AUTHOR: Carlyn Osborn

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 bachelor's in the history of science, medicine and technology (2014) and from the University of Maryland College of Information Studies with a master's of library and information sciences, 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
- What’s new online at the Library of Congress – September 2023 September 28th, 2023
- Ensuring Enduring Access to eBooks: Update on Recent Research and Analysis August 10th, 2023
- What’s new online at the Library of Congress – July 2023 July 27th, 2023
- Supporting Social-Emotional Learning Activities with “By the People” Transcriptions June 22nd, 2023
- The Democratization of Knowledge: An Interview with Amaobi Otiji June 15th, 2023
- What’s new online at the Library of Congress – May 2023 May 25th, 2023
- The crowdsourced transcription lifecycle – from conception to retirement May 16th, 2023
- 3rd Edition of FADGI Still Image Digitization Guidelines Finalized May 11th, 2023
- Volunteer Vignette: Student and Teacher team up to transcribe Federal Theatre Project playbills April 6th, 2023