December 1, 2023

Join Us on 12/7 for Human Rights Day: Science Literacy and the Law (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress: Join Us on 12/7 for Human Rights Day: Science Literacy and the Law. “We hope you can join us on December 7th at 3 p.m., via Zoom, for our Human Rights Day celebration…. Dr. Sarah Cooper will provide this year’s lecture on scientific literacy and the law. Science helps the law to understand the world in which legal policy, including human rights standards like the right to a fair and public trial, must operate. Yet, it is widely recognized that law and science approach the world in different ways: law must provide finality and stability, whereas science is encouraged to embrace new ideas so that we can better understand the natural world.”

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November 24, 2023

Library of Congress: What’s new online at the Library of Congress – November 2023

Library of Congress: What’s new online at the Library of Congress – November 2023. “Interested in learning more about what’s new in the Library of Congress’ digital collections? The Signal shares updates on new additions to our digital collections and we love showing off all the hard work of our colleagues from across the Library. Read on for a sample of what’s been added recently and some of our favorite highlights.”

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November 19, 2023

Library of Congress: Introducing the LC Labs Artificial Intelligence Planning Framework

Library of Congress: Introducing the LC Labs Artificial Intelligence Planning Framework. “LC Labs has been developing a planning framework to support the responsible exploration and potential adoption of AI at the Library. At a high level, the framework includes three planning phases: 1) Understand 2) Experiment and 3) Implement, each supports the evaluation of three elements of ML: 1) Data; 2) Models; and 3) People. We’ve developed a set of worksheets, questionnaires, and workshops to engage stakeholders and staff and identify priorities for future AI enhancements and services. The mechanisms, tools, collaborations, and artifacts together form the AI Planning Framework.”

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November 5, 2023

Library of Congress: Library of Congress Opens Award Nominations for Outstanding Federal Libraries, Librarians and Library Technicians

Library of Congress: Library of Congress Opens Award Nominations for Outstanding Federal Libraries, Librarians and Library Technicians . “To honor the innovations and successes of federal libraries, librarians and library technicians in meeting the information demands of government, businesses, scholarly communities and the public, the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) in the Library of Congress has opened nominations for its national awards for federal librarianship in fiscal year 2023.”

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October 16, 2023

Library of Congress: Relational Reconstruction Toolkit Now Available

Library of Congress: Relational Reconstruction Toolkit Now Available. “The intention with the toolkit is to offer a method for deepening one’s connection to a space that’s meaningful for their own story, with a special focus on communities of color. Though sourced maps, photographs and oral accounts, reconstructions of erased historic spaces are intentionally imaginative as well as authentic. The toolkit is organized into a series of chapters that describe stages of the work to consider.”

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October 11, 2023

Library of Congress: Library Awards New Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative Grants to Organizations Developing Resources for History, Civics and Democracy Students

Library of Congress: Library Awards New Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative Grants to Organizations Developing Resources for History, Civics and Democracy Students. “The Library of Congress has awarded Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative grants to six organizations that are working to develop digital educational projects that teach history, civics, and democracy to secondary students using creative arts materials from the Library’s collections.”

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October 1, 2023

Library of Congress: What’s new online at the Library of Congress – September 2023

Library of Congress: What’s new online at the Library of Congress – September 2023. “Updated collections this month include the Foreign Legal Gazettes, which now features new issues of from Burkina Faso, the Philippines, and Ecuador. And two new sections were added into the Occupational Folklife Project collection: Training the Troops: Military Role-Players of Fort Polk, Louisiana and Immigrant Women Artists in Oklahoma : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2020-2021.”

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September 13, 2023

Library of Congress: Innovator in Residence Invites Public to Experience Chinatown Reconstruction

Library of Congress: Innovator in Residence Invites Public to Experience Chinatown Reconstruction. “Artist, educator and 2023 Library of Congress Innovator in Residence Jeffrey Yoo Warren is inviting the public to visit an immersive 3D reconstruction of historic Providence, Rhode Island’s Chinatown in 1914, recreated using archival photographs and records from the Library’s collection. The model is the first part of Yoo Warren’s project, Seeing Lost Enclaves: Relational Reconstructions of Erased Historic Neighborhoods of Color, which aims to unearth lost histories from across the United States.”

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September 6, 2023

Library of Congress Blog: The Web Archiving Team Answers Questions About the Web Archives

Library of Congress Blog: The Web Archiving Team Answers Questions About the Web Archives. “Have you ever wondered what exactly is web archiving? How the Library select which websites to preserve? Or how you would find and search the web archives? The Web Archiving Team’s Senior Digital Collection Specialists gathered to answer these questions and more in a live webinar during the Preservation Directorate’s celebration of Preservation Week. If you missed it, we have good news– a video is now available to watch on the Library’s website, and you can also read a short summary of the presentation here.”

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August 30, 2023

Library of Congress: Improvements Ahead for the Web Archives

Library of Congress: Improvements Ahead for the Web Archives. “Users of the Library of Congress Web Archives may have recently noticed issues when trying to access archived content presented at webarchive.loc.gov. We want to give some background and explanation about the ongoing work that is happening to modernize and improve functionality, and to set the stage for future announcements about planned improvements for access to the Library’s Web Archives.”

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August 28, 2023

Library of Congress: Library of Congress Releases Newly Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts

Library of Congress: Library of Congress Releases Newly Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts. “The Library of Congress has released some 230 newly digitized manuscripts written in Hebrew and similar languages such as Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Persian and Yiddish. The collection, available online for researchers and the public for the first time, includes a 14th century collection of responsa by Solomon ibn Adret of Barcelona, considered one of the most prominent authorities on Jewish law of all time.”

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August 22, 2023

Library of Congress: Join Us for a Congress.gov Public Forum on September 13th!

Library of Congress: Join Us for a Congress.gov Public Forum on September 13th!. “We are pleased to announce that we are holding a “Congress.gov Public Forum” in the Mumford Room, which is located in the Madison Building, on September 13th, 2023, from 1-3 p.m. EDT. If you are a professional or a concerned citizen who uses Congress.gov regularly to keep up with the latest federal legislative activity, we want to hear from you!” The event will also be available via Zoom.

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August 20, 2023

Library of Congress: Tens of Thousands Join 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival

Library of Congress: Tens of Thousands Join 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival. “Tens of thousands of book lovers joined the Library of Congress National Book Festival in person on Aug. 12 at the Washington Convention Center, including capacity crowds on numerous stages. Videos of select stages are now available, and individual presentations will be made available on demand on the festival’s website beginning the week of Aug. 21.”

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August 11, 2023

Ensuring Enduring Access to eBooks: Update on Recent Research and Analysis (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress: Ensuring Enduring Access to eBooks: Update on Recent Research and Analysis . “The Library of Congress recently completed a project to analyze the technical characteristics of a substantial set of eBook and eJournal files in the permanent collection and available for onsite access in Stacks, the Library’s access system for rights restricted content. These files were selected because they contain embedded data such as audio, video, and other interactive features that are not fully transparent. The research and resulting analysis from this project will inform current action plans for access and preservation.”

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