Descriptive Notes is pleased to share an addition to our Inclusive Description and Audiovisual Description series: "Read the Notes: Promoting Equity and Transparency in the WPI Digital Archives." You can find the blogpost here: https://saadescription.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/read-the-notes-promoting-equity-and-transparency-in-the-wpi-digital-archives/
In the post, Dana Anderson and Samantha Rowe of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute (WPI) discuss their efforts to conscientiously describe digitized audiovisual materials from the Romare Bearden papers. For details about their project, approach, and resulting description, please see the full post, "Read the Notes: Promoting Equity and Transparency in the WPI Digital Archives."
Descriptive Notes is soliciting additional submissions for our series on AI and archival description. Our hope is to provide space for conversation and multiple perspectives on the topic of AI and description. We welcome articles, case studies, and other posts related to the how, what, and why (or why not) of AI and description to share with our readership. Posts may consider themes such as: the descriptive workflows or projects into which you've integrated generative AI, the challenges of implementing AI, guidelines or guardrails for using generative AI in description, how you've advocated for (or against) the use of AI in your descriptive practice … and more!
Submit your pitches to saadescription@gmail.com.
You can read more on our submission guidelines here: https://saadescription.wordpress.com/guidelines/.
We are also still interested in receiving submissions for any of our existing series, as well as any announcements or updates, conference dispatches, history and heritage month-related posts, as well as our longtime favorite finding aids pieces.
Best,
Betts Coup
Blog Editor, Descriptive Notes
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Betts Coup
Head of Archival Operations
Technical Services for Archives & Special Collections
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
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