This year, libraries and cultural institutions around the nation are celebrating America’s 250th birthday. The 225-year-old Library of Congress is almost as old as the country itself, and this year, we’ve joined forces with the Smithsonian Institution to find new stories about America’s founding in our treasure trove of records and artifacts.
The collaboration, called Revolution Crossroads, is exploring how advanced technologies can surface new connections in history. Staff are working to expand the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) to surface relationships, stories, and context—using some of the nation’s founding digital treasures as a testbed.
The Library of Congress recently signed on as a founding member of an international organization devoted to exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cultural heritage and research contexts “for the benefit of humankind.” The eighth meeting of the organization’s flagship annual conference, Fantastic Futures, is scheduled for September 15-17, 2026. The theme of the conference is Fantastic Futures 2026: Trust in the Loop, and the meeting will be co-hosted by the Library, the National Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution, with support from staff at these organizations and the AI4LAM D.C. Chapter.
In this interview, 2025 Library of Congress Junior Fellow Kurt Lemai-Nguyen reflects on his experience working to support understanding AI at the Library in the Library's Digital Strategy Directorate. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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.
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 …
Today’s post is from Abbey Potter and Isabel Brador of the Digital Strategy Directorate and Kate Murray of the Digital Collections Management & Services Division here at the Library of Congress. Since January 2025, a new Library of Congress working group has been exploring ways to bring responsible AI together with digital preservation through an …
In 2018, the Library launched the very popular Free To Use and Reuse Sets, where staff curate thematic sets of items from our digital collections that are either in the public domain, have no known copyright restrictions or have been cleared by the copyright owner for public use. The public is not only free to …
Catalog records are key to storing and finding digital library materials. As the volume of digital materials continues to grow rapidly, the Library of Congress is exploring whether AI can help catalogers by automating the generation of metadata. AI could provide an opportunity to speed up description workflows. Yet there are numerous machine learning (ML) …
The explosion of interest surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) will clearly have a tremendous impact on the world of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM). The Library of Congress is exploring how certain AI use cases can help expand access to our collection, enhance services for users, and improve efficiency. We are still in the early …
