We test emerging technologies and digital methods to enhance the impact of the Librarys digital collections.
Experiments
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Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud Illustration by Jonathan Ashley This grant concluded in June 2024. -
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AI at LC From left to right: George R. Perreault, head of the Library of Congress Data Processing Offiice, standing at the computer storage unit; Ernest Acosta Jr., digital computer programmer, working at the card… -
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LOC 3D A pilot project at the Library of Congress to test the use of photogrammetry for building digital models of three-dimensional items held in the Library’s collections.Explore them in the viewer or download… -
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Exploring Machine Learning with the Project Aida Team Image courtesy of Yi Liu, Chulwoo Pack, Elizabeth Lorang, and Leen-Kiat Soh. Reference slide 10 in their midterm presentation linked below. Initiated Summer 2019, Published Spring 2020 -
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Collective Wisdom "Careers ahead / Beard." A grant awarded to LC Labs in partnership with the British Library External and the Zooniverse External by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the UK. -
PnP Wikidata Tool Images by photographer Toni Frissell, Prints and Photographs Division Try It! External -
By the People: LC Crowdsourcing By the People invites students and lifelong learners to contribute to the Library of Congress as virtual volunteers -- transcribing, reviewing, and tagging historical texts to improve search and accessibility of Library… -
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Digital Scholarship Holliday, E. J. Design for Engraving. , None. [Between 1870 and 1890] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004662327/ Collaborating across the Library to explore, evaluate, and pilot support for digital… -
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Innovator-in-Residence Jer Thorp Illustration by Becca Farrow During his time with us, data artist Jer Thorp decides to flip the script: putting people instead of data first, and being as public as possible with his… -
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