From: Kristen Garlock <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 21:37:03 +0000

Dear colleagues:



The JSTOR Labs <http://labs.jstor.org> team is in Washington DC this week
for “Inside Baseball
<https://www.loc.gov/item/event-393103/inside-baseball-lc-labs-hack-a-thon/2018-07-13/>,”
a flash build with the Library of Congress Labs and the National Museum of
African American History and Culture <https://nmaahc.si.edu/>. The “Inside
Baseball” hackathon goal is to “create new digital tools and visualizations
for research and exploration of baseball-related collections.”



At the end of the hackathon week on Friday, Library of Congress Labs is
hosting a public event that will include a presentations of the
collaboration results as well background on the collections and a panel
discussion by ESPN’s Clinton Yates, mathematician Jordan Ellenberg, and
baseball historian Rob Ruck. You may register to attend
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inside-baseball-baseball-collections-as-data-tickets-46442562956>
 the free event in person or watch the livestream
<https://youtu.be/OUZynlvsQSo>. The hashtag for the week’s events is
#BaseballLabs <https://twitter.com/hashtag/BaseballLabs?src=hash>.



Please let me know if you have any questions.



Best regards,



Kristen Garlock

Associate Director, Education & Outreach

ITHAKA