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Posted by: Trevor Owens
I’m excited to share this interview with Marcus Nappier, one of my colleagues in the Digital Content Management Section. My hope with this interview, and the others that we publish here, help spread awareness about the background, experience, and interests of the people that support the Library of Congress in providing enduring access to digital …
Posted in: Interviews
Posted by: Trevor Owens
I’m thrilled to share that Abby Shelton has joined the Digital Content Management section as a new Digital Collections Specialist working as a community manager on the By the People Program. To that end, I’m also happy to share this interview as part of our occasional series where we learn more about the background, experience, and …
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Interviews
Posted by: Carlyn Osborn
In today’s post, I interview a By the People volunteer, Maddie, 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. Carlyn: What …
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Interviews
Posted by: Carlyn Osborn
In today’s post, Sam Schireson interviews a By the People volunteer, Judith, 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 Vignette on the Signal …
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Interviews
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
December's monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Posted in: Computational Research, Content Matters Interview, Digital Content, Digital Preservation, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Interviews, Partners and Collaboration, Publications and Resources
Posted by: Jaime Mears
The following is a guest post by the 2021 Innovator in Residence Courtney McClellan, a research-based artist who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. With a subject focus on speech and civic engagement, McClellan works in a range of media including sculpture, performance, photography, and writing. She has served as studio art faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University, …
Posted in: Education and Training, Guest Posts, Innovator in Residence, Interviews
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: Carlyn Osborn
In today’s post, Sam Schireson interviews a By the People volunteer 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 searchable and discoverable on loc.gov. In this interview we hear from Henry in Virginia who has been …
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Interviews
Posted by: Trevor Owens
Meghan Lyon recently joined the Web Archiving Team in the Digital Content Management section as a Librarian in Residence. In support of developing the next generation of librarians and information professionals, the Librarians-in-Residence program (LIR) gives early-career librarians the opportunity to gain meaningful work experience at the Library of Congress. In light of the COVID-19 …
Posted in: Interviews, Web Archiving