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Born to Be 3D: Born-Digital Data Stewardship

Posted by: Jesse Johnston

Today’s post is from Jesse Johnston and Jon Sweitzer-Lamme. Jon is the Librarian in Residence at The Library of Congress’ Preservation Directorate. He is a 2017 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s iSchool, receiving a MSLIS with a minor in Museum Studies and a certificate in Special Collections. On November 2, the Library hosted …

Posted in: Digital Content, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration

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Building Digital Content Management Capacity with Library Carpentry

Posted by: Jesse Johnston

In September, the Library hosted a Library Carpentry workshop to help library staff develop advanced digital skills and explore tools useful for managing digital collections and metadata. Building on the Library’s previous Software Carpentry workshop, the 2018 workshop presented an opportunity for us to explore the growing “Library Carpentry”  curriculum. This effort, which adopts the …

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