2026 Conference Programs

Hallucinating the Hand: Developing an Evaluative Methodology for the Accuracy of Machine-Generated Handwritten Text Transcription

Kiley Jolicoeur¹, Mehr Athar^1,2

1: Syracuse University, United States of America; 2: Indiana University, Bloomington, United States of America

AI Data Centers and Climate Change: Developing a Field Guide for Library and Archival Workers

Justin Wadland¹, Lisa Spiro², Sarah Tribelhorn³

1: Michigan State University; 2: Rice University; 3: San Diego State University

Expanding Institutional Storytelling Through Curated Access to Untold Narratives

Dean Radcliffe-Lynes, Olivia Lynes

The Society of African American Narratives

Taming the Digital Collections Backlog: Challenges and approaches to growing access to digitized materials

Catherine Mayfield¹, Pamela McClanahan¹, Hannah Kim², Alexandra Trim², Sara Riley³

1: University of Maryland College Park; 2: Georgetown Law Library; 3: Brigham Young University

Introduction to Modern Islandora: Architecture, Metadata, and Discoverability

Natalie Baur¹, Akanksha Singh², Joe Corall³, Aubrey Shannahan⁴

1: University of Iowa Libraries, United States of America; 2: Independent Consultant; 3: Lehigh University; 4: Islandora Foundation

Humans in the Loop: Privacy-Focused AI Solutions for Digital Collections Alt-Text

Jason Boczar, Amanda Boczar, Ann Abney

University of South Florida, United States of America

Building Metadata Frameworks for an Archive of Racial Violence

Joy Zanghi, Drew Facklam

Northeastern University, United States of America

Unlocking Hidden Metadata: Using Computer Vision to Automatically Extract Physical Dimensions from Digitized Cultural Heritage Collections

Sean Fraga, Minyu Huang

University of Southern California, United States of America