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It’s All About the Process: An Interview with Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

Today’s blog post is an interview with the Signal’s own Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez, here at the Library of Congress. You can read other interviews with digital collections staff here. Carlyn: Hi Pedro, could you tell us a bit about what you do in the Digital Services Directorate? How would you explain your job to someone outside the Library …

TRANSCRIPT: Some time since a tenant of her for 3 years- was relating something she had told him- when I said and you knew she was lying when she said it= "yes-" and you believed her.= "yes"= - - why? "Why? because I couldn't believe any body could lie so- - That's "Mabelle"- Now S.E.B. - sent me please those 7 pages- indicate by marking any part or parts you might not want used and will copy, omitting same- on old blank note book paper which I used at that time, of which I have sufficient supply and it will be my privilege, not to say how I obtained the same-- which I would have had she not taken possession of same to destroy my evidence against her Lies- her treachery- her slandering of the name of Clara Barton in ways unbelievable and which I would not repeat on paper-

Volunteer Vignette: History is a Living Thing

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

In today’s post, Abby Shelton interviews a By the People volunteer, Justin Kern, who serves as the Division Communications Director for the American Red Cross. By the People is a crowdsourced transcription program launched in 2018 at the Library of Congress. Volunteer-created transcriptions are used to make digitized collections more accessible and discoverable on loc.gov.  Abby: How did you hear about By …

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Transforming Days into Seconds: An Interview with Tori Culler

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

Today’s blog post is an interview with Tori Culler of the Digital Services Directorate here at the Library of Congress. You can read other interviews with digital collections staff here. Carlyn: Hi Tori, could you tell us a bit about what you do in the Digital Services Directorate? How would you explain your job to …

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Breaking Down Barriers to Access: An Interview with Liz Caringola

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

Today’s blog post is an interview with Liz Caringola of the Digital Services Directorate here at the Library of Congress. You can read other interviews with digital collections staff here. Carlyn: Hi Liz, could you tell us a bit about what you do in the Digital Services Directorate? How would you explain your job to …

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The Democratization of Knowledge: An Interview with Amaobi Otiji

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

Today’s blog post is an interview between Andrew Cassidy-Amstutz and Amaobi Otiji, both of the Digital Content Management Section (DCM) here at the Library of Congress. You can read other interviews with DCM staff here. Andrew: Could you tell us a bit about what you do as a Digital Collections Technician in DCM? What do …

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Volunteer Vignette: Student and Teacher team up to transcribe Federal Theatre Project playbills

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

In today’s post, By the People community manager Abby Shelton interviews two By the People volunteers, Tina and Alexandra, who paired up to transcribe Federal Theatre Project playbills! Tina was a student at the Emma Willard School in 2022 and already a By the People volunteer when she recruited her math teacher, Alexandra, to help transcribe …

Volunteer Vignette: Transcribing Spanish history

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

In today’s post, Abby Shelton interviews a By the People volunteer, Claude, who has gone above and beyond! By the People is a crowdsourced transcription program launched in 2018 at the Library of Congress. Volunteer-created transcriptions are used to make digitized collections more accessible and discoverable on loc.gov. You can read our other Volunteer Vignettes on the Signal here and here. Abby: What motivates you to …