In my personal non-work time, I wrote about public libraries as public spaces, and their connection to civic life. Thanks to the William Penn Foundation for giving me the opportunity. williampennfoundation.org/news/public-...

NEWS: Artist, developer and Library of Congress Innovator in Residence Vivian Li invites you to explore three American communities with Anywhere Adventures, a new interactive mobile site showcasing local history through items from the Library's digital collections. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

Vivian is so wonderful and I very much love that I get to work with people who make things like this.

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

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?

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.

Happy to announce a newly packaged up #webarchiving U.S. Election web archive dataset has been released! Learn more blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...

"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.

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

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

Another cool feed tracking mentions of LC on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/did:...

bsky.app/profile/did:... I love this feed @hadro.bsky.social made.

On my morning walk before logging on to start work, I love seeing the murals from @ccp-org.bsky.social near my house.

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...

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...

Looks like a 4.8 earthquake centered in NJ. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

So that earthquake I just felt was also in New York and Baltimore? Wtf?

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!

What a dream teaching team!

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!

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...