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Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
August's monthly newsletter from the LC Labs team.
Posted in: Computational Research, Data Librarianship, Digital Content, digital humanities, Digital Preservation, digital scholarship, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Publications and Resources
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
Kathleen O’Neill is currently serving as one of two Staff Innovators at the Library of Congress. Their 2020 project, Born Digital Access Now!, explores existing pathways for accessing born digital materials in the Manuscript Division. In this series of blog posts, Kathleen describes the complexities of gaining access to born digital materials through the lens of three different metaphors. Up first was "Media Format, or, Have Fun Storming the Castle!" The second blog post discussed "Legacy File Formats and Operating Systems or Lost in Translation." This is the third and final post in the series and Kathleen carefully explains the process of emulation and makes it feel less like "strange magic."
Posted in: Data Librarianship, Digital Content, Digital Preservation, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Outreach and Events, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
Kathleen O'Neill is currently serving as one of two Staff Innovators at the Library of Congress. Their 2020 project, Born Digital Access Now!, explores existing pathways for accessing born digital materials in the Manuscript Division. In this series of blog posts, Kathleen describes the complexities of gaining access to born digital materials even before they reach researchers. This is the second post in the series and focuses on legacy file formats through the metaphor of being "lost in translation."
Posted in: Data Librarianship, Digital Content, Digital Preservation, Inside the Library, Outreach and Events, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Trevor Owens
Meghan Lyon recently joined the Web Archiving Team in the Digital Content Management section as a Librarian in Residence. In support of developing the next generation of librarians and information professionals, the Librarians-in-Residence program (LIR) gives early-career librarians the opportunity to gain meaningful work experience at the Library of Congress. In light of the COVID-19 …
Posted in: Interviews
Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester
The following is a guest post by Senior Archivist Kathleen O'Neill. Kathleen and her colleague Chad Conrady are currently working on a project called Born Digital Access Now! as the 2020 Staff Innovators in LC Labs. Their first blog post introduces the project, which aims to provide greater access to born digital materials held in the Manuscript Division, in greater detail. Today's post is the first in a series of three blog posts in which Kathleen will discuss different challenges or barriers to born digital collection access through the lens of three different metaphors. Up first is: "Media Format, or, Have Fun Storming the Castle!"
Posted in: Data Librarianship, Digital Content, Digital Preservation, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Personal Archiving, Tools and Infrastructure