Integrating AI Into Digital Collections: Strategy and Practice at Yale Library

Join Florida Virtual Campus and the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois for the Summer Digitization Webinar Series!  

Michael Appleby and Jonathan Manton discuss Yale Library's digital collections AI tool and how AI work sits within the overall strategy for digital collections. 

Mike will introduce a prototype application, Digital Collections AI, which leverages large language models (LLMs) to analyze OCR-transcribed texts from Yale’s digitized collections. This tool can rapidly summarize content, extract entities such as people, places, and subjects, and even perform stylistic analyses, thereby enhancing researchers' ability to explore and interpret vast amounts of digitized material.

Jonathan will provide strategic context, outlining how this tool aligns with Yale Library’s broader goals for responsible innovation and sustainable stewardship of the library’s digital collections. Together, they will reflect on the opportunities and challenges of embedding AI in cultural heritage workflows, offering insights for institutions navigating similar paths.

The Summer Digitization Series, a joint effort of FLVC and CARLI to share digitization programming on Wednesdays in June and July.

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