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Artificial Intelligence | The Signal
“For the Benefit of Humankind:” The Library of Congress and AI for Libraries, Archives and Museums June 25, 2026 Posted by: Leah Weinryb-Grohsgal The Library of Congress recently signed on as a founding member of an international organization devoted to exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cultural heritage and research contexts “for the benefit of humankind.” The eighth meeting of the organization’s flagship annual conference, Fantastic Futures, is scheduled for September...
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...
Digital Preservation | The Signal
Full Circle: Library Collaboration Leads to Significant DNA Data Storage Milestone June 15, 2026 Posted by: Vincent Coltellino This post was authored by Vincent Coltellino from the Library of Congress. Vincent leads the Library’s synthetic DNA data storage initiative, which investigates the feasibility of synthetic DNA as a high-density, scalable, and durable medium for storing the Library’s digital collections.
Category: Partners and Collaboration
Full Circle: Library Collaboration Leads to Significant DNA Data Storage Milestone June 15, 2026 Posted by: Vincent Coltellino This post was authored by Vincent Coltellino from the Library of Congress. Vincent leads the Library’s synthetic DNA data storage initiative, which investigates the feasibility of synthetic DNA as a high-density, scalable, and durable medium for storing the Library’s digital collections.
Archive: March 2026 (7 Posts)
Refined by: (Year) 2026; (Month) March Join us for a By the People Orientation Webinar on April 9 March 31, 2026 Posted by: Carlyn Osborn The By the People crowdsourced transcription program will host a virtual orientation webinar on Thursday, April 9, from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT. Registration is required.
Category: Videos and Podcasts
Using Open Source Tools to Capture Closed Captions and Timecode March 26, 2026 Posted by: Liz Tencer Vrecord is open source video capture software used by video preservation labs across the nation, with one of its most notable features being the ability to natively capture and encode FFV1 Matroska files. Until recently, the NAVCC Video Lab has not been able to capture all tapes into FFV1 Matroska due to some of vrecord’s limitations.
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: 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: September 2025 (3 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: August 2025 (3 Posts)
Announcing Library of Congress Leadership for the FADGI Still Image Working Group August 28, 2025 Posted by: Liz Tencer Hana Beckerle and Spencer Zidarich of the Library’s Collections Digitization Division (CDD) have been named as the Library of Congress co-leads for the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) Still Image Working Group, effective July 1, 2025.
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.
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
Archive: December 2024 (6 Posts)
Volunteer Vignette: History is a Living Thing December 20, 2024 Posted by: Carlyn Osborn In today’s post, Abby Shelton interviews a By the People volunteer, Justin Kern, who serves as the Division Communications Director for the American Red Cross. By the People is a crowdsourced transcription program launched in 2018 at the Library of Congress. Volunteer-created transcriptions are used to make digitized collections more accessible and discoverable on loc.gov.
Archive: 2024 (33 Posts)
Results: 1 - 9 of 33 | Refined by: (Year) 2024 Many Roads Can Lead to the Same Place: An Interview with Genevieve Havemeyer-King December 31, 2024 Posted by: Carlyn Osborn Today’s blog post is an interview with Genevieve Havemeyer-King of the Digital Services Directorate here at the Library of Congress. You can read other interviews with digital collections staff here. Carlyn: Hi Gen, could you tell us a bit about what you do in the Digital Services Directorate?
Open Access | The Signal
The Open Access Books Collection: Expanding Access and Building Connections December 16, 2021 Posted by: Carlyn Osborn This is a guest post by Kristy Darby, a Digital Collections Specialist in the Digital Content Management Section at the Library of Congress. In March 2020, we first shared about the growing collection of open access e-books available on loc.gov.
Archive: July 2024 (3 Posts)
Nominations sought for the 2024-2025 U.S. Federal Government Domain End of Term Web Archive July 12, 2024 Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate Today’s guest post is from Abbie Grotke, Head of the Web Archiving Section. If you look back in The Signal archives, you’ll see that we post every four years about a collaborative project that the Library of Congress is involved in to archive United States government websites during the end of presidential terms.
Archive: June 2024 (6 Posts)
FADGI News: Recap of Recent Projects and Publications June 13, 2024 Posted by: Liz Tencer The Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) AudioVisual Working Group has returned to a schedule of two hybrid meetings a year, in addition to virtual working subgroup meetings as needed.
Archive: February 2024 (2 Posts)
What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: February 2024 February 16, 2024 Posted by: Carlyn Osborn 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 … Posted in: New on loc.gov
Archive: January 2024 (2 Posts)
FADGI Report on Software Accessibility for Open-Source Digital Preservation Applications January 16, 2024 Posted by: Liz Tencer The Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) AudioVisual Working Group partnered with a consultant and accessibility firm on a project to enhance accessibility in open-source desktop applications for the digital preservation community.
Archive: 2023 (48 Posts)
Results: 1 - 9 of 48 | Refined by: (Year) 2023 What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: 2023 Wrap-Up! December 31, 2023 Posted by: Carlyn Osborn Happy 2024 to all of our Signal subscribers! In this special edition of “What’s New Online at the Library of Congress,” we’re looking back on some of our new digital collections releases in 2023. Do you have a favorite digital collection or item at the Library?
Archive: December 2023 (5 Posts)
Celebrating 5 Years of By the People December 21, 2023 Posted by: Carlyn Osborn It’s that time again: another By the People anniversary! By the People (BtP), the Library of Congress crowdsourced transcription program, is taking a moment this winter to look back on how we’ve grown and celebrate our 5th year! As we’ve shared in earlier birthday celebrations, BtP was originally incubated in 2018 by the LC Labs team and … Posted in: By the People Transcription Program
Archive: July 2023 (3 Posts)
Centering Digital Collection Users: An Interview with Lauren Algee July 18, 2023 Posted by: Trevor Owens I’m excited to share this interview with Lauren Algee, one of my colleagues in the Digital Services Directorate here at the Library of Congress. My hope that interviews like this help to spread awareness about the background, experience, and interests of the people that support the Library of Congress. Along with that, I think it’s … Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Interviews
Archive: June 2023 (7 Posts)
Supporting Social-Emotional Learning Activities with “By the People” Transcriptions June 22, 2023 Posted by: Carlyn Osborn Today’s guest post is from Annette Nakshbendi, a Librarian-in-Residence in the Digital Content Management Section at the Library of Congress. How might a Library of Congress digital resource spark classroom discussion that reaches beyond a primary source’s content and context? You may have used the Library’s digital collections to help history “come alive” for students.
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