A reflection on the 2020 Staff Innovator detail from an LC Labs team member, shared in the hopes that some of the lessons we learned from this cross-institutional partnership may be applicable to other institutions and interesting to our readers!
This post was originally featured on the Minerva's Kaleidoscope blog for kids and families. We're excited and grateful to be able to re-share about this opportunity to experience Citizen DJ at the virtual National Book Festival next week!
Kathleen O’Neill is currently serving as one of two Staff Innovators at the Library of Congress. Their 2020 project, Born Digital Access Now!, explores existing pathways for accessing born digital materials in the Manuscript Division. In this series of blog posts, Kathleen describes the complexities of gaining access to born digital materials through the lens of three different metaphors. Up first was "Media Format, or, Have Fun Storming the Castle!" The second blog post discussed "Legacy File Formats and Operating Systems or Lost in Translation." This is the third and final post in the series and Kathleen carefully explains the process of emulation and makes it feel less like "strange magic."
Kathleen O'Neill is currently serving as one of two Staff Innovators at the Library of Congress. Their 2020 project, Born Digital Access Now!, explores existing pathways for accessing born digital materials in the Manuscript Division. In this series of blog posts, Kathleen describes the complexities of gaining access to born digital materials even before they reach researchers. This is the second post in the series and focuses on legacy file formats through the metaphor of being "lost in translation."