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Around a month ago, the Library of Congress announced new curatorial strategies for interactive storytelling around its diverse collections with its Story Maps.

The stories offer users engaging ways to access these collections and leverage data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and a new story platform created by ESRI a corporate leader in the areas of mapping and analytics technologies.

LOC Story Maps feature a bounty of primary sources, including period newspapers, images, photographs, quotes as well as innovative, narrative approaches to mapping data.