Recording oral histories

This presentation gives a brief overview of techniques and best practices for recording oral histories. Geared towards undergraduate students

Desperately seeking authors: finding contacts for copyright clearance

This presentation explores the challenges associated with finding authors and contributors to obtain copyright clearance. It will offer practical techniques to locate former alumni, faculty and authors who may need to be contacted for permission to publish materials within an institutional repository. Free tools and sources for locating people online will be presented. Participants will gain an understanding of the steps involved in finding authors, as well as how to assess if it is necessary for their project

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Digitization Project: Digitization, Access and Preservation

This presentation explores the challenges associated with both starting and managing a Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (RTD) digitization project. The presentation will discuss the specific challenges involved in each step, such as digitizing (scanning and image processing), text recognition and PDF creation, locating alumni and publishing to the university’s Digital Commons. The hope is that this presentation will encourage a lively discussion and offer guidelines for those considering or already involved in digitization projects. Those attending will gain knowledge on best practices and potential pitfalls for mass digitization projects

Transcription Tools and Software

This presentation was given as part of the digital humanities workshop series at the Digital Scholar Studio. It includes a brief overview of transcribing for oral histories, as well as techniques and tools that can be used. Various speech recognition software are analyzed, and information given on the hardware available at the Digital Scholar Studio at Florida International University

Facial Recognition Technologies in Digital Humanities Proposal

Rebecca Bakker\u27s proposal for Facial Recognition Technologies in Digital Humanities explores facial recognition technologies as a research tool in the digital humanitie

Virtual DSS: Building Interactive and Media-Rich Timelines with TimelineJS

In this hands-on virtual workshop participants learn how to build an interactive timeline using a google spreadsheet template and TimelineJS. Part of the 2020-2021 Virtual Digital Scholar Studio webinar series, this webinar was held on September 9th, 2020 and was presented by Rebecca Bakker

A Skeptic’s Guide to Using AI-Driven Content to Promote Access to Digital Archives on Social Media

Presentation for the Society of Florida Archivist\u27s 2023 Annual MeetingAs cultural institutions continue to digitize their collections and make them available online, social media platforms offer a promising method for promoting and providing access to these digital archives. By incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI), it is possible to create engaging and accessible content that can reach a wider, measurable audience. However, concerns about bias, inaccurate information and ethical considerations abound and must be considered. In this presentation, we will explore the evolution of practices in incorporating AI into digital archive work at the Digital Collections Center at Florida International University Libraries to extend into social media content. We will examine the potential of social media platforms for promoting and providing access to partner collections in the digital repository. We will also address the ethical considerations of using AI in creating social media content and discuss the question of whether this is a worthwhile endeavor. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the potential of AI-generated social media content (using platforms such as ChatGPT) as a means of access to digital archives, as well as practical insights into the considerations that should be taken into account. By showcasing the successes and challenges of using AI in social media content creation and promotion, we hope to inspire discussion and critical thinking about the role of social media and AI in promoting access to digitized collection materials

Implementing Facial Recognition Technology in a Municipal Archives Digitization Project

This poster at the 2019 annual meeting of the South Florida Archivists highlights a project where the facial recognition technology of Adobe Lightroom CC is used to identify individuals in photographs held by a local municipal archive. The photographs contain hundreds of images showing unnamed commissioners and city workers from the 1970s to the 1990s, with most of the images lacking metadata or information. Various strategies are employed to identify key city officials in the photographs, allowing their names to be added to the metadata of the records hosted in a digital repository. The poster demonstrates the potential and limitations of facial recognition technology in digitized archives, aiming to benefit other archivists who have projects where they are trying to identify individuals in images

Oral History Best Practices

This presentation was created to provide undergraduate students at FIU an overview of the oral history process