Descriptive depth at scale: Exploring new technologies for archives

September 25, 2025
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Details:

  • Date: September 25, 2025
  • Location: Virtual

How can stewards of distinctive collections use emerging technologies in service of description and discovery? In this webinar, Emilie Hardman shares how values-aligned AI, including JSTOR Seeklight, can support reparative description at scale. Learn from real-world examples how emerging tools deepen representation, surface under-described materials, and center community values.

Upcoming events

Slide reading ‘Training Webinar: JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services’ and ‘Getting started with JSTOR Seeklight.’
Event

JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services: Getting Started with JSTOR Seeklight

Training for Stewardship Tier 3 participants: Generate metadata, transcripts, and project summaries with JSTOR Seeklight, and review and edit your generated descriptions. Part of a quarterly Seeklight training series.

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JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services training: Project cataloging 

Training for Stewardship participants (Tiers 2-3): catalog records, manage media, use linked fields, and organize work. One of three sessions in a monthly Stewardship training series.

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JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services training: Advanced features

Training for Stewardship participants (Tiers 2-3): use Collection Builder, organize related content, and use lists. One of three sessions in a monthly Stewardship training series.