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

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Event Digital stewardship

JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services training: Project administration

Training for Stewardship participants (Tiers 2-3): create/edit projects, map publishing targets, manage users, and access preservation. One of three sessions in a monthly Stewardship training series.

Accessibility with JSTOR Seeklight
Event

JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services training: Accessibility with JSTOR Seeklight

Webinar time is based in EST. Training for Stewardship Tier 3 participants: Generate text alternatives and transcripts with Seeklight, increase collections’ accessibility. Part of a quarterly Seeklight training series.

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Event Digital stewardship

JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services training: Advanced features

Webinar time is based in EST. 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.