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Laurie Allen

@lallen.bsky.social
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Philadelphian. Librarian.

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scott b. weingart @scottbot.net · 22/09/2026
Join my team! Help us figure out how to be as careful stewards of today's born-digital archives of state as we've been for physical archives over the last 200 years. Seeking experience in digital archives/collections/preservation, or related cultural heritage work. Due 10/6. Up to $91k.
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Born-Digital Collections Coordinator #00220 - Richmond, Virginia, United States
Title: Born-Digital Collections Coordinator #00220 State Role Title: Library Specialist III Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience up to $91,080 Pay Band: 5 Agency: The Library of Virginia Locatio...
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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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-...
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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 · 11/12/2025
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...
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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 · 11/12/2025
Vivian is so wonderful and I very much love that I get to work with people who make things like this.
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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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
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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 · 28/01/2025
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".
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Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Love the engagement with the LOC LC Labs AI Framework at this workshop hosted by Ecole Nationale des Chartes: blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...
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Introducing the LC Labs Artificial Intelligence Planning Framework | The Signal
LC Labs has been developing a planning framework to support the responsible exploration and potential adoption of AI at the Library.
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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I am so delighted to see this call go out from @mellonfoundation.bsky.social to support operating costs for community-based archives. www.mellon.org/article/call.... I hope some Philly organizations apply.
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Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
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Ab Ee Gee @agrotke.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Happy to announce a newly packaged up #webarchiving U.S. Election web archive dataset has been released! Learn more blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...
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New U.S. Elections Web Archive Data Resources Available | The Signal
This blog post was guest-authored by Rachel Trent, Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian. For nearly twenty-five years, the Library of Congress has been archiving campaign websites for Presidentia...
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
"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."
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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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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Yep. Please block and report fake LOC account.
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Paul @darkivist.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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
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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Library of Congress: “Collaging with the Library’s Digital Collections” www.infodocket.com/2024/11/25/l... #libraries
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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I should mention this feed I love finds people posting something like “this should be in the library of congress” across Bluesky. Fascinating. Thanks @hadro.bsky.social
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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Another cool feed tracking mentions of LC on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
bsky.app/profile/did:... I love this feed @hadro.bsky.social made.
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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
On my morning walk before logging on to start work, I love seeing the murals from @ccp-org.bsky.social near my house.
Mural of African American activists featuring a woman in a mask and the word Organize. A mural celebrating African Americans from the 19th century and the words  “Convention of Colored People” Mural featuring African American activists and the word “organize”
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Brett Bobley @brettbobley.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
Please spread the word: Our colleagues at Schmidt Sciences are launching a new program to support research at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the humanities. Note the fast turnaround time! www.schmidtsciences.org/humanities-a...
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Humanities and AI Virtual Institute - Schmidt Sciences
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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
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...
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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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
Looks like a 4.8 earthquake centered in NJ. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
So that earthquake I just felt was also in New York and Baltimore? Wtf?
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 21/03/2024
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!
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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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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
What a dream teaching team!
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Josh Hadro @hadro.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
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!
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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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Laurie Allen @lallen.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
If you know any artists/scholars/data folks who might be a great Innovator in Residence at The Library of Congress for 2024-2025, now is the time to spread the word. The call for concept papers Is out. Info at: labs.loc.gov/about/opport...
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