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[1] From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@mccarty.org.uk>
Subject: more on AI (16)
[2] From: maurizio lana <maurizio.lana@uniupo.it>
Subject: Re: [Humanist] 39.313: preparedness guidelines for use of AI (105)
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Date: 2026-02-05 11:27:16+00:00
From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@mccarty.org.uk>
Subject: more on AI
Metascience has just published Janet Abbate's "How not to think of AI"
(vol. 35, article 1) reviewing Richard Susskind's 2025 book, How to
think about AI (OUP). For us highly sceptical types and those who have
insight beyond the Wizard's curtain, reading the review will occasion
much agreement, and perhaps not a little weariness that the
'enshittification' continues.
Comments welcome!
WM
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Willard McCarty,
Professor emeritus, King's College London;
Editor, Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts,
Sciences and Humanities (Berghahn); Humanist
www.mccarty.org.uk
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Date: 2026-02-05 07:49:32+00:00
From: maurizio lana <maurizio.lana@uniupo.it>
Subject: Re: [Humanist] 39.313: preparedness guidelines for use of AI
dear Lise,
most useful and important, these Guidelines.
i only have a curiosity: you announce them as "new AI guidelines
launched to help galleries, libraries, archives and museums"
but the guidelines themselves are titled "AI preparedness guidelines for
archivists" where galleries, libraries and museums seem to fade. is
there something that i miss?
Maurizio
Il 05/02/26 07:49, Humanist ha scritto:
> Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 39, No. 313.
> Department of Digital Humanities, University of Cologne
> Hosted by DH-Cologne
> www.dhhumanist.org
> Submit to:humanist@dhhumanist.org
>
>
>
>
> Date: 2026-02-04 09:41:51+00:00
> From: Lise Jaillant<L.Jaillant@lboro.ac.uk>
> Subject: New AI guidelines launched to help galleries, libraries,
archives and museums prepare for the future
>
> The Archives and Records Association UK & Ireland (ARA) has today published
new
> open-access guidelines to help the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
> (GLAM) sector prepare their collections for the responsible use of artificial
> intelligence (AI).
>
> Titled AI Preparedness Guidelines for Archivists, the four-page guidance has
> been produced through the ARA-funded FLAME project (AI For Libraries, Archives
> and Museums) and is freely available to the sector.
>
> AI is now a growing topic of conversation across archives and record-keeping
> services, with managers and stakeholders increasingly asking whether it can
help
> speed up cataloguing, identify sensitive content, or unlock new ways for users
> to access collections. The new guidelines aim to help organisations respond to
> these opportunities in a realistic, responsible and informed way.
>
> The FLAME project is led by Professor Giovanni Colavizza (University of
> Copenhagen and University of Bologna) and Professor Lise Jaillant
(Loughborough
> University). It focuses specifically on the challenges and opportunities of
> using AI in the GLAM sector, with the guidelines forming the first major
public
> output of the project. An open-access academic article related to the project
> will be published later this year.
>
> The project aims to:
>
> * Improve how GLAM organisations prepare digital collections before
applying
> AI tools
> * Support new professional practices around automation and AI in archives
> * Help the sector move away from 'dark' archives to more accessible
> collections, while promoting more sustainable digital practices
>
> The key message is clear: AI can support archival work, but only when
> collections are properly prepared. The guidelines stress that automation is
not
> a magic solution, and that careful preparation, documentation and governance
are
> essential to making collections 'AI-ready'.
>
> The project was funded through the Archives and Records Association's
Research,
> Development and Advocacy Fund, which supports research and innovation across
the
> record-keeping profession. The FLAME project was one of two AI-related
projects
> funded by ARA in September 2024, alongside a project led by Liverpool
> University's Centre for Archive Studies on AI and machine learning for
catalogue
> conversion.
>
> The AI Preparedness Guidelines for Archivists are available now at:
> https://www.archives.org.uk/ai-preparedness-guidelines-for-archivists
>
> About the authors
>
> Professor Giovanni Colavizza
> University of Copenhagen and the University of Bologna
>
[...]
>
> Professor Lise Jaillant
> Loughborough University
>
[...]
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Maurizio Lana
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici
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