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January Innovator-in-Residence Update: Experiments with Jer Thorp

Posted by: Meghan Ferriter

We’ve been delighted to have Library of Congress Innovator-in-Residence Jer Thorp with us since October. During the first three months of his residency he has connected with staff, visited collections, and explored forms of data to make better sense the inner workings of the Library. Jer has been weaving together those threads with experiments and …

Posted in: Computational Research, Innovator in Residence, Partners and Collaboration, Videos and Podcasts

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October Innovator-in-Residence Update

Posted by: Meghan Ferriter

Library of Congress Innovator-in-Residence, Jer Thorp, has started diving into the collections at the Library. We’ve rounded up some of his activities in October and how he is sharing his process in this post. Jer has created a “text-based exploration of Library of Congress @librarycongress‘ MARC records, specifically of ~9M books & the names of …

Posted in: Computational Research, Innovator in Residence, Open Data, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure