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 Library of Congress Trains Machine Learning Tool with Crowdsourcing By Matt Enis The LC Labs department of the Library of Congress recently published a comprehensive report on its Humans-in-the-Loop initiative, which crowdsourced volunteers to train a machine learning (ML) tool to extract structured data from one of the library’s digital collections. |
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 A Catalog of Birds | Peer to Peer Review By Brad Snelling Librarians at the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN, have created an interdisciplinary guide dedicated to the birds found on their campus. |
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SPONSORED BY EX LIBRIS A PROQUEST COMPANY  Three Trends Shaping the Future of Libraries Libraries have experienced dramatic changes in the last several years as a result of COVID and other external forces. As librarians look ahead to the future, here are three key trends that will shape their needs going forward. Read More››› |
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| “Rather than thinking exclusively about our organizational needs, [we are] trying to think about ‘what is an equitable and reciprocal relationship that’s being established by asking people to engage in this way?’”
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 Maya Angelou Appears on U.S. Quarter | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Maya Angelou becomes the first Black woman to appear on a U.S. quarter. Joelle Taylor wins the TS Eliot poetry prize. The National Endowment for the Humanities announces new grants. Neil MacGregor is named jury chair for the Booker Prize 2022. You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston is featured in the NYT. |
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PREMIUM What Bees Want: Beekeeping as Nature IntendedBy Susan Knilans & Jacqueline Freeman An informative, captivating look at natural beekeeping useful for backyard beekeepers and anyone fascinated by bees; however, not for those looking to maximize honey production. |
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The Story of Contemporary Art, Latinx Photography, Black Feminist Sound, and more in music and art titles: January 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Story of Contemporary Art.
Godfrey, Tony
MIT Press
2020. ISBN 9780262044103. $39.95 2. Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History.
Ferrer, Elizabeth
University of Washington Press
2020. ISBN 9780295747620. $99.00 3. Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound.
Brooks, Daphne
Belknap Harvard
2021. ISBN 9780674052819. $39.95 |
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