lil (library innovation lab)

A crowd of coders, lawyers, librarians, designers, & tinkerers typing away next to @HLSlib. Home of @caselawaccess @permacc @opencasebook. Where @instd began

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

This series is part of our work investigating not just the technical, but the human and societal routes to long-term digital preservation. You can also check out @maxnc's Century-Scale Storage on our website.

https://t.co/mYZxR6paEY

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

LIL fellow @maxnc asked 14 scholars, archivists, designers, business leaders & engineers: "If you were given unlimited funding to design a system for storing and preserving digital information for at least a century, what would you do?"

Their answers: https://t.co/LbAlTTAIPJ

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

One answer from Frank Cifaldi who is the Founder and Director of the Video Game History Foundation:

"I would have the best copyright lawyers in the country figuring out how we can actually make this work."

https://t.co/M2AzM6QcyF

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

LIL is looking for a Product and Research Manager to help create, shape, and execute on our portfolio of open knowledge projects. PRMs work across every piece of the LIL ecosystem, from software experimentation to convening of events. Learn more at https://t.co/pk58Jt2ZmG

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

Thrilled to share that @maxnc's "Century-Scale Storage" was nominated for a Webby Award!

You can vote in the "Best Individual Editorial Feature" category here: https://t.co/7sFyktj7ef

[maxwell neely-cohen @maxnc]

The big long essay “Century-Scale Storage” that I wrote for @HarvardLIL back in December has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Individual Editorial Feature! There’s a link below if you wanna vote for it but mostly just so psyched for everyone involved!

[Greg Leppert @leppert]

As the Institutional Data Initiative (@instdin) expands its mission, we’re announcing a collaboration with the Boston Public Library (@BPLBoston) to develop AI-driven tools capable of accelerating new digitization at libraries across the world, starting at BPL. 🧵

[Greg Leppert @leppert]

I'm pleased to announce we're expanding our mission at the Institutional Data Initiative (@instdin) with an open call for institutional collaborators, new digitization at Harvard Law School Library, and additional support to advance this work.

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

"We picked a century scale because most physical objects can survive 100 years in good care. It is attainable, and yet we selected it because the design of mainstream digital storage mediums are nowhere close to even considering this mark."

https://t.co/6rRAxlwPFO

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

The question is "simple".

This essay starts at the birthplace of the IBM 305 RAMAC, looks at the cloud, clay tablets, tape drives, distributed storage...But technology alone will never be the whole answer.

Maxwell Neely-Cohen is a writer, technologist & fellow at LIL. Link👇

[Institutional Data Initiative @instdin]

Hello world. 🧵

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

@instdin Read more about it here: https://t.co/Ubw7BY1Pot

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

More news! @instdin officially launched today. This massive effort was conceived at LIL by Greg Leppert, who's now leading the charge as executive director. Our mission to bring library principles to technological frontiers is embedded in IDI's purpose. Thrilled to see it thrive!

[maxwell neely-cohen @maxnc]

ICYMI Century-Scale Storage came out yesterday, a massive multi-section essay I wrote on the present and future perils of digital storage for @HarvardLIL https://t.co/vT2CJIWA0h

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

Read the essay here: https://t.co/6rRAxlxnvm

Words: @maxnc
Art & Design: @shheeelllbby & @spacefillerart
Editing: @clare__stanton
Add'l Editing: Meg Miller, Gillian Brassil
Web accessibility: Rebecca Cremona & Ben Steinberg

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

The question is "simple".

This essay starts at the birthplace of the IBM 305 RAMAC, looks at the cloud, clay tablets, tape drives, distributed storage...But technology alone will never be the whole answer.

Maxwell Neely-Cohen is a writer, technologist & fellow at LIL. Link👇

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

📣The Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law is hiring a full stack Senior Software Engineer to help us build tools that bring library principles to technological frontiers! Apply here: https://t.co/sEC41LUBw8

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

Come help us build stuff like the Caselaw Access Project https://t.co/VO9e8zuH9N

[lil (library innovation lab) @HarvardLIL]

The Harvard Library Innovation Lab is hiring an Engineering Director to help us bring library principles to technological frontiers! Apply here: https://t.co/XAml6w7yhU