Descriptive depth at scale: Exploring new technologies for archives

September 25, 2025
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  • 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.

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