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LC Labs Rolls Out Three New Data Packages of Maps, Books, and Photographs

LC Labs is pleased to announce the release of three new sets of digitized materials packaged as data. Located on data.labs.loc.gov, the three data packages of digitized maps, books, and photographs respectively, were created as part of the Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud (CCHC) initiative’s investigation of how the Library can use cloud-based technologies to enable bulk analysis of materials at scale. The data are hosted in an experimental cloud repository and combine curated datasets derived from Library digital collections with user-friendly technical guidance and descriptive information. …

The three data packages include:

• over 90,000 full text book files from the Selected Digitized Books collection;
• over 30,000 images from the Stereograph Cards collection; and
• more than 5,000 maps from the Library’s Austria-Hungary cartographic resources.

For more information, read the blog post.