The Library of Congress’ main reading room. (Jiuguang Wang / Flickr) Library of Congress gets grant to experiment with digital collections as data A $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation which will go to support the Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud project. Oct 10, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
The main reading room at the Library of Congress. (brunomes / Flickr) LOC website visitors can now reap the rewards of the library’s crowdsourcing labors The library's By the People initiative is up and running and releasing transcriptions. Jan 22, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
The Library of Congress’ main reading room. (Jiuguang Wang / Flickr) Library of Congress Chrome extension offers easy access to Congress.gov It's one of two experimental extensions built by LOC interns this summer. Nov 27, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
The Library of Congress. (m01229 / Flickr) Library of Congress to launch crowdsourcing program The library wants to "improve discovery and access across our diverse collections through transcription and tagging" by members of the public. Oct 19, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
The Library of Congress wants to visualize the data coming off Capitol Hill. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier) Visualize this: The Library of Congress Labs has launched a Congressional Data Challenge It's a chance to build a tool that'll help Americans make sense of the wealth of legislative data available on congress.gov. Oct 19, 2017