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is there sound?

Yes, John is speaking right now

Thanks!

will the recording be available afterwards

Yes, we'll post links to the recording on the IG Week Program Schedule and in the ALA Connect group

great

this is awesome

Incredible, archival preservation!

Link to the LC Labs Newspaper Navigator: https://labs.loc.gov/work/experiments/newspaper-navigator/

Sooo, the aim here is not to rely on library-supplied metadata but the image itself?

It sounds a lot like the AI deep learning project(s) Google is running.

Lisa - yes, we train a subset of the images, and then apply the model to other images - so that library-supplied metadata is not applied to all 16M images

The implications for bibliographic work - the network collects monographic data from the publisher and constructs metadata without the cataloger having to do anything (in theory). Wow!

Yes, wow!

BERT is really promsing

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I can see a service within Makerspaces where patrons can bring in their faded diaries, photos, exc... to help create more readable items. Is this a possibility, or too expensive?

what hardware were you using

Does anyone know of library-specific AI and neural net work being done? As mentioned by others, the idea of bibliographic metadata work, for example.

@Glen. Here is a “look book” of projects done within libraries archives and museums: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iWG9RpPaMlikUAe8mfVlYQeoCiNH8ct2ILFtbMI7P_o/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks Catherine!

Have any studies been done as to the accuracy of these projects. What is the accuracy rate when thousands of photographs are analyzed by this method and how accurate would it be for library material cataloging & metadata?

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Interested in bibliographic aspects

Interested in customer service chatbots or sensing technology applications

I recently attended a presentation by Brian Christian on the alignment problem. I think that is an interesting issue that fits into librarians' values and experience: reducing bias, matching the user's intent (as you touched on with chatbots and relevancy algorithms).

Interested in project management aspect of AI as well as chatbot applications.

Interested in a tech literate society, access to new technology, understanding AI effect on society

Also interested in mitigating bias in training.

Interested in the implications of AI evolution on society, ethics, and philosophy.

I'm interested in the applications of AI for library bibliographical applications. Also applications of chatbots.

Ditto what Adam DeWitt said!

I’m interesting in learning training datasets to supply subject headings and keywords to new metadata.

… to new records

could you comment on getting a pilot project going in a production environment / workplace vis-a-vis IT staff? given the resource heavy nature of AI training (gpu) would you recommend using personal machine or cloud instance

great discussion

Excellent question!

Thanks for the great presentation!

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Thank you very much!!!!

thank you for all this information

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Thank you, enjoyed the presentation. I am excited about the group!

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