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Archive: June 2025 (3 Posts)

Two women, one with a camera, lean over a large book.

Innovator in Residence, Vivian Li, Visits the Library

Posted by: Isabel Brador

This blog post is co-authored by Isabel Brador and Sahar Kazmi. Vivian Li, the Library’s 2025 Innovator in Residence, spent several days learning from Library staff and exploring the collections during a visit to the Library in May.  Her trip followed the selection of Seattle, Southeastern Wyoming, and Chicago as the three locations for “Anywhere …

Preserving a History of Digital Mapmaking: Inside the Geospatial Software and File Formats Documentation Web Archive

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

In this interview, Tim St. Onge and Meagan Snow explain how web archiving is preserving documentation essential to understanding the evolution of modern cartography. They outline the motivations behind the Geospatial Software and File Formats Documentation Web Archive, describe their curatorial approach, and highlight the collection’s value for both current and future researchers. This is …

Screenshot of the Format Description Document for PyTorch, from the Library of Congress' Sustainability of Digital Formats site.

New File Format Research and Documentation on the Sustainability of Digital Formats

Posted by: Liz Holdzkom

This post is the most recent in a series about file format research for the Library of Congress' Sustainability of Digital Formats site. The post highlights new format description documents as well as updated information on support for digital accessibility features, such as screen readers, alt text, captions and audio description.