Impulsvortrag / Keynote speech. Open Data versus Black Box, or: How can AI Fulfill Archival Tasks and Professional Requirements ?

Authors
Joergens, Bettina
Audience
Scientific
Date
2026-05-08Publisher
State Archives of Belgium
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Artificial intelligence is transforming archival practice, offering new possibilities for processing, describing, and making accessible the vast holdings that no institution could manage manually. This keynote surveys the current state of AI adoption in archives - from handwritten text recognition and named entity extraction to audiovisual analysis and appraisal support - while insisting that technology alone is insufficient. Archivists must understand the tools they deploy, maintain accountability and transparency, and actively manage risks such as hallucination, bias, and data protection.
Citation
JOERGENS, Bettina (2026). Impulsvortrag / Keynote speech. Open Data versus Black Box, or: How can AI Fulfill Archival Tasks and Professional Requirements ?. In Els HERREBOUT (Ed.), International Archives Symposium in Namur (2025). Open Data and AI. New chances for Archives? Proceedings (Miscellanea Archivistica Studia, 225, pp. 11–26). State Archives of Belgium. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20058393.
Type
Conference proceeding
Peer-Review
Not pertinent
Language
eng
