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Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
December's monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Posted in: Computational Research, Content Matters Interview, Digital Content, Digital Preservation, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Interviews, Partners and Collaboration, Publications and Resources
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
A reflection on the 2020 Staff Innovator detail from an LC Labs team member, shared in the hopes that some of the lessons we learned from this cross-institutional partnership may be applicable to other institutions and interesting to our readers!
Posted in: Data Librarianship, Digital Content, Digital Preservation, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Open Research, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Jaime Mears
The following is a guest post by the 2021 Innovator in Residence Courtney McClellan, a research-based artist who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. With a subject focus on speech and civic engagement, McClellan works in a range of media including sculpture, performance, photography, and writing. She has served as studio art faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University, …
Posted in: Education and Training, Guest Posts, Innovator in Residence, Interviews
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
The following is a guest post by Derek Miller, Harvard University, and Elizabeth Brown, a reference librarian in the Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress. In it, they discuss how Brown helped Miller access LC for Robots resources that helped him gain enhanced access to Library of Congress digital collections used in his research.
Posted in: Computational Research, Data Librarianship, Digital Content, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Guest Posts
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
October's monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Computational Research, Digital Content, digital humanities, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Open Research, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
Brian Foo reflects on the feedback from user testing he incorporated into the final design of Citizen DJ.
Posted in: At the Museum, Computational Research, Digital Content, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Guest Posts, Open Access, Open Data, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
September's monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Computational Research, Crowdsourcing, Digital Content, digital humanities, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Formats, Inside the Library, Open Access, Open Data, Open Research, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
On September 15, 2020, the Library of Congress announced the release of Newspaper Navigator, an experimental web application which makes 1.5 million photographs from the dataset from Chronicling America available to the public to explore for the first time. Read more about the design and features of the project below or jump straight to the newly launched application at https://news-navigator.labs.loc.gov/search !
Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, At the Museum, Computational Research, Digital Content, digital humanities, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Open Access, Open Data, Open Research, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
This post was originally featured on the Minerva's Kaleidoscope blog for kids and families. We're excited and grateful to be able to re-share about this opportunity to experience Citizen DJ at the virtual National Book Festival next week!
Posted in: Content Matters Interview, Data Librarianship, Digital Content, digital humanities, Education and Training, Open Access, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration