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Laurie Allen

@lallen.bsky.social

Philadelphian. Librarian.

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Laurie Allen@lallen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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-...

Public Libraries as Sites of Democratic Activity | William Penn Foundation

The function of libraries in creating an informed citizenry capable of participating in shared governance has been a key feature in the development of US democracy.

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Library of Congress@librarycongress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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...

Library Innovator in Residence Launches Mobile Self-Guided Community Adventures

Library Innovator in Residence Launches Mobile Self-Guided Community AdventuresInteractive Local Experiences are Inspired by Library of Congress Collections on New Mobile Website Artist, developer...

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Laurie Allen@lallen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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

Library of Congress@librarycongress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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...

Laurie Allen@lallen.bsky.social · 2y ago

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

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...

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Jaime Mears@jaimemears.bsky.social · 2y 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?

Collage comic with girl waving and saying "Hi! I'm Vivian Li, and I'm the Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. My project is Anywhere Adventures, and I'm creating activities and finding stories about local history within the Library's digital collections. So the Library is coming to you! The question now is.... where should we go?" Sign posts say "Find an item, post it on instagram, tag the Library, or comment here by February 5th".
Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 2y 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."

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...

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Paul@darkivist.bsky.social · 2y 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

Jer Thorp@jerthorp.bsky.social · 2y 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...

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 ...

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mia ridge@miaout.bsky.social · 3y 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!

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 ...

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Josh Hadro@hadro.bsky.social · 3y 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!

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...

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