The SAA Description Section Steering Committee hosted a panel of presentations centered on topics around AI & Archival Description, on Monday, April 14, 2025. The event was one hour long, with ten-minute presentations and joint Q&A.
Topics included:
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Enhancing Access to Oral History Collections with Natural Language Processing - Mara Gregory, Dartmouth Digital History Initiative Fellow at Dartmouth College
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Transforming Access: Leveraging AI for Efficient Metadata Creation - Ken Axford, Project Archivist and Hope Dunbar, University Archivist, University Archives, University at Buffalo
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Innovating Discovery: AI-Enhanced Search for Hanford's Unique Scientific Collections - Sridevi Wagle, Machine Learning Engineer, AI/ML Solutions and Nicole Critchley, Research Librarian, Research Information Services, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Accessible AI in the Archives: Using ChatGPT for Archival Description - Liz Bloodworth, University Archivist & Special Collections Librarian, Illinois Wesleyan University
Thanks again to the presenters and all who attended!
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Scott Kirycki
Digital Archivist
University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library
Notre Dame IN
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