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Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
In this guest post, Kathleen O'Neill, Senior Archives Specialist in the Manuscript Division, announces the launch of a new workstation in the Library's Manuscript Division reading room.
Posted in: Computational Research, Digital Content, digital humanities, Digital Preservation, Guest Posts, Outreach and Events, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
The new “Exploring Chronicling America Newspapers” application dynamically maps publication locations of over 3,000 digitized newspapers currently available in the Chronicling America online collection.
Posted in: Digital Content, Guest Posts, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
November's monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Computational Research, Data Librarianship, Digital Content, digital humanities, Digital Preservation, digital scholarship, Guest Posts, Interviews, Open Data, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
In this post, 2020 Staff Innovator Chad Conrady discusses his area of expertise, emulation, which imitates older operating systems in order to open outdated or legacy files that are no longer operable with contemporary operating systems or software.
Posted in: Computational Research, digital humanities, Digital Preservation, digital scholarship, Formats, Guest Posts, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
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
Kathleen O'Neill is a 2020 Staff Innovator with LC Labs and a Senior Archivist in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. In this post, she discusses her analysis of the various file formats in the Manuscript Division's born-digital holdings.
Posted in: Content Matters Interview, Data Librarianship, Digital Content, digital humanities, Digital Preservation, digital scholarship, Formats, Guest Posts, Inside the Library, Open Research, 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