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June 2009

StoryCorps

by alexandre
Since 2003, over 50,000 people have shared life stories with family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is preserved at the Library of Congress. Millions listen to our broadcasts on public radio and the web. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind.

May 2009

Coyle's InFormation: LCSH as linked data: what is an LC Subject Heading?

by karlcow

The Library of Congress Subject Headings have been placed online in SKOS. You can search within the set or download the entire thing in RDF/XML or a n-triples.

Hauschka - Morgenrot on Vimeo

by karlcow

film by Jeff Desom

music by Hauschka

Song issued from the album "Ferndorf" released by FatCat Records

Jeff Desom made this music video for Hauschka by animating photos from the 20th century that he found in the Library of Congress. An innovative technique (with beautiful, haunting results). More about making the video here.

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April 2009

CQL: the Contextual Query Language: Specifications (SRU: Search/Retrieval via URL, Standards, Library of Congress)

by parmentierf (via)
CQL, the Contextual Query Language, is a formal language for representing queries to information retrieval systems such as web indexes, bibliographic catalogs and museum collection information. The design objective is that queries be human readable and writable, and that the language be intuitive while maintaining the expressiveness of more complex languages.

February 2009

Programmable web : Congress SpaceBook and Hillary Clinton’s FOAF Entry (angl.)

by CharlesNepote
Congress Facebook est un mashup de 11 sources de données pour un accès plus factuel et plus transparent aux membres du Congrès américain. L'application agrège de multiples informations pour chaque personnes : ses votes, ses opinions exprimées, etc. Mieux, l'application produit des données au standard FOAF qui sont ensuite réexploitables par d'autres applications.

Library of Congress asking to put down a SKOS file of their catalog

by karlcow

For almost a year the Library of Congress Subject Headings were made available as SKOS from this site as an experiment. The goal was to leave the experiment active until there was a similar site running at the Library of Congress. However on December 18 I was asked to take the site down by the Library of Congress.

January 2009

November 2008

September 2008

SRU: Search/Retrieval via URL -- SRU, CQL and ZeeRex (Standards, Library of Congress)

by parmentierf & 2 others (via)
SRU is a standard XML-focused search protocol for Internet search queries, utilizing CQL (Contextual Query Language), a standard syntax for representing queries.

July 2008

Digital Ethnography » Blog Archive » “An anthropological introduction to YouTube” video of Library of Congress presentation

by karlcow

The video of the presentation I gave at the Library of Congress last month is finally ready. This was tons of fun to present. I decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the 55 minute presentation.

May 2008

SMS Text News » Archives » Nokia’s Motivation Behind Ovi Uncovered

by karlcow

Several years ago, when Nokia bought GPS navigation company Gate5, most people were confused. When they announced Nokia Maps, it was slightly more obvious, but I think they’ve only shown off the tip of the iceberg for the Nokia Geo-Location services. Here’s why: 1. Nokia said last year that GPS would soon be a standard feature on their handsets. Today at the Mobile World Congress, they announced 4 handsets, of all range, and they all had GPS, as well as photo geotagging built-in.

April 2008

Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress

by wrijneveld
meest uitgebreide en diepgaande studies die ik tot nu toe gezien heb

March 2008

Library of Congress Flickr pilot

by Paykhan
The Library of Congress invites you to explore history visually by looking at interesting photos from our collections.

Flickr

by Katy.Remy & 2 others
Photographs from Library of Congress

February 2008

【The Mobile World Congress 2008 Barcelona】 世界最大級のモバイル関連イベント

by kuroyagi
"W-CDMA(UMTS)やGSM方式を採用する携帯電話メーカーや携帯電話事業者、プラットフォームやモジュールなどを提供する企業など、2008年は1,200社を超える携帯電話関連企業が一堂に会する。"

Fed Chief Hints at Further Rate Cuts - NYT

by ravi
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday that the country's economic outlook has deteriorated and signaled that the central bank is ready to keep on lowering a key interest rate -- as needed -- to shore things up.

Flickr : Photos de The Library of Congress

by sbrothier
We serve as the national library for the United States, based in Washington, DC. With more than 134 million items preserved on some 530 miles of bookshelves, we're also the world's largest library.

Flickr : Photos de The Library of Congress

by eledo34 & 3 others
De superbes photos du siècle passé, en couleur et superbe qualité. C’est ce que vous offre la Bibliothèque du Congrès américain via le service Flickr et son projet concernant les Organismes publics. Un projet pilote qui vous donnera accès à deux classeurs renfermant quelques perles rares de la société américaine...

January 2008

Library of Congress taps Silverlight to enhance access

by karlcow

Library officials said they plan to launch a series of new library search and viewing tools this year. As part of the program, new kiosks that highlight featured documents at the library will run on Microsoft Vista software. Microsoft Silverlight, a graphical browser plug-in, will help power the library’s new Web site, www.myloc.gov, where users will be able to access and personalize interactive materials.

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