Laurie Allen
@lallen.bsky.social
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Philadelphian. Librarian.
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lallen.bsky.social
It obviously feels quite weird to post about this right now. But I really want people to apply and join us in this work.
lallen.bsky.social
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
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
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jaimemears.bsky.social
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?
Collage comic with girl waving and saying "Hi! I'm Vivian Li, and I'm the Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. My project is Anywhere Adventures, and I'm creating activities and finding stories about local history within the Library's digital collections. So the Library is coming to you! The question now is.... where should we go?" Sign posts say "Find an item, post it on instagram, tag the Library, or comment here by February 5th".
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
"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
lallen.bsky.social
Yep. Please block and report fake LOC account.
hadro.bsky.social
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!)
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darkivist.bsky.social
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
lallen.bsky.social
Hello real you!!. Also reported the fake one.
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infodocket.bsky.social
Library of Congress: “Collaging with the Library’s Digital Collections” www.infodocket.com/2024/11/25/l... #libraries
lallen.bsky.social
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
lallen.bsky.social
Another cool feed tracking mentions of LC on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/did:...
lallen.bsky.social
On my morning walk before logging on to start work, I love seeing the murals from @ccp-org.bsky.social near my house.
Mural of African American activists featuring a woman in a mask and the word Organize. A mural celebrating African Americans from the 19th century and the words  “Convention of Colored People” Mural featuring African American activists and the word “organize”
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brettbobley.bsky.social
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
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lallen.bsky.social
So that earthquake I just felt was also in New York and Baltimore? Wtf?
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miaout.bsky.social
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!
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
lallen.bsky.social
What a dream teaching team!
pricelab.bsky.social
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...
Black and white images of the three instructors and the Dream Lab 2024 Logo Full text of the course description and instructor bios. It's too long for the alt-text but you can find it here: https://bit.ly/DreamLab2024_AdvocatingForCommunity
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lallen.bsky.social
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...
lallen.bsky.social
These are great, Mia! Thanks for posting.