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		<title>Documenting AI-created/enhanced records in catalogues/metadata/displays?</title>
		<link>https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2026/02/documenting-automatic-text-transcription-tools-in-catalogues-metadata-displays/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital humanities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Museums, libraries and archives]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[thinking about principles for documenting where AI was used to create or enhance metadata records in library, museum and archive catalogues/collections management systems]]></description>
		
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		<title>AI and Machine Learning in Libraries: Promising, But Not Ready Yet</title>
		<link>https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2025/10/ai-and-machine-learning-in-libraries-promising-but-not-ready-yet/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AI has incredible promise for work in libraries, museums and archives, but it's not a panacea.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cultures of collective work and crowdsourcing?</title>
		<link>https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2025/03/volunteering-cultures-crowdsourcing/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crowdsourcing and design for participation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museums, libraries and archives]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nearly ten years ago I was in Estonia for the 'Community Involvement in Theme Museums' conference where I had the chance to meet and hear from people working in Estonian, Finnish and Lithuanian memory institutions. I was there to talk about 'niche' projects in crowdsourcing, so I had a few conversations about crowdsourcing in the &#8230; <a href="https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2025/03/volunteering-cultures-crowdsourcing/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Cultures of collective work and crowdsourcing?</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Notes from the Museum Data Service launch</title>
		<link>https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2024/09/notes-from-the-museum-data-service-launch/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Museums, libraries and archives]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I've shared these at work and thought it might be helpful to post my notes from the launch of the Museum Data Service at Bloomberg last week in public too. The MDS aggregates museum (and museum-like) metadata, encouraging use by data scientists, researchers, the public, etc. The MDS doesn't include images, but links to them &#8230; <a href="https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2024/09/notes-from-the-museum-data-service-launch/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Notes from the Museum Data Service launch</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>57 Varieties of Digital History? Towards the future of looking at the past</title>
		<link>https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2024/06/57-varieties-of-digital-history-towards-the-future-of-looking-at-the-past/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 12:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital humanities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My conference papers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[digital heritage]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in November 2015, Tara Andrews invited me to give a guest lecture on 'digital history' for the Introduction to Digital Humanities course at the University of Bern, where she was then a professor. This is a slightly shortened version of my talk notes, finally posted in 2024 as I go back to thinking about &#8230; <a href="https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2024/06/57-varieties-of-digital-history-towards-the-future-of-looking-at-the-past/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">57 Varieties of Digital History? Towards the future of looking at the past</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Links for a talk on crowdsourcing at UCL</title>
		<link>https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2024/01/links-for-a-talk-on-crowdsourcing-at-ucl/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 23:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crowdsourcing and design for participation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I'm giving a lecture on 'crowdsourcing at the British Library' for students on UCL's MSc Sustainable Heritage taking the course 'Crowd-Sourced and Citizen Data for Cultural Heritage' (BENV0114). As some links at the British Library are still down, I've put the web archive versions into a post, along with other links included in my talk: &#8230; <a href="https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2024/01/links-for-a-talk-on-crowdsourcing-at-ucl/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Links for a talk on crowdsourcing at UCL</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Three prompts for ‘AI in libraries’ from SCONUL in May 2022</title>
		<link>https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2024/01/three-prompts-for-ai-in-libraries-from-sconul-in-may-2022/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 23:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Machine learning and AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museums, libraries and archives]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve been meaning to write this post since May 2022, when I was invited to present at a SCONUL event on ‘AI for libraries’. It’s hard to write anything about AI that doesn’t feel outdated before you hit ‘post’, especially since ChatGPT made generative AI suddenly accessible interesting to ‘ordinary’ people. Some of the content &#8230; <a href="https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2024/01/three-prompts-for-ai-in-libraries-from-sconul-in-may-2022/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Three prompts for ‘AI in libraries’ from SCONUL in May 2022</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fantastic Futures 2023 &#8211; AI4LAM in Vancouver</title>
		<link>https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2023/11/fantastic-futures-2023-ai4lam-in-vancouver/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Conference reports]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reflections and selected highlights from the Fantastic Futures 2023 conference, held at the Internet Archive Canada's building in Vancouver and Simon Fraser University; full programme; videos will be coming soon. A TL;DR is that it's incredible how many of the projects discussed wouldn't have been possible (or less feasible) a year ago. Whisper and ChatGPT &#8230; <a href="https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2023/11/fantastic-futures-2023-ai4lam-in-vancouver/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fantastic Futures 2023 &#8211; AI4LAM in Vancouver</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Finding Digital Heritage / GLAM tech / Digital Humanities jobs / staff</title>
		<link>https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2023/11/finding-digital-heritage-glam-tech-digital-humanities-jobs-staff/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital humanities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machine learning and AI]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Technology job listings for cultural heritage or the humanities aren't always easy to find. I've recently been helping recruit into various tech roles at the British Library while also answering questions from folk looking for work in the digital heritage / GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) tech / digital humanities (DH)-ish world, so I've collated &#8230; <a href="https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2023/11/finding-digital-heritage-glam-tech-digital-humanities-jobs-staff/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Finding Digital Heritage / GLAM tech / Digital Humanities jobs / staff</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Toddlers to teenagers: AI and libraries in 2023</title>
		<link>https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2023/09/toddlers-to-teenagers-ai-and-libraries-in-2023/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Machine learning and AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museums, libraries and archives]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A copy of my April 2023 position paper for the Collections as Data: State of the field and future directions summit held at the Internet Archive in Vancouver in April 2023. The full set of statements is available on Zenodo at Position Statements -> Collections as Data: State of the field and future directions. It'll &#8230; <a href="https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2023/09/toddlers-to-teenagers-ai-and-libraries-in-2023/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Toddlers to teenagers: AI and libraries in 2023</span></a>]]></description>
		
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