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Where Do Humans Need To Be In The AI Loop? AVP Case Study
In 2020 the Library of Congress Labs began the Humans in the Loop experiment to explore ways to responsibly combine crowdsourcing experiences and machine learning workflows. Through a public selection process, AVP was chosen as a…
Everything, Everywhere
“Do we really need to save everything from everybody?” In the first part of November 12th’s episode of Soundcheck broadcast on WNYC in New York (“Vintage Soul Gets a Second…
Facing Friendsterly Fire
I have a confession to make: Tradition holds that my lineage comes from one of the Lost Tribes of Friendster. I think this news story confirms the family lore. Internet…
Failure Is A Part Of Success
Earlier this week I attended the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) Annual Meeting (#metrocon13). This year’s meeting — or, technically, last year’s meeting, as it was originally scheduled for the week…
Fixity V0.3 Released
Version 0.3 of Fixity, the free fixity monitoring tool developed by AVPreserve, has been officially released for download on our Tools page and via GitHub. Fixity creates a manifest of files stored in…
Gettin’ Trashed
Ah, Memorial Day Weekend — the traditional beginning to the marketing of summer. In New York this means one thing: the city will now be overwhelmed by the invasive stench…
Getting Out Of The Fog
I had a mildly indulgent movie-watching weekend, having gorged on two DVDs (John Carpenter’s original The Fog and the first disc of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. — I am not a prideful…
How Do Archives Measure Up?
Ask any archivist — or most anyone for that matter — what the importance of historical materials held by archives is and they will likely tell you that it is…
How Necessary Is Rehousing Archival Audio & Video?
When I was first out of school I interviewed for a project archivist position with a long-standing acting school in New York. The interview was with the director of the…
How To Make An Americký Quilt
When I was living in the Czech Republic a friend told me a story about installing cabinets in her apartment. The details escape me now (please don’t be disappointed) —…