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