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Gibson, David – Music Educators Journal, 2023
the National Jukebox at the Library of Congress represents one of the largest online collections of early-twentieth-century acoustical sound recordings. Since its initial launch in 2011, the National Jukebox has grown to include more than 16,000 recordings from the Victor, Columbia, and Harmony labels, made up of contributions from organizations…
Descriptors: Music, Electronic Libraries, Web Sites, Government Libraries
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Haffenden, Chris; Fano, Elena; Malmsten, Martin; Börjeson, Love – College & Research Libraries, 2023
How can novel AI techniques be made and put to use in the library? Combining methods from data and library science, this article focuses on Natural Language Processing technologies, especially in national libraries. It explains how the National Library of Sweden's collections enabled the development of a new BERT language model for Swedish. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Artificial Intelligence, Models, Languages
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Alex Mada; Heather Sloan; Giselle M. Aviles; Seonaid Valiant; Michelle Guittar, Editor and Compiler – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
At the 2023 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, the International Relations Committee, Americas Subcommittee invited panelists from academic, research, and public libraries to discuss various ways of sharing Indigenous-made materials from the United States and Latin America in the panel, "Sharing Knowledge: Projects and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Users (Information), Academic Libraries, Indigenous Knowledge
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Kelsey Beeghly – Music Educators Journal, 2024
Technology has had a profound impact on how we listen to, create, and perform music. Among the Library of Congress' collections are wax cylinders, photographs, manuscripts, recordings, and more that document the evolution of sound technologies. Students can use these sources to assist them as they respond to and analyze music in all its historical…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Audio Equipment, Technological Advancement, Influence of Technology
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Apfeldorf, Michael – Music Educators Journal, 2019
The story of John Henry, dating back to the late nineteenth century, is one of the most enduring folktales of American culture. As the legend goes, John Henry was an African American "steel-driving man" whose job was to drive spikes through rocks in the construction of a railroad tunnel. So powerful was John Henry that he defeated a…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Music, Singing, Folk Culture
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Burgard, Karen L. B.; O'Quinn, Caroline; Boucher, Michael L., Jr.; Pinnix, Natasha; Trejo, Cynthia; Dickson, Charnae – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2021
It is difficult to overstate the power of visual images, particularly historical primary source photos, to provide a window into the past. Here, the authors outline how educators can utilize historic photos to provide students with a deeper understanding of the past. When students do not see their heritage and culture represented in images, the…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, United States History, Photography, Pictorial Stimuli