Kate Zwaard
Director of Digital Strategy
Library of Congress
Jaime Mears
Sr. Innovation Specialist
Library of Congress
Meghan Ferriter
Sr. Innovation Specialist
Library of Congress
Abigail Potter
Sr. Innovation Specialist
Library of Congress
About one year ago, the Library of Congress released its first Digital Strategy. The Library of Congress Labs is part of the Digital Strategy Directorate and it is a space for experimentation and trying new approaches to sharing and using digital collections and data. As the team matures its practice of experimentation and evaluation, it would like to share the different types of pilots, prototypes, and presentations that help create pathways to achieving the goals of the Digital Strategy. Experiments in Labs aim to work with staff to improve services, start new conversations with users and other partner communities, and transform how the Library uses technology to connect to the public. This briefing will showcase staff from across the Library, including curatorial, Labs, and technical staff, and experiments that have led to Library-wide programs (crowdsourcing) and other experiments that we still have a lot to learn from (web archive data releases).
