Carlyn Osborn is a Librarian (Digital Collections Specialist) in the Digital Content Management Section at the Library of Congress and a Community Manager for the By the People program. She graduated from the Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (2014) and from the University of Maryland College of Information Studies with a M.L.I.S., specializing in Archives and Digital Curation (2017). Carlyn has been involved with museums, libraries, and special collections since 2010 and is interested in the history of science, crowdsourced cultural heritage, and digital engagement. Prior to joining the Digital Content Management Section and the By the People Team, Carlyn worked in the Geography and Map Division at the Library of Congress, where she founded the blog Worlds Revealed in 2015.
Most Recent Posts
- Diving into Branch Rickey: Using a dataset of crowdsourced transcriptions as a tool for open research June 10th, 2021
- Developing a New Digital Collections Strategy at the Nation’s Library May 6th, 2021
- Volunteer Vignette: It’s just so much fun! March 31st, 2021
- The Library of Congress Web Archiving Team Goes Agile January 14th, 2021
- Volunteer Vignette: We’re all in this together! December 29th, 2020
- Nominations sought for the U.S. Federal Government Domain End of Term 2020 Web Archive October 29th, 2020
- Volunteer Vignette: Transcribe without fear, don’t be intimidated! October 1st, 2020
- Connect with The Signal at the 2020 National Book Festival September 24th, 2020
- How to Write a FDD in 149 Easy Steps: Learning to Evaluate Digital File Formats September 17th, 2020
- Celebrating another year with By the People September 14th, 2020