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Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
LC Labs has been developing a planning framework to support the responsible exploration and potential adoption of AI at the Library.
Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud, Digital Content, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
n October 2022, the outcomes of a 2015 experiment to geo-reference 4,998 digitized maps of the Austro-Hungarian empire were shared with the public at the Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud Data Jam. Check out this recent post on World's Revealed, the Library's Geography and Maps blog, to learn more about the resulting GeoTIFF files enable access to digitized historical maps.
Posted in: Computational Research, Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud, Digital Content
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
Summer recap of activities undertaken by the LC Labs team.
Posted in: API, digital humanities, Innovator in Residence, Labs Letter
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
An interview with two people who have worked extensively with LC APIs: Laura Wrubel, currently a digital library software developer at Stanford Libraries, and Patrick Rourke, software engineer at the Library of Congress who led the recent loc.gov/apis update.
Posted in: API, Computational Research, Digital Content, Interviews
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
The Library of Congress is sponsoring a challenge to help improve public knowledge of civics through video games.
Posted in: Digital Content
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
The Library of Congress recently published a series of updates to loc.gov/apis, home to technical documentation for multiple application programming interfaces.
Posted in: API, Computational Research, Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud, Data Librarianship, Digital Content, Inside the Library
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
Jacqueline Katz is the 2022-2023 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator, exploring LC materials related to science education.
Posted in: Digital Content
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
Cross post of the Labs December newsletter on CCHC data sandbox and initiative progress.
Posted in: Computational Research, Data Librarianship, digital humanities, digital scholarship, Innovator in Residence, Labs Letter
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
Sharing the CCHC data jam event recording and summary of an engaging set of discussions on the complexities of accessing and analyzing digital cultural materials as datasets.
Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud, Data Librarianship, Digital Content, digital humanities, digital scholarship