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Content Authenticity and Provenance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Call to Action for the Libraries, Archives and Museums Community

Posted by: Isabel Brador

Today’s guest post is from Kate Murray of the Digital Collections Management & Services Division and co-founder of the C2PA for G+LAM Community of Practice. Released in February 2026 as a product of the C2PA for G+LAM Community of Practice, the white paper “Content Authenticity and Provenance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Call-to-Action …

Color photograph headshot of Meghan Sorensen. She has blonde hair and is wearing a white shirt with a black blazer. The Boston skyline is in the background.

Fix-It+ Interview: Volunteer-powered Human-In-The-Loop transcription for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

We just celebrated seven years of 'By the People,' which invites virtual volunteers to transcribe historic texts, but did you know there is another crowdsourced transcription program for Library of Congress collections? Fix-It+ volunteers review and edit AI-generated transcripts for video and audio from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), a collaboration between GBH and The Library of Congress to preserve public television and radio. Learn how Fix-It+ enhances Library collections and how you can get involved in this interview with AAPB Archives Outreach Manager, Meghan Sorensen.

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Bound to Browsable: Unlocking the Historical Media Publications Collection

Posted by: Liz Tencer

This post details the exciting transformation of the Historical Media Publications Collection, a challenging digital collection of historical media industry magazines spanning the late 19th to mid-20th century. Expanding online presentation from dense bound volumes into searchable, issue-level resources, this collaborative project improved discoverability and usability of this collection and set a foundation for working with other serialized content though innovative new workflows and next-generation content management.

Headshot photographs of Hana Beckerle and Spencer Zidarich.

Announcing Library of Congress Leadership for the FADGI Still Image Working Group

Posted by: Liz Tencer

Hana Beckerle and Spencer Zidarich of the Library’s Collections Digitization Division (CDD) have been named as the Library of Congress co-leads for the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) Still Image Working Group, effective July 1, 2025. In their new roles, they will provide leadership and direction for the working group, coordinate group meetings and projects, and represent the Library serving as liaisons on still image digitization issues.

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Fascinating Discoveries are Waiting Just Below the Surface: A Journey into Geocoding with Sabrina Templeton

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

Today’s guest post is from Sabrina Templeton, a 2025 Junior Fellow at the Library of Congress. Sabrina is pursuing her MS in Information Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to starting her degree, she worked as a software engineer and she is passionate about the intersection of library and technology spaces.   As this …

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Innovator in Residence, Vivian Li, Visits the Library

Posted by: Isabel Brador

This blog post is co-authored by Isabel Brador and Sahar Kazmi. Vivian Li, the Library’s 2025 Innovator in Residence, spent several days learning from Library staff and exploring the collections during a visit to the Library in May.  Her trip followed the selection of Seattle, Southeastern Wyoming, and Chicago as the three locations for “Anywhere …