We’ve posted a job ad to join our team at LC Labs.
I am very proud and excited about the work we have planned. Please share.
I’ll also mention that we are part of the legislative branch and this is a partner-supported project.
www.usajobs.gov/job/832669800
I am very proud and excited about the work we have planned. Please share.
I’ll also mention that we are part of the legislative branch and this is a partner-supported project.
www.usajobs.gov/job/832669800
Sr. Innovation Specialist
<p>This position is located in the Digital Innovation Division, Digital Strategy Directorate, Office of the Chief Information Officer.</p>
<p>The position description number for this position is 35903...
www.usajobs.gov
February 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
We’ve posted a job ad to join our team at LC Labs.
I am very proud and excited about the work we have planned. Please share.
I’ll also mention that we are part of the legislative branch and this is a partner-supported project.
www.usajobs.gov/job/832669800
I am very proud and excited about the work we have planned. Please share.
I’ll also mention that we are part of the legislative branch and this is a partner-supported project.
www.usajobs.gov/job/832669800
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LC Innovator Vivian Li is looking for nominations for where to take Anywhere Adventures in 2025. I want to hear stories about people's adorable hometowns, and i'm curious if you can find any items on loc.gov about yours?
January 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
LC Innovator Vivian Li is looking for nominations for where to take Anywhere Adventures in 2025. I want to hear stories about people's adorable hometowns, and i'm curious if you can find any items on loc.gov about yours?
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Love the engagement with the LOC LC Labs AI Framework at this workshop hosted by Ecole Nationale des Chartes: blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...
Introducing the LC Labs Artificial Intelligence Planning Framework | The Signal
LC Labs has been developing a planning framework to support the responsible exploration and potential adoption of AI at the Library.
blogs.loc.gov
January 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Love the engagement with the LOC LC Labs AI Framework at this workshop hosted by Ecole Nationale des Chartes: blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...
I am so delighted to see this call go out from @mellonfoundation.bsky.social to support operating costs for community-based archives. www.mellon.org/article/call.... I hope some Philly organizations apply.
Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
www.mellon.org
January 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I am so delighted to see this call go out from @mellonfoundation.bsky.social to support operating costs for community-based archives. www.mellon.org/article/call.... I hope some Philly organizations apply.
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Happy to announce a newly packaged up #webarchiving U.S. Election web archive dataset has been released! Learn more blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...
New U.S. Elections Web Archive Data Resources Available | The Signal
This blog post was guest-authored by Rachel Trent, Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian. For nearly twenty-five years, the Library of Congress has been archiving campaign websites for Presidentia...
blogs.loc.gov
December 12, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Happy to announce a newly packaged up #webarchiving U.S. Election web archive dataset has been released! Learn more blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...
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"Starting with the Library’s Free to Use + Reuse items, [the LoC Junior Fellows] used... object detection + image segmentation to automatically identify subjects w/in a wide variety of images and “cut” them into segments that could be easily arranged and manipulated on an online digital canvas."
Collaging with the Library’s Digital Collections | The Signal
In 2018, the Library launched the very popular Free To Use and Reuse Sets, where staff curate thematic sets of items from our digital collections that are either in the public domain, have no known co...
blogs.loc.gov
December 8, 2024 at 6:16 AM
"Starting with the Library’s Free to Use + Reuse items, [the LoC Junior Fellows] used... object detection + image segmentation to automatically identify subjects w/in a wide variety of images and “cut” them into segments that could be easily arranged and manipulated on an online digital canvas."
Yep. Please block and report fake LOC account.
This is a fake account!: @librarycongress.bsky.social The Library of Congress does not have an account on BlueSky.
I've reported them and you should, too.
(Also, bizarre side note: whoever is copying those posts from the LC Twitter is introducing spelling errors not in the originals -- so sloppy!)
I've reported them and you should, too.
(Also, bizarre side note: whoever is copying those posts from the LC Twitter is introducing spelling errors not in the originals -- so sloppy!)
December 3, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Yep. Please block and report fake LOC account.
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I’m finishing up a pretty technical paper that straddles computer science, digital humanities, and archives using a bunch of national library data. I’d love some input from Bluesky about good journals to submit to. I haven’t done this in a while! 📚 #skybrarians #academicsky
December 3, 2024 at 12:44 PM
I’m finishing up a pretty technical paper that straddles computer science, digital humanities, and archives using a bunch of national library data. I’d love some input from Bluesky about good journals to submit to. I haven’t done this in a while! 📚 #skybrarians #academicsky
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Library of Congress: “Collaging with the Library’s Digital Collections” www.infodocket.com/2024/11/25/l... #libraries
November 25, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Library of Congress: “Collaging with the Library’s Digital Collections” www.infodocket.com/2024/11/25/l... #libraries
I should mention this feed I love finds people posting something like “this should be in the library of congress” across Bluesky. Fascinating. Thanks @hadro.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I should mention this feed I love finds people posting something like “this should be in the library of congress” across Bluesky. Fascinating. Thanks @hadro.bsky.social
Another cool feed tracking mentions of LC on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 25, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Another cool feed tracking mentions of LC on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 25, 2024 at 3:41 PM
On my morning walk before logging on to start work, I love seeing the murals from @ccp-org.bsky.social near my house.
November 20, 2024 at 1:15 PM
On my morning walk before logging on to start work, I love seeing the murals from @ccp-org.bsky.social near my house.
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Please spread the word: Our colleagues at Schmidt Sciences are launching a new program to support research at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the humanities. Note the fast turnaround time! www.schmidtsciences.org/humanities-a...
Humanities and AI Virtual Institute - Schmidt Sciences
www.schmidtsciences.org
August 13, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Please spread the word: Our colleagues at Schmidt Sciences are launching a new program to support research at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the humanities. Note the fast turnaround time! www.schmidtsciences.org/humanities-a...
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A few days into writing a report on machine learning and cultural data for the Library of Congress, I came back with a question:
"Can it be a comic?"
Two years and many iterations later, here's "A Search for the Heart":
libraryofcongress.github.io/a-search-for...
"Can it be a comic?"
Two years and many iterations later, here's "A Search for the Heart":
libraryofcongress.github.io/a-search-for...
A Search for the Heart: Digital collections, machine learning and legacies of care
Machine learning models are hungry for content from libraries and cultural insitutions. How can we imagine ways these technologies might help people and communities, while also being mindful of risks ...
libraryofcongress.github.io
June 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM
A few days into writing a report on machine learning and cultural data for the Library of Congress, I came back with a question:
"Can it be a comic?"
Two years and many iterations later, here's "A Search for the Heart":
libraryofcongress.github.io/a-search-for...
"Can it be a comic?"
Two years and many iterations later, here's "A Search for the Heart":
libraryofcongress.github.io/a-search-for...
Reposted by Laurie Allen
April 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM
So that earthquake I just felt was also in New York and Baltimore? Wtf?
April 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM
So that earthquake I just felt was also in New York and Baltimore? Wtf?
Reposted by Laurie Allen
So you've enriched collections data by crowdsourcing, machine learning/AI, or both. But does the data end up in a collections management system, or does it sit on a drive somewhere?
Share your experiences - our survey should take about 15 mins:
forms.gle/JgArpbL6VNM6...
And pls boost for reach!
Share your experiences - our survey should take about 15 mins:
forms.gle/JgArpbL6VNM6...
And pls boost for reach!
Challenges for integrating volunteer and AI-enriched metadata into collections systems
What are we studying?
There's a long history of crowdsourcing projects at cultural heritage institutions (GLAMS, or galleries, libraries, archives and museums). More recently, GLAMs have experimented ...
forms.gle
March 21, 2024 at 4:26 PM
So you've enriched collections data by crowdsourcing, machine learning/AI, or both. But does the data end up in a collections management system, or does it sit on a drive somewhere?
Share your experiences - our survey should take about 15 mins:
forms.gle/JgArpbL6VNM6...
And pls boost for reach!
Share your experiences - our survey should take about 15 mins:
forms.gle/JgArpbL6VNM6...
And pls boost for reach!
What a dream teaching team!
We're getting excited about Dream Lab 2024 (June 10-13 @ Penn) & we'll be highlighting the courses & instructors over the next few weeks. Up first is Advocating for Community: Data Collection & Visualization led by Jennifer Garcon, Emily Esten, & Cassandra Hradil!
Register:
bit.ly/DreamLab2024...
Register:
bit.ly/DreamLab2024...
March 6, 2024 at 12:02 PM
What a dream teaching team!
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An amazing opportunity for artists/scholars/data folks to be Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress: newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...
Just an incredible set of possibilities for connecting communities to unparalleled collections!
Just an incredible set of possibilities for connecting communities to unparalleled collections!
Library of Congress Opens Search for Next Innovator in Residence
The Library of Congress is looking for its next Innovator in Residence. Through March 5, the Library invites technologists, artists and other creative visionaries to propose imaginative proofs of...
newsroom.loc.gov
January 11, 2024 at 7:26 PM
An amazing opportunity for artists/scholars/data folks to be Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress: newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...
Just an incredible set of possibilities for connecting communities to unparalleled collections!
Just an incredible set of possibilities for connecting communities to unparalleled collections!
If you know any artists/scholars/data folks who might be a great Innovator in Residence at The Library of Congress for 2024-2025, now is the time to spread the word. The call for concept papers Is out. Info at: labs.loc.gov/about/opport...
January 11, 2024 at 5:08 PM
If you know any artists/scholars/data folks who might be a great Innovator in Residence at The Library of Congress for 2024-2025, now is the time to spread the word. The call for concept papers Is out. Info at: labs.loc.gov/about/opport...