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Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
In this interview, 2025 Library of Congress Junior Fellow Noelia Alvarez reflects on her experience working on the Expanding AI Community Engagement Project in the Library's Digital Strategy Directorate.
Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, Internships and Fellowships, Interviews
Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate
More than a decade after its launch, the Science Blogs Web Archive continues to grow and evolve. In this interview, Jennifer “JJ” Harbster reflects on building and maintaining the collection, while intern Yahir Brito brings a fresh perspective on updating and expanding it. Together, they share a few of their favorite blogs and discuss why it is important to preserve these unique examples of scientific communication.
Posted in: Digital Preservation, Internships and Fellowships, Interviews, Web Archiving
Posted by: Carlyn Osborn
What do patriotic songs, society women’s diaries, and nautical maps have in common? All give context to life in America before, during, and after the Revolutionary War - and you’re invited to transcribe them all with the By the People volunteer transcription program in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of American independence!
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program
Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal
In this interview, Stanford Research Fellow Dr. Duncan Eddy reflects on his professional background, shifting his focus on artificial intelligence safety standards, and what he is currently working on. He offers insightful observations from his work in AI safety and advice for future professionals. Dr. Eddy shared his experiences with the Library’s Artificial Intelligence Community …
Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Research, Interviews
Posted by: Liz Holdzkom
This post details the exciting transformation of the Historical Media Publications Collection, a challenging digital collection of historical media industry magazines spanning the late 19th to mid-20th century. Expanding online presentation from dense bound volumes into searchable, issue-level resources, this collaborative project improved discoverability and usability of this collection and set a foundation for working with other serialized content though innovative new workflows and next-generation content management.
Posted in: Digital Content, Digital Preservation, Guest Posts
Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez
Thalia Lightstone recently joined the Digital Content Processing Section as Librarian in Residence on the Digital Services track. The Librarians-in-Residence program (LIR) supports and develops the next generation of librarians and information professionals by providing meaningful work experiences at the Library of Congress. In this interview, Thalia chats with Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez, Digital Collections Specialist, about …
Posted in: Digital Content
Posted by: Liz Holdzkom
Hana Beckerle and Spencer Zidarich of the Library’s Collections Digitization Division (CDD) have been named as the Library of Congress co-leads for the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) Still Image Working Group, effective July 1, 2025. In their new roles, they will provide leadership and direction for the working group, coordinate group meetings and projects, and represent the Library serving as liaisons on still image digitization issues.
Posted in: FADGI, Formats, Guest Posts, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate
In this blog post, 2025 Junior Fellow Kailyn Slater describes her work evaluating and expanding the Mass Communications Web Archive,
Posted in: Digital Preservation, Guest Posts, Internships and Fellowships, Web Archiving
Posted by: Jaime Mears
This post was written by Sahar Kazmi and edited by Jaime Mears. A longer version of this post appeared in the Library of Congress staff Gazette on July 25th, 2025. The Library of Congress has embarked on a new multiyear digital initiative, LOCal, that will help expand access to the digital collections through partnerships with …
Posted in: Partners and Collaboration