Laurie Allen
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Philadelphian. Librarian.
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
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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...
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/832669800
9 months ago
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Jaime Mears
10 months ago
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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Lauren Tilton
10 months ago
Love the engagement with the LOC LC Labs AI Framework at this workshop hosted by Ecole Nationale des Chartes:
blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...
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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.
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2023/11/introducing-the-lc-labs-artificial-intelligence-planning-framework/
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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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Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
https://www.mellon.org/article/call-for-proposals-community-based-archives-2025
11 months ago
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Ab Ee Gee
12 months ago
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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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...
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2024/12/new-u-s-elections-web-archive-data-resources-available/
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Shannon Mattern
12 months ago
"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."
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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...
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2024/11/collaging-library-digital-collections/
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Yep. Please block and report fake LOC account.
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12 months ago
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Paul
12 months ago
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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infoDOCKET
about 1 year ago
Library of Congress: “Collaging with the Library’s Digital Collections”
www.infodocket.com/2024/11/25/l...
#libraries
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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
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about 1 year ago
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Another cool feed tracking mentions of LC on Bluesky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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about 1 year ago
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I love this feed
@hadro.bsky.social
made.
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about 1 year ago
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On my morning walk before logging on to start work, I love seeing the murals from
@ccp-org.bsky.social
near my house.
about 1 year ago
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Brett Bobley
over 1 year ago
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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Humanities and AI Virtual Institute - Schmidt Sciences
https://www.schmidtsciences.org/humanities-and-ai-virtual-institute/
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Jer Thorp
over 1 year ago
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...
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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 ...
https://libraryofcongress.github.io/a-search-for-the-heart/
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Kevin M. Kruse
over 1 year ago
Looks like a 4.8 earthquake centered in NJ.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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So that earthquake I just felt was also in New York and Baltimore? Wtf?
over 1 year ago
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mia ridge
over 1 year ago
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!
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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 ...
https://forms.gle/JgArpbL6VNM6W3Vk9
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What a dream teaching team!
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over 1 year ago
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Josh Hadro
almost 2 years ago
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!
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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...
https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-opens-search-for-next-innovator-in-residence/s/9540c60c-8ae4-45a1-bdd1-686182926f02
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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...
almost 2 years ago
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