The Description Section Steering Committee is pleased to announce an event centered on topics around AI & Archival Description, on Monday, April 14 at 12:00 PM EDT/11:00 AM CDT/9:00 AM PDT. The event will be one hour long, with ten-minute presentations and time for joint Q&A at the end.
Topics and presenter information:
- Enhancing Access to Oral History Collections with Natural Language Processing - Mara Gregory, Dartmouth Digital History Initiative Fellow at Dartmouth College
- Transforming Access: Leveraging AI for Efficient Metadata Creation - Ken Axford, Project Archivist and Hope Dunbar, University Archivist, University Archives, University at Buffalo
- 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
- Accessible AI in the Archives: Using ChatGPT for Archival Description - Liz Bloodworth, University Archivist & Special Collections Librarian, Illinois Wesleyan University
To register for the event, please see: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Z6R_2wotQGmQ1AEMHIzxSg#/registration
We look forward to you joining us to learn about innovative work your colleagues are doing and to participate in a timely conversation about the opportunities and challenges of working with AI in archives.
Best,
SAA Description Section Steering Committee
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Scott Kirycki
Digital Archivist
University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library
Notre Dame IN
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