined us temporarily from the Library Collections Service Group’s Employee Resources Management & Planning Team. She is working as an Innovation Specialist on the Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud (CCHC) initiative. CCHC is supported by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. …
Posted in: Digital Content