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AI4LAM / Fantastic Futures

Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez

The explosion of interest surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) will clearly have a tremendous impact on the world of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM). The Library of Congress is exploring how certain AI use cases can help expand access to our collection, enhance services for users, and improve efficiency. We are still in the early …

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Reviewing Inconsistencies, Inaccuracies, and Issues in Digital Journal Files: An Interview with Junior Fellow Natalie Coté

Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez

Natalie Coté and Amy Snyder are 2022 Junior Fellows in the Digital Collections Management and Services Division (DCMS) working under the mentorship of Digital Collections Specialist, Marcus Nappier. DIRSA (Distribuidora Internacional De Revistas S.A.) is a collection of Latin American journals purchased by the Library that DCM has made accessible in Stacks. Could you share …

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Improving Metadata for Digital Journals Access: An Interview with Junior Fellow Amy Snyder

Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez

Amy Snyder and Natalie Coté are 2022 Junior Fellows in the Digital Collections Management and Services Division (DCMS) working under the mentorship of Digital Collections Specialist, Marcus Nappier. DIRSA (Distribuidora Internacional De Revistas S.A.) is a collection of Latin American journals purchased by the Library that DCM has made accessible in Stacks. Could you share …

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“Wow, it’s WordStar!” Exploring a Beloved Early Word Processor and its Many Formats

Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez

Dan Hockstein and Mari Allison are 2022 Junior Fellows in the Digital Collections Management and Services Division (DCMS) working under the mentorship of Kate Murray. Over the course of our Junior Fellowship this summer, we have focused on a variety of streams of work around the Library of Congress’ Sustainability of Digital Formats website. The …

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New Article Explores Preservation and Access to Two Historical Literary Audio Archives

Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez

This blog post was co-authored by Camille Salas (Assistant Head, Digital Content Management Section), Kristy Darby (Digital Collections Specialist, Digital Content Management Section), and Marcus Nappier (Digital Collections Specialist, Digital Content Management Section). On October 26, 2020, Catalina Gomez of the Latin American, Caribbean & European Division, Anne Holmes (formerly of the Literary Initiatives Division), …

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Reflecting On a Year of Selected Datasets

Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez

Introduction The Selected Datasets Collection was publicly launched June 2020 as part of the Library’s ongoing efforts to support emerging data-driven styles of research. Since then, our initial offering of twenty datasets has grown to nearly 200 unique items, and we’ve continued to refine the technical workflows by which content is prepared and delivered to …

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Supporting the Acquisition of Openly-Available e-Serials from the Duplicate Materials Exchange Program: An Interview with Junior Fellow Alex Reese

Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez

For thirty years the Library of Congress has offered undergraduate and graduate students from across the country the opportunity to work on projects focused on expanding access to and use of the Library’s collections. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Fellows program continued to be entirely virtual in 2021. The Digital Content …

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Exploring Openly-Licensed e-Serials from the Directory of Open Access Journals: An Interview with Junior Fellow Emmeline Kaser

Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez

For thirty years the Library of Congress has offered undergraduate and graduate students from across the country the opportunity to work on projects focused on expanding access to and use of the Library’s collections. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Fellows program continued to be entirely virtual in 2021. The Digital Content …

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Passing the Mic to Our Audience: User Personas and Strategic Planning for the Sustainability of Digital Formats Website

Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez

This is a guest post written by Hilary Szu Yin Shiue and Jacob Kowall, 2021 Junior Fellows in the Digital Content Management & Services (DCMS) Division under the mentorship of Kate Murray, Digital Projects Coordinator. Hilary and Jacob assisted in updating and expanding the Sustainability of Digital Formats website, which provides information and analysis on …