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[1] From: Lise Jaillant <L.Jaillant@lboro.ac.uk>
Subject: AI & Society Special Issue - "When Data Turns into Archives" (47)
[2] From: scholar-at-large@bell.net <scholar-at-large@bell.net>
Subject: ludic editions (24)
[3] From: Katherine D. Harris <katherine.harris@sjsu.edu>
Subject: Recording: The AI Con @ SJSU (5/16) (41)
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Date: 2025-05-20 14:05:11+00:00
From: Lise Jaillant <L.Jaillant@lboro.ac.uk>
Subject: AI & Society Special Issue - "When Data Turns into Archives"
Dear all,
🎉 I am delighted to share that our Special Issue, “When Data Turns into
Archives: Making Digital Records More Accessible with AI,” has now been fully
published in AI & Society!
The issue is a key output of the AHRC-funded LUSTRE project, which connects
policymakers, computer scientists, digital humanists, and GLAM professionals to
explore how Artificial Intelligence can enhance the preservation, access, and
usability of digital and born-digital archives, particularly in the government
sector and beyond.
This collection demonstrates the transformative role of AI in advancing archival
practices across government and GLAM sectors. The articles showcase how AI can
unlock digital data while considering issues such as bias, privacy, and trust.
Together, they provide a critical foundation for rethinking the future of
digital archives, balancing technological possibilities with ethical and
cultural considerations.
đź“ť Read our introduction "When data turns into archives: making digital records
more accessible with AI": https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02374-y
đź“š Explore the full collection: https://link.springer.com/collections/eabccfhhbd
I am incredibly grateful to all the contributors, reviewers, and collaborators
who made this issue possible 🙌. Special thanks to my co-editor Lingjia Zhao.
Their expertise, commitment, and collaboration have made this a truly rich and
diverse collection.
I hope this special issue will spark meaningful conversations on AI and digital
data across research, policy, and archival practice!
Best wishes,
Lise
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Professor Lise Jaillant
School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Loughborough University, UK
Latest co-authored articles:
AI to review government records: new work to unlock historically significant
digital records (co-authored with David Canning)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02221-0
How can we improve the diversity of archival collections with AI? Opportunities,
risks, and solutions https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02222-z
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Date: 2025-05-20 00:14:15+00:00
From: scholar-at-large@bell.net <scholar-at-large@bell.net>
Subject: ludic editions
Willard
A recently published and incisive essay gives one the opportunity to contemplate
the boundaries of the electronic edition...
[quote]
Three digital games adapting canon-ical literary texts are discussed to
demonstrate the possibilities of the ludic edition: Walden, a game (2017),
Elsinore (2019) and 80 Days (2014). The essay concludes with a call for digital
scholarly editors to take a more prominent role in the creation of ludic
editions lest a new form of digital edition develop that does not have a place
in digital humanities scholarship.
[/quote]
Jason Boyd
“The ludic edition: playful futures for digital scholarly editing"
in Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century (2025)
https://books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/book/sup-9781917341073
It’s a short read with examples chosen with care as to demonstrating the range
and flexibility of ludic editions.
François
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Date: 2025-05-18 16:39:04+00:00
From: Katherine D. Harris <katherine.harris@sjsu.edu>
Subject: Recording: The AI Con @ SJSU (5/16)
Dear Friends,
We hosted an overwhelmingly successful South Bay book launch on Friday, May
16th, with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna for their new book, *THE AI CON:
How To Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want*
<https://thecon.ai/> , in conversation with Rhonda Holberton at the new Digital
Humanities Center <https://library.sjsu.edu/digitalhumanities>, San Jose
State University (in the middle of Silicon Valley)! Drs. Hanna and Bender
navigate Rhonda's intriguing questions about AI regulation, user critiques,
labor and economics, with very engaging questions from our online and
in-person audiences, especially from students.
The recording is now available on the College of Humanities & the Art's
YouTube Channel <https://youtu.be/1FcD3-FRWD4>. Please share widely!
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Can we ask a favor? *Please fill out our engagement survey
<https://sjsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6x7OZyzcCpBvXIq> (8 mins), if you
watch the recording*. With the recent dissolution of many funding
opportunities for the Humanities & Arts, your voice will help us show
our legislators
the value and importance of bringing authors such as Dr. Bender and Dr.
Hanna to our Silicon Valley campus.
If you're interested in more events from H&A in Action at SJSU, please
consider subscribing to our Monday Mailer
<https://forms.gle/vKKsRfJYrAoZXihs6> or checking our H&A in Action event
page <https://www.sjsu.edu/ha-in-action/engage/current-events/index.php>
during the academic year!
Hope to see you again,
Kathy
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Dr. Katherine D. Harris (she/her)
Director, Public Programming <https://www.sjsu.edu/ha-in-action/index.php>,
College of Humanities & the Arts
Professor of Literature & Digital Humanities
San Jose State University
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