Preserving the higher-value work of archivists with human-centric AI
A fireside chat with real-world examples, honest discussion, and your questions answered.
| EST | 11:00 AM |
| PST | 8:00 AM |
| GMT | 4:00 PM |
Join us for an open, interactive conversation about how archives are adopting AI in their day-to-day work: safely, incrementally, and on their own terms.
As Dr. Patricia C. Franks, Professor Emerita, San José State University puts it, "The value of AI for archival and records teams lies not in replacing professionals, but in augmenting their capabilities".
We'll explore what that looks like in practice: clearing description backlogs, standardizing metadata, generating transcripts and captions, all with human review built in at ever step. You'll hear directly from practitioners, including a customer story from Mount Auburn Cemetery, on how they've adopted AI to quickly ensure discovery of their content by creating metadata at scale.
We'll unpack what "safe" really means for archives and we'll look ahead: as researchers increasingly turn to natural language to explore collections, good metadata becomes the foundation for good outcomes, making the work archivists do today more valuable than ever.
Join us and hear how the community is approaching AI adoption grounded in real standards, real oversight, and real experience.
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