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Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
Walk the streets of any U.S. city today, and you might come across historic markers or masonry etchings indicating what the buildings used to be. It is always fascinating to learn what our neighborhoods, cities, and towns used to be —factories turned residences, street names changed, the places and spaces our predecessors lived, ate, and …
Posted in: Digital Content
Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
A gallery of historic moustaches, a wall of 12,000 photos, a collage of First World War-era “damn the Kaiser” cartoons, and more were on display May 7, when 135 people attended a virtual “data jam” to dig into a massive new collection of historic newspaper images. LC Labs hosted the event to showcase Library of …
Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, Innovator in Residence, Outreach and Events
Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
We are delighted to introduce Victoria (Tori) Scheppele, a Library Technician in the Prints & Photographs Division who has joined us temporarily to work on the Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud (CCHC) initiative. The CCHC initiative is supported by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Centered in LC Labs, the project …
Posted in: Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud, digital humanities, digital scholarship, Inside the Library, Interviews, Open Access, Open Data
Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
The Library of Congress has appointed Nicole Saylor as the new Chief of the Digital Innovation Lab, a position established to lead the Library’s innovation with digital collections and to support its digital transformation. The position, located in the Digital Strategy Directorate in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, is being created as the …
Posted in: Digital Content
Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
Last year, LC Labs worked with partners across the Library and outside its walls to advance the Digital Strategy. Here’s a look back at some of our work on the strategy’s goals of opening the treasure chest, connecting, and investing in our future, and a preview of this year’s plans. In the coming year, we …
Posted in: Digital Content
Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
Each summer, the Library of Congress welcomes a cohort of Junior Fellows to its Summer Intern Program. The 10-week paid fellowship allows undergraduate and graduate students to embark on special projects with in Library collections and services, while learning about work in a large cultural heritage organization. This year, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, …
Posted in: Digital Content
Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
Digital collections in libraries are vast—and growing, as we continue to digitize cultural heritage materials and acquire new born digital collections. At the same time, the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence has grown exponentially. At LC Labs, we explore how technology can help fulfill the Library of Congress’s vision that “all Americans are …
Posted in: Digital Content
Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
LC LABS LETTER A Monthly Roundup of News and Thoughts from the Library of Congress Labs Team Editor’s Note As it did for many people across the country and all over the world, the month of March brought new ways of working and communicating and challenging, complex circumstances for the LC Labs team. We found …
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