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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: Eileen J. Manchester
In this post, 2020 Staff Innovator Chad Conrady discusses his area of expertise, emulation, which imitates older operating systems in order to open outdated or legacy files that are no longer operable with contemporary operating systems or software.
Posted in: Computational Research, digital humanities, Digital Preservation, digital scholarship, Formats, Guest Posts, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
October's monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Computational Research, Digital Content, digital humanities, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Open Research, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
Kathleen O'Neill is a 2020 Staff Innovator with LC Labs and a Senior Archivist in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. In this post, she discusses her analysis of the various file formats in the Manuscript Division's born-digital holdings.
Posted in: Content Matters Interview, Data Librarianship, Digital Content, digital humanities, Digital Preservation, digital scholarship, Formats, Guest Posts, Inside the Library, Open Research, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
Brian Foo reflects on the feedback from user testing he incorporated into the final design of Citizen DJ.
Posted in: At the Museum, Computational Research, Digital Content, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Guest Posts, Open Access, Open Data, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
September's monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Computational Research, Crowdsourcing, Digital Content, digital humanities, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Formats, Inside the Library, Open Access, Open Data, Open Research, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
On September 15, 2020, the Library of Congress announced the release of Newspaper Navigator, an experimental web application which makes 1.5 million photographs from the dataset from Chronicling America available to the public to explore for the first time. Read more about the design and features of the project below or jump straight to the newly launched application at https://news-navigator.labs.loc.gov/search !
Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, At the Museum, Computational Research, Digital Content, digital humanities, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Open Access, Open Data, Open Research, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
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."
Posted in: Data Librarianship, Digital Content, Digital Preservation, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Outreach and Events, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
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."
Posted in: Data Librarianship, Digital Content, Digital Preservation, Inside the Library, Outreach and Events, Tools and Infrastructure