October’s monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Category: Digital Humanities
Analyzing the Born-Digital Archive
Kathleen O’Neill is a 2020 Staff Innovator with LC Labs and a Senior Archivist in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. In this post, she discusses her analysis of the various file formats in the Manuscript Division’s born-digital holdings.
LC Labs Letter: September 2020
September’s monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Newspaper Navigator Search Application Now Live!
On September 15, 2020, the Library of Congress announced the release of Newspaper Navigator, an experimental web application which makes 1.5 million photographs from the dataset from Chronicling America available to the public to explore for the first time. Read more about the design and features of the project below or jump straight to the newly launched application at https://news-navigator.labs.loc.gov/search !
Citizen DJ at the virtual National Book Festival
This post was originally featured on the Minerva’s Kaleidoscope blog for kids and families. We’re excited and grateful to be able to re-share about this opportunity to experience Citizen DJ at the virtual National Book Festival next week!
LC Labs Letter: August 2020
August’s monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
LC Labs Letter: July 2020
July’s monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Introducing the 2020 Staff Innovators!
This blog post introduces Kathleen O’Neill and Chad Conrady, the 2020 Staff Innovators with LC Labs.
Finding By the People Transcriptions in the Library’s Digital Collections
Today’s guest post is from Dr. Victoria Van Hyning, who served as a By the People Community Manager at the Library from 2018-2020. Starting in Fall 2020, she will be an Assistant Professor of Library Innovation at the University of Maryland iSchool, where she will continue her research on crowdsourcing, outreach, and inclusion. The […]
LC Labs Letter: June 2020
June’s monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.