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Archive: October 2026 (3 Posts)
Anywhere Adventures in Southeast Wyoming October 15, 2026 Posted by: Isabel Brador The following is a guest post by the 2025-2026 Innovator in Residence, Vivian Li. As part of her work with the Library, Vivian hosted a series of community outreach events. Read on to learn about her time in Southeast Wyoming, one of the locations in Anywhere Adventures, Vivian’s mobile-first website which brings local history to … Posted in: Digital Content
Archive: 2026 (46 Posts)
A Commitment to Trustworthy and Authentic Information: Technological Transformation Over the Centuries September 15, 2026 Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal Artificial intelligence is transforming society and institutions worldwide. The Library of Congress, founded in 1800, has been through numerous major technological revolutions since then. In some ways, the implementation of AI is similar to previous technological and digital transformations. In others, it is unlike anything that has come before.
Category: Publications and Resources
New Resources from FADGI on Content Authenticity and Provenance for AI-impacted Content September 17, 2026 Posted by: Liz Tencer The Federal Agencies Digital Guideline Initiative has two new resources now open for public comment: "TCR4CAP: Tiered Community Recommendations for Content Authenticity and Provenance, with a focus on LAM collections content impacted by artificial intelligence" and the supporting technical assessment report, "Content Authenticity and Provenance for Audiovisual...
Guest Posts | The Signal
Fix-It+ Interview: Volunteer-powered Human-In-The-Loop transcription for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting April 9, 2026 Posted by: Carlyn Osborn We just celebrated seven years of 'By the People,' which invites virtual volunteers to transcribe historic texts, but did you know there is another crowdsourced transcription program for Library of Congress collections?
digital scholarship | The Signal
Vintage Records Meet Novel Technology: Using Artificial Intelligence to Find New Stories for America’s 250th Birthday June 26, 2026 Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal This year, libraries and cultural institutions around the nation are celebrating America’s 250th birthday.
digital humanities | The Signal
Opening Doors and Reaching Communities: An Interview with Merci Silva-Acosta August 18, 2023 Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal We are happy to share this interview with Merci Silva-Acosta. Merci is serving as a Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) intern with the Digital Strategy Directorate in the summer of 2023. In this interview, we learn a bit about Merci’s interests and work with us at the Library.
Computational Research | The Signal
Check out: The Secret Life of GeoTIFFs August 21, 2023 Posted by: Eileen J. Manchester n October 2022, the outcomes of a 2015 experiment to geo-reference 4,998 digitized maps of the Austro-Hungarian empire were shared with the public at the Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud Data Jam. Check out this recent post on World's Revealed, the Library's Geography and Maps blog, to learn more about the resulting GeoTIFF files enable access to digitized historical maps.
Archive: April 2026 (5 Posts)
Relentless Curiosity: An Interview with Seth Langer April 16, 2026 Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez Today’s blog post is an interview with Seth Langer, a Digital Collections Technician here at the Library of Congress. You can read other interviews with digital collections staff here. Hi Seth, could you tell us a bit about what you do in the Digital Services Directorate? How would you explain your job to someone outside … Posted in: Digital Content
Category: Innovator in Residence
Results: 1 - 9 of 32 Anywhere Adventures Story Submission Extended! April 7, 2026 Posted by: Isabel Brador Anywhere Adventures is a mobile-first website that brings local history to users through comics and travel logs. In the first year, 2025-2026 Innovator in Residence Vivian Li developed stories for three locations: Seattle, Washington, Chicago, Illinois, and Southeast Wyoming.
Archive: February 2026 (2 Posts)
Announcing New Anywhere Adventures Locations February 18, 2026 Posted by: Isabel Brador Anywhere Adventures is a mobile-first website which brings local history to users through comics and travel logs. In the first year, 2025-2026 Innovator in Residence Vivian Li developed stories for three locations: Seattle, Washington, Chicago, Illinois, and Southeast Wyoming. This guest post is written by Vivian, and is a follow-up to a post asking readers … Posted in: Digital Content
Archive: January 2026 (3 Posts)
Anywhere Adventures is Hitting the Road! January 15, 2026 Posted by: Isabel Brador We’re on the hunt for two U.S. communities to include in Vivian Li’s Innovator in Residence Project, Anywhere Adventures! Visitors to the mobile experience are currently able to explore three American communities, Seattle, Chicago, and Southeastern Wyoming, through items from the Library’s digital collections and learn about the stories, people, and events that shaped everyday life in these places.
Archive: 2025 (34 Posts)
An Interview with Thalia Lightstone, Librarian in Residence September 3, 2025 Posted by: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez Thalia Lightstone recently joined the Digital Content Processing Section as Librarian in Residence on the Digital Services track. The Librarians-in-Residence program (LIR) supports and develops the next generation of librarians and information professionals by providing meaningful work experiences at the Library of Congress.
Archive: December 2025 (5 Posts)
Where Science Meets Storytelling: Twelve Years of the Science Blogs Web Archive December 3, 2025 Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate More than a decade after its launch, the Science Blogs Web Archive continues to grow and evolve. In this interview, Jennifer “JJ” Harbster reflects on building and maintaining the collection, while intern Yahir Brito brings a fresh perspective on updating and expanding it.
Archive: July 2025 (4 Posts)
Chronicling the Creation, Distribution, and Consumption of Media: The Mass Communications Web Archive July 2, 2025 Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate In this interview, Amber Paranick and Kelly Bennett discuss their work on the Mass Communications Archive, a collection that documents how media is created, distributed, and consumed in the digital age.
New Community of Practice for Exploring Content Provenance and Authenticity in the Age of AI
Today’s post is from Abbey Potter and Isabel Brador of the Digital Strategy Directorate and Kate Murray of the Digital Collections Management & Services Division here at the Library of Congress. Since January 2025, a new Library of Congress working group has been exploring ways to bring responsible AI together with digital preservation through an emerging standard known as C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity).
Archive: June 2025 (3 Posts)
Innovator in Residence, Vivian Li, Visits the Library June 27, 2025 Posted by: Isabel Brador This blog post is co-authored by Isabel Brador and Sahar Kazmi. Vivian Li, the Library’s 2025 Innovator in Residence, spent several days learning from Library staff and exploring the collections during a visit to the Library in May. Her trip followed the selection of Seattle, Southeastern Wyoming, and Chicago as the three locations for “Anywhere … Posted in: Guest Posts, Innovator in Residence
Innovator in Residence, Vivian Li, Visits the Library
This blog post is co-authored by Isabel Brador and Sahar Kazmi. Vivian Li, the Library’s 2025 Innovator in Residence, spent several days learning from Library staff and exploring the collections during a visit to the Library in May. Her trip followed the selection of Seattle, Southeastern Wyoming, and Chicago as the three locations for “Anywhere Adventures”, which aims to help the public discover unique stories about their hometowns through materials from the digital collections.
Archive: March 2025 (4 Posts)
Announcing Anywhere Adventures Locations March 31, 2025 Posted by: Isabel Brador The following is a guest post by 2025 Innovator in Residence Vivian Li, an illustrator, comics artist and web developer from Macomb, Illinois, who currently lives in Seattle. This is the second blog post in a series following Vivian’s project, Anywhere Adventures. Check out the LC Labs Anywhere Adventures experiment page to learn more about the … Posted in: Digital Content
Archive: January 2025 (4 Posts)
Celebrating Six Years of By the People January 10, 2025 Posted by: Carlyn Osborn Another incredible year made possible by volunteers Happy New Year to all our Signal blog readers and to all our By the People crowdsourced transcription program volunteers! Every year, the By the People team publishes a “happy birthday to us” blog post right here on the Signal (you can check out previous years’ editions here … Posted in: By the People Transcription Program
digital collections | Of the People
CCDI’s 2024 Summer Fuse Recording Now Available! August 14, 2024 Posted by: Isabel Brador On June 24, the Library of Congress hosted the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative’s (CCDI) Summer Fuse event! A recording of the program is now available in two parts: CCDI 2024 Summer Fuse Part 1 and CCDI 2024 Summer Fuse Part 2.
Archive: November 2024 (4 Posts)
Updated FADGI Resource: Significant Properties for Digital Video November 14, 2024 Posted by: Liz Tencer The Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) Audiovisual Working Group has released a revised version of its popular resource, Significant Properties for Digital Video.
digital futures | Of the People
Connecting Communities Digital Initiative: Introducing Olivia Dorsey April 7, 2022 Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal We are pleased to announce that Olivia Dorsey has joined the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) as a program specialist. Olivia comes to CCDI from the Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud (CCHC) initiative at the Library.
Archive: August 2024 (4 Posts)
CCDI’s 2024 Summer Fuse Recording Now Available! August 14, 2024 Posted by: Isabel Brador On June 24, the Library of Congress hosted the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative’s (CCDI) Summer Fuse event! A recording of the program is now available in two parts: CCDI 2024 Summer Fuse Part 1 and CCDI 2024 Summer Fuse Part 2.
CCDI’s 2024 Summer Fuse Recording Now Available!
On June 24, the Library of Congress hosted the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative’s (CCDI) Summer Fuse event! A recording of the program is now available in two parts: CCDI 2024 Summer Fuse Part 1 and CCDI 2024 Summer Fuse Part 2. The hybrid event celebrated CCDI’s 2024 Awardees and brought together the awardee’s project teams, the initiative’s advisory board members, library staff, CCDI’s Interns and virtual and in-person audience members.
CCDI Awardee DC Public Library uses Library collections to preserve stories of DC’s Ethiopian communities
DC Public Library (DCPL) is one of CCDI’s 2024 Libraries, Archives, and Museums awardees. The team began their project in December 2023 and will be presenting about their work at CCDI’s upcoming Summer Fuse 2024 event in Washington, D.C. DCPL is receiving $68,154.48 for their project, “Documenting the Ethiopian Communities of DC”.
Archive: June 2024 (3 Posts)
CCDI Awardee University of Houston-Downtown Creates StoryMaps to Delve into Afro-Latino History June 6, 2024 Posted by: Isabel Brador University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) is one of CCDI’s 2024 Higher Education awardees.
Of the People | Widening the Path
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CCDI Awardee Indiana University Collaborates with Indigenous Artists to prioritize Indigenous Perspectives | Of the People
Indiana University, one of CCDI’s 2024 Higher Education awardees, is receiving $68,154.48 for their project, “Connecting Collections: Indigenous Identities in Edward Curtis and Joseph Dixon Materials.” The team began their project in December 2023 and will be presenting their work at CCDI’s upcoming Summer Fuse 2024 event in Washington, D.C. Through their project they will work collaboratively with three Indigenous artists that have cultural, geographical, and creative connections to the...
CCDI Awardee University of Houston-Downtown creates StoryMaps to Delve into Afro-Latino History
University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) is one of CCDI’s 2024 Higher Education awardees.
Archive: May 2024 (6 Posts)
CCDI Awardee Friends of Tijeras Pueblo connects past and present May 29, 2024 Posted by: Isabel Brador Friends of Tijeras Pueblo (FTP) is one of CCDI’s 2024 Libraries, Archives and Museum Awardees. The team began their project in December 2023 and will be presenting about their work at CCDI’s upcoming Summer Fuse 2024 event in Washington, D.C. FTP is receiving $61,366.50 for their project, “The Ancestral Tiwa World Connected to the Present: Tijeras … Posted in: CCDI, Community Collections grants
CCDI Awardee Friends of Tijeras Pueblo connects past and present
Friends of Tijeras Pueblo (FTP) is one of CCDI’s 2024 Libraries, Archives and Museum Awardees.
CCDI Awardee Angelo State University dives into Afro-Latino West Texas history
Angelo State University (ASU) is one of CCDI’s 2024 Higher Education Awardees. The team began their project in December 2023 and will be presenting about their work at CCDI’s upcoming Summer Fuse 2024 event in Washington, D.C. ASU is receiving $69,999.06 for their project, “All History is Local: Celebrating the People of West Texas,” which centers on the Library of Congress’ observation that all history is local.
CCDI Awardee Hoboken Public Library Explores the Puerto Rican Experience in America
The Hoboken Public Library (HPL) is one of CCDI’s 2024 Libraries, Archives and Museum Awardees. The team began their project in December 2023 and will be presenting about their work at CCDI’s upcoming Summer Fuse 2024 event in Washington, D.C. HPL is receiving $69,449.39 for their project, “The Puerto Rican Experience in Hoboken and America,” which explores the Puerto Rican experience in America, with Hoboken as a paradigm.
Archive: April 2024 (2 Posts)
Register Now for CCDI’s Summer Fuse 2024 April 8, 2024 Posted by: Isabel Brador Join us! The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) will host its third Annual Summer Fuse event on Monday, June 24, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. This virtual event will feature presentations from our 2024 CCDI Award Recipients, a Community-Engaged AI Panel, and CCDI Junior Fellows and AHHA intern. Click here to register for the event! … Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, events
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