[Ohiodig] New book (OA): Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Organisations

[Carleton, Janet (she/her)]

May be of interest. Free PDF.

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Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Digital Initiatives | Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives | OHIO University Libraries | Alden 333 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | she/her/hers | carleton at ohio.edu<mailto:carleton at ohio.edu> | https://media.library.ohio.edu<https://media.library.ohio.edu/> | https://archivesspace.ohio.edu/
From: Institute <institute-bounces at lists.uvic.ca<mailto:institute-bounces at lists.uvic.ca>> On Behalf Of Lise Jaillant
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2025 9:36 AM
Subject: [External] [DHSI] Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Organisations

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Dear all,

I am excited to share the publication of Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Organisations, released today by UCL Press *OPEN ACCESS*. 🌐✍️

This groundbreaking collection brings together leading voices from libraries, archives, museums, digital humanities, and computer science to explore how cutting-edge AI and machine learning are reshaping cultural heritage. The 10 chapters cover:

Part I – AI for Preservation & Access

📜 1. The National Archives (UK) – Lise Jaillant, Katherine Aske & Annalina Caputo
🎨 2. Computer Vision and Cultural Heritage – Catherine Nicole Coleman
📖 3. Machine Learning at the National Library of Norway – Javier de la Rosa

Part II – Text, Images & AV Archives

🎥 4. Preservation to Access: AI in Audio‑Visual Archives – Julia Noordegraaf & Anna Schjøtt Hansen
🗺️ 5. Digital Mapping & Cultural Heritage – Claire Warwick & Katherine Aske
🛠️ 6. AI at HathiTrust Research Center – Glen Layne‑Worthey, J. Stephen Downie + Janet Swatscheno, Nikolaus Parulian, Jill Naiman, Ben Schmidt, Peter Organisciak, Ted Underwood, Ryan Dubnicek

Part III – Digitised & Hand-Text Archives

🖼️ 7. Distant Viewing Archives – Lauren Tilton & Taylor Arnold
✏️ 8. Handwritten Text Recognition at the National Library of Scotland – Paul Gooding, Joseph Nockels & Melissa Terras
🗣️ 9. Conversing with the Past: Slavery Advertisements & OpenAI’s LLM – Rajesh Kumar Gnanasekaran, Christopher E. Haley & Richard Marciano
🔮 10. Afterword: An Emergence from Winter or Summer? – Thomas Padilla

This volume offers practical case studies (especially UK’s National Archives & Norway’s National Library), AI techniques (computer vision, LLMs, HTR), and critical reflections on ethics, accessibility & future trails in the heritage sector. 🌟🤔

💡 Thanks to my co-editors and to all contributors for their inspiring work! 🌍📖

The edited collection is a key output of the AEOLIAN project funded by the AHRC in the UK and the National Endowment for the Humanities in the US.

🔗 Download it free now: https://uclpress.co.uk/book/navigating-artificial-intelligence-for-cultural-heritage-organisations/

Best wishes,
Lise
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Professor Lise Jaillant
School of Social Sciences and Humanities | Loughborough University, UK

*NEW OUPUT* of my AHRC-funded project LUSTRE<https://lustre-network.net/> “Unlocking our Digital Past with AI”:
Special Issue “When Data Turns into Archives” published in AI & Society<https://link.springer.com/collections/eabccfhhbd>.

Latest articles: https://www.lisejaillant.com/p/articles-and-book-chapters.html

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