Data for Exploration Get Inspired by Data Explorations Across the Library

Get Inspired by Data Explorations Across the Library

Explore just some of the ways Library staff and users have explored, reused, and remixed Library data.

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At the Table with: Mary Church Terrell (2024) This is a project that explores new ways of engaging with the transcript data of the Mary Church Terrell Papers.

Code	Github repository
Collection	Mary Church Terrell Papers
Data source	Transcription dataset from the Mary Church Terrell Papers, Manuscript Division
Creators	Ide Amari Thompson & Madeline Toombs, 2023 AHHA Interns, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI)

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Exploring Chronicling America Newspapers (ongoing) An interactive map that visualizes locations of digitized newspapers available in the Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers collection.

Code	Github repository
Collection	Chronicling America
Data source	Chronicling America Application Programming Interface (API)
Creators	Serial and Government Publications Division

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United States City Directories Map, 1861-1960 (2023) An interactive map that visualizes the Library's City Directories Collection.

Collection	City Directories Collection
Data source	Directory Holdings Data Package
Creators	Phillip Nicholas, Researcher Engagement and General Collections Division

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Newspaper Navigator (2020) Explore the visual and textual content within the Chronicling America digitized newspaper collection in new ways using machine learning.

Code	Github repository
Collection	Chronicling America
Data source	Chronicling American Bulk Downloads
Creators	Ben Lee, 2020 Innovator in Residence, LC Labs

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Citizen DJ (2020) Make hip hop music using the Library's public audio collections.

Code	Github repository
Collection	Multiple free-to-use audio and video collections
Data source	Loc.gov JSON API
Creators	Brian Foo, 2020 Innovator in Residence, LC Labs

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Sanborn Maps Navigator (2020) The Sanborn Maps Navigator was created by 2020 Library of Congress Junior Fellow Selena Qian to explore the United States through historic maps and newspaper photographs.

Code	Github repository
Collection	Sanborn Maps Collection
Data source	Newspaper Navigator dataset
Creators	Selena Qian, 2020 Junior Fellow , LC Labs

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PnP Wikidata Tool (2019) Browse 66,000 images from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division with Wikidata.

Code	Github repository
Collection	Prints & Photographs Division
Data source	Linked Data Service
Creators	Matt Miller, Network Development and MARC Standards Division