Research Study – Share Your Perspective on AI and Archival Description of Intangible Cultural Heritage

My name is Madelaine Davis, and I am a graduate student in the School of Information Studies (SIS) at Louisiana State University, conducting a research study under the supervision of Dr. Kristina Shiroma, Assistant Professor (SIS).

We are inviting archivists, heritage professionals, faculty, graduate students, researchers, and community members/stakeholders with lived experience in intangible cultural heritage (ICH) to take part in a brief online survey. The survey asks you to review a small set of archival description samples and share your perspective on their accuracy, cultural sensitivity, and the ethical considerations of using AI to write these kinds of descriptions.

The survey takes about 15–20 minutes and is entirely online. Participation is voluntary, and there is no compensation. You must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

If you are interested, you can access the survey here: https://lsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7WeSh5CDeg2is2G 

Feel free to forward this message to colleagues or contacts who may also be interested in participating.

If you have any questions about the study, please contact us at kshiroma@lsu.edu or mdav415@lsu.edu. This study has been approved by the LSU Institutional Review Board (IRBAM-26-0690).

Thank you for considering participating!

Madelaine Davis
Graduate Student, LSU School of Information Studies

CFP: 2027 IIIF Online Meeting

The 2027 International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Online Meeting will be held January 26-28, 2027. This year’s meeting will again follow a Working and Learning theme, with a program built to provide attendees with a look into new and innovative IIIF projects, implementations, developments, and tools, as well as opportunities to learn new skills.

All submissions are due by November 3, 2026.

Format

The event organizers are looking for proposals in the following formats:

  • Lightning talks (7 minutes)
  • Tool Demos (5-7 minutes)
  • Online workshop/training sessions (up to 2 hours)

Note:

  • Accepted lightning talks will be pre-recorded, though presenters are asked to be present during the online meeting if possible to participate in Q&A following the presentation.
  • Demonstrations of tools should be pre-recorded. Please do not attempt to do live demonstrations.
  • Online workshops or training sessions should be interactive events with clearly stated target audiences and learning outcomes.
  • All submissions will be reviewed by a committee. This year, we will prioritize submissions from first-time presenters; likewise, while it is possible to submit multiple proposals, we will ask that any given speaker appear only once in the final program.
  • Final versions of the accepted abstracts and presentations will be made openly available after the conference.

Proposal themes

Lightning Talks

We encourage showcasing developments in IIIF and in particular would welcome presentations in the following areas:

  • IIIF implementations featuring unique or uncommon collections
  • Using IIIF material for Machine Learning and AI
  • Implementations of IIIF outside of North America/Europe
  • IIIF in the classroom
  • Annotation use cases

Tool Demos

Have a new IIIF tool? Have you built something for personal use that you want to share with the community? Looking for feedback on a project in progress? This is your opportunity to show off your work with a brief (5-7 minutes) demo.

Workshops

Workshop submissions must have an abstract, a proposed outline schedule, and desired outcomes (e.g., “at this end of this session, participants will be able to place IIIF manifests on a web map”, or “at the end of this session, participants will be able to use IIIF manifests to create guided storytelling exhibitions”). This year, we are seeking workshop proposals aimed at end users, researchers, and educators as well as workshops for experienced IIIF practitioners.

We encourage workshop organizers to set the registration cap for their sessions as high as possible without sacrificing quality.

Submissions

Please submit proposals through Google Forms: Submission Form

Questions?

Please contact staff@iiif.io.

CFP: SHARP News Features

The SHARP News Features section is currently seeking proposals for written pieces in an array of categories that take a wide and creative approach to topics in book history, book studies, print culture, authorship and publishing studies, and media studies. These pieces can include articles, interviews, and reviews of games, books, or video media relating to the above topics.

Please submit your proposal via this Google form, or by emailing the Features editor Allie Alvis at news-features@sharpweb.org.

For more information about the Features section and submitting a proposal, check out this handy dandy PDF.

CFP: Poster and Demo Submissions for IDCC27

Poster and demo submissions for IDCC27 open until 16 October

There’s still time to submit your Poster or Demonstration proposal. You have until 16 October to secure the opportunity to join other international presenters at the 21st International Digital Curation Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, from 9-12 February 2027.

  • Poster Submissions: Offer a great opportunity to showcase and promote your work through images, interact with others, gather feedback, and exchange ideas.
  • Demonstrations: Showcase a working software tool, hardware prototype, or interactive system.

Submit your proposals now!

New Issue: Archival Issues

Archival Issues 43, no. 1 (2026)
(open access)

Articles

Student Life Materials in Association of Research Libraries University Archives: Connecting Policy to Practice
Leanna Barcelona and Paula Dempsey

Accessible AI in the Archives: Tools and Methods for Small Repositories
Liz Bloodworth

Using Data to Identify Gaps and Improve Institutional Collecting in Public University Archives
Hannah Pryor

Publication Reviews

Decolonial Archival Futures. By Krista McCracken and Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey
Gianni Brassil

Family and Justice in the Archives: Historical Perspectives on Intimacy and the Law. Edited by Peter Gossage and Lisa Moore.
Ruth Cody

Alone in the Stacks: Succeeding as a Solo Archivist. By Christina Zamon.
Jayne Kelley

Teaching Primary Source Research Skills to 21st-Century Learners. By Julie Thomas.
Laura Kiely

Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian: Identity, Advocacy, and Pathways. Edited by Brandon K. West and Elizabeth Galoozis.
Krista M. Oldham

Building Representative Community Archives: Inclusive Strategies in Practice. Edited by Hannah Leah Crummé.
shady Radical

The Burpee Seed Company: Planting U.S. History since the Nineteenth Century. By Christopher M. DeMairo.
Leah Tams

New Issue: Archival Science

Archival Science Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2026
(subscription)

Two-Spirit is bugs: classification, archival translation, and the limits of description
Andrew Wiebe

Toward a Christian Hymnology Metadata Schema: the description of the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom (407 A.C.)
Spyros Tzanavaris, Efthalia Xanthopoulou, …Marios Poulos

Should sensitive archival images be shown? The case for applying AI to colonial archives
Lise Jaillant, Matthew Kidd, Lingjia Zhao

Archival buildings as archives: recording through design
Zheqiong Mo, Tie Ji

Record-surface visibility and evidential accessibility in administrative disclosure
Youngsoon Yang

“You’re a little bit self-editing”: identity curation in Chinese American family archiving practices
Jiarui Sun

Looking at the back of a document: a case of repurposing swastikas into creating Polish statehood in bureaucratic practices in the formerly German lands (1945–1948)
Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska, Izabela Mrzygłód

Archivists’ use of AI: practices and impacts
Jinfang Niu

Modular archive construction for conservation documentation: an archival information framework for palm-leaf manuscript conservation
Yan LiJingyu Zhang…Yanyan Huang

Mediated recordkeeping and epistemic accountability in social media archiving
Leisa Gibbons

Repressive regimes and the manipulations of archival records: an investigation into selected countries in Africa
Kofi Koranteng Adu

“It definitely got my mind whirling:” Building community partnerships for teaching with primary sources
Alexandra Chassanoff, Elliott Kuecker…Gabi Benedit

“In the end, people are people”: positionality statements in the archival enterprise
Alex H. Poole, Ashley Todd-Diaz

Beyond custodianship: public archives, democratic agency, and the limits of transformative discourse
Geerd De Ceulaerde

Locating disability in digital archives: an analysis of accessibility and inclusion in UK-based special collections
Kaitlynn Buchbaum, Paul Gooding

CFP: Material Culture Workshop: “Re-Materialising: Navigating Transience and Absence” – University of Cambridge

Deadline: Sept. 11, 2026

The Material Culture Workshop at the University of Cambridge invites submissions for 20 minute papers for our Michaelmas 2026 sessions on the theme “Re-Materialising: Navigating Transience and Absence.”

  • How do we approach object-based studies without the object?
  • How can we use extant archival material to “reconstruct” the material lives of groups and individuals traditionally underrepresented in institutional collections?
  • How does the archive present challenges and opportunities as a material object itself?

This theme invites projects which challenge disciplinary divisions and embrace material culture studies of non-extant objects and understudied groups. Papers may engage with themes of fragmentation, archival absence, loss, transient objects/experiences, unconventional archival practice, and related topics.

The Material Culture Workshop is convened by postgraduate students Cecelia Eure and Robert Hewis and aims to highlight the work of early career researchers and practitioners in history, art history, archaeology, anthropology, cultural studies, and related disciplines. It is hosted in-person at the University of Cambridge and online at 5:30 pm every other Monday.

Submissions must include a title, abstract (250 words), and a brief bio, sent as a Word document to Cecelia Eure (cre48@cam.ac.uk) by 11 September 2026.

Contact Information

Faculty of History, University of Cambridge

Contact Email

cre48@cam.ac.uk

CFP: Nontheatrical Student Essay Award

In collaboration with AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) and its journal, The Moving Image, the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG is delighted to announce its fifth annual Nontheatrical Student Essay Award

Designed to recognize outstanding graduate student scholarship founded upon archival nontheatrical research, this award underscores both organizations’ commitment to mentorship and professional development, connecting award-recipients with mentors to guide them through the process of crafting journal-ready manuscripts. The award-winning essay will also be published (subject to revisions) in The Moving Image.

Our fourth award went to John Adrianfer Atienza (University of the Philippines Diliman), for his paper ‘Filipino Balik-titig and the American Liberator Narrative in United News Newsreels.’ Keep your eyes peeled for its publication in The Moving Image! In 2025, we also introduced an Honorable Mention. This time it was received by Will Hair (University of Chicago) for his paper ‘Local Haunts: Uncovering Blackness in the H. Lee Waters Film Collection.’

Eligibility

Applicants must be enrolled in a recognized graduate program at the time of entry.

Submission Criteria

  • Audience: essays should be broadly relevant to both media archivists and media scholars.
  • The winning scholarly essay will demonstrate original and critical analysis, clarity of argument and exposition, and engagement with varied source materials related to the study of nontheatrical media (e.g. science film, educational film, home movies, government films, etc.)
  • Students may submit their own paper, or they may be nominated by an advisor or professor with the author’s consent. In either case, the submitter should provide a short author’s CV.
  • Papers shall be submitted in English and may not have been published in part or in whole by the time of submission. The manuscript should be 4000-6000 words in length (double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt, with 1-inch margins, using the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition), including footnotes/endnotes but excluding bibliography.
  • Before the first-place essay is published in The Moving Image, its author will work with a faculty mentor and The Moving Image editors to revise the essay for publication, in keeping with the developmental editing procedures of the journal.
  • Submissions will be evaluated by the governing body of the Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and editors from The Moving Image.

Submissions will be due 15 February 2027 and can be sent to nontheatricalessayaward@gmail.com. The award winner will be contacted in March 2027, and announced at the 2027 SCMS Annual Conference.

Download the Call for Submissions here.

New Issue: IFLA Journal

IFLA Journal 52, no. 2 (June 2026)
(open access)

Essays

Knowledge for life: The evolution of Korea’s library ecosystem
Jee Yeon Lee

Artificial intelligence regulation matures: Landscapes of the USA, European Union, and China
Leo S Lo

Original Articles

Protecting Indigenous cultural heritage across borders: A Delphi study of international Traditional Cultural Expression laws
Sara R Benson, Melissa Ocepek and Siyao Cheng

Generative artificial intelligence and Indigenous heritage in libraries: A proof-of-concept study using Ao Naga oral traditions
Supongtemjen and Paokholun Hangsing

The relationship between AI literacy and research skills in Vietnam’s universities
Thuy Thanh Bui, Tram Phan Thi Bao Hoang, Quang Ngoc Hoang, Thao Thi Phuong Tran, Viet Hoang Trieu and Ly Dieu Dinh

Legislation and policy framework to apply artificial intelligence in providing information services of academic libraries in South Africa: A case study
Phuti Concilia Rabatseta, Mashilo Modiba and Patrick Ngulube

Developing and validating an AI literacy scale for university students in Vietnam
Hung Van Do, Thuy Thanh Bui, Duc Hoa Tran, Hai Thi Nguyen and Ly Dieu Dinh

Unpacking the research methods used by Indian LIS researchers: A longitudinal study
Mallikarjun Dora, Lavji N Zala and Raj Kishor Kampa

Ethical practices and professional responsibilities in upholding confidentiality in academic libraries in Tanzania
Beth Kachota, Bernard Ronald and Silver Hokororo

Equity at stake? Fostering social justice in Pakistani academic libraries
Murtaza Ashiq, Nosheen Fatima Warraich and Shafiq Ur Rehman

From policy to pedagogy: Applying infodemic governance to instructional design
Bethany McGowan

Outreach services of public libraries for disadvantaged communities
Mariam Keshvari and Morteza Mohammadi Ostani

Researchers’ knowledge and awareness regarding predatory publishers in Tanzanian universities
Sevelina S Moshi, Frankwell Dulle and Ronard Bernard Tarimo

Unlocking the repository: A strategy for increasing the uptake of green open access
Jayshree Mamtora, Wayne Bradshaw and Tove Lemberget

Exploring trends and patterns of theory use in library and information science research in Tanzania, 1990–2024
Mohamed Kassim

Open access publishing in an African context: Notable improvements and recurring challenges
Sodiq Onaolapo, Philips Ayeni and Siphamandla Mncube

Factors driving knowledge dissemination among university academics in Zanzibar
Riziki Ameir Hassan, Paul Samwel Muneja and Hosea Mungwabi

Core capability boundaries in library Reading promotion: Insourcing versus outsourcing configurations
Rende Li, Ying Jiang and Alia Erbolat

Review Articles

School library projects in Türkiye: A critical view
Güler Demir

Mapping IDEA in collection development: A scoping and bibliometric review
Efren M Torres Jr. and Janice DC Peñaflor

Toward reforms: Revisiting public library legislation in Indian states
Sheshagiri Kulkarni, B Preedip Balaji and Dhanamjaya M

New Issue: Archeota

Archeota, Spring/Summer 2026

Contents: 

“It’s Virtual, Baby!!”: Creating a Secure Digital Space for an At-risk Community Archives Online Conference by Diane Curtis

My Experience as a MARA Student at Queer History South 2026 by Ryan Martin

AI and Digital Leadership: Transforming Libraries, Archives and Museums for the Future by Angela Brooks

The Threshold of Erasure: A Review of The Ministry of Time by Gaby Stephenson, The Hidden Gems of Las Vegas: The Archives of UNLV by Nana Turkson

Black Information Futures: A Symposium & A Summoning by Siera Milton Beal

Photogrammetry & the Chalk Festival by Charlene Hardin

From Dusty Volumes to Digital Access: An Internship with the California State Library by Emily Stockton

Material History Complicates Cold War Memory by Lola Jalbert

Farewell to Spring ’26 Graduates, Meet the 2026 Archeota Team, SAASC 2026-2027 Team, and SAASC Spring 2026 Events