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Cover images of three issues from magazines in the Historical Media Publications collection.

Bound to Browsable: Unlocking the Historical Media Publications Collection

Posted by: Liz Holdzkom

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 Holdzkom

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.

Black and white photograph of the Bayonne Bridge.

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 …

Two women, one with a camera, lean over a large book.

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 …

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Beta Release of Library of Congress Web Archives Playback Services

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

This guest post was authored by Abbie Grotke, Head of the Web Archiving Section. As described in our prior blog post, we have been in the process of modernizing and making improvements to the Library of Congress Web Archives to improve functionality for users. While this work has taken us a bit longer than anticipated, we are pleased to announce the …

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New U.S. Elections Web Archive Data Resources Available

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

This blog post was guest-authored by Rachel Trent, Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian. For nearly twenty-five years, the Library of Congress has been archiving campaign websites for Presidential, Congressional, and gubernatorial elections. Back in 2022, we released a dataset of index files for the United States Elections Web Archive, and we are happy to announce …

Hidden Portals Family Day Mask-making Workshop

Posted by: Jaime Mears

The following is a guest post by Library of Congress Innovator in Residence Jeffrey Yoo Warren. You can read more about his residency project, Seeing Lost Enclaves, in previous blog posts and on the experiment page. This past May was a big month for the Seeing Lost Enclaves project, but one day in particular was the most …