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Metaphors for Understanding Born Digital Collection Access: Part III

Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester

Kathleen O’Neill is currently serving as one of two Staff Innovators at the Library of Congress. Their 2020 project, Born Digital Access Now!, explores existing pathways for accessing born digital materials in the Manuscript Division. In this series of blog posts, Kathleen describes the complexities of gaining access to born digital materials through the lens of three different metaphors. Up first was "Media Format, or, Have Fun Storming the Castle!" The second blog post discussed "Legacy File Formats and Operating Systems or Lost in Translation." This is the third and final post in the series and Kathleen carefully explains the process of emulation and makes it feel less like "strange magic."

Posted in: Data Librarianship, Digital Content, Digital Preservation, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Outreach and Events, Tools and Infrastructure

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Metaphors for Understanding Born Digital Collection Access: Part I

Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester

The following is a guest post by Senior Archivist Kathleen O'Neill. Kathleen and her colleague Chad Conrady are currently working on a project called Born Digital Access Now! as the 2020 Staff Innovators in LC Labs. Their first blog post introduces the project, which aims to provide greater access to born digital materials held in the Manuscript Division, in greater detail. Today's post is the first in a series of three blog posts in which Kathleen will discuss different challenges or barriers to born digital collection access through the lens of three different metaphors. Up first is: "Media Format, or, Have Fun Storming the Castle!"

Posted in: Data Librarianship, Digital Content, Digital Preservation, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Personal Archiving, Tools and Infrastructure

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LC Labs Letter: April 2020

Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal

LC LABS LETTER A Monthly Roundup of News and Thoughts from the Library of Congress Labs Team Editor’s Note As it did for many people across the country and all over the world, the month of March brought new ways of working and communicating and challenging, complex circumstances for the LC Labs team. We found …

Posted in: Computational Research, Crowdsourcing, Data Librarianship, Digital Content, digital humanities, Digital Preservation, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Open Data, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure, Videos and Podcasts

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Innovator Brian Foo Incorporates “Citizen DJs” into Design Process

Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester

The following is a guest post by Innovator in Residence Brian Foo, creator of Citizen DJ. The Citizen DJ project invites the public to make music using the free-to-use audio and video collections from the Library of Congress. The project will feature online tools for exploring and remixing tens of thousands of sounds from a variety of collections ranging from music to government film to oral histories. 

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