Civic Tech Field Guide
Sharing knowledge and productively growing the field
NYPL Labs is an interdisciplinary team working to reformat and reposition the Library's knowledge for the Internet age.
Labs combines core digital library operations (digitization, metadata, permissions/reproductions, etc.) with a publicly engaged tech, design, and outreach team focused on enabling new uses of collections and data, collaborating with users on the creation of digital resources, and applying new technologies to library problem-solving.
| Organization Type: | Government / public sector |
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| Status: | Inactive |
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| Founded: | 2011 |
| Closed: | 2016 |
| Postmortem: | https://medium.com/@riordan/eulogy-for-the-new-york-times-r-d-lab-c8d6301450ab |
| Parent Organization: | New York Public Library (NYPL) |
| Open Source: | Yes |
| Last Modified: | 3/23/2026 |
| Added on: | 6/22/2021 |
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Civic Tech Field Guide
Civic Tech Field Guide