Archivist Liz 💾 (she/her)
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#Archives (and more!) from a #feminist and otherwise critical perspective. Comments are my own. she/her/hers. #archivist #digipres #recordsmanagement
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Hi, I’m Liz! I’m an #archivist working on #recordsManagement & #digitalPreservation. I mostly post on #digipres topics.
Mostly here to read. I post over on #Mastodon (@digipres.club)
Mostly here to read. I post over on #Mastodon (@digipres.club)
#icabarcelona2025 Hope enables us to act. We are essential duty bearers for human rights - Trudy Huskamp Petersen
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#icabarcelona2025 Hope enables us to act. We are essential duty bearers for human rights - Trudy Huskamp Petersen
#icabarcelona2025 Archivists also need the authority to monitor compliance with retention schedules (and the responsibility to create records). If the archivists cannot enforce this, they may need to quit and/or inform the public
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#icabarcelona2025 Archivists also need the authority to monitor compliance with retention schedules (and the responsibility to create records). If the archivists cannot enforce this, they may need to quit and/or inform the public
#icabarcelona2025 Keynote from Trudy Huskamp Petersen: Hope as an Archivist’s Discipline. One of our fundamental responsibilities is to make decisions on what to preserve for the future
October 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#icabarcelona2025 Keynote from Trudy Huskamp Petersen: Hope as an Archivist’s Discipline. One of our fundamental responsibilities is to make decisions on what to preserve for the future
#icabarcelona2025 Last paper of the first session: Prisons Museum: An archive with (spatial) site-documentation, records and witness accounts
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
#icabarcelona2025 Last paper of the first session: Prisons Museum: An archive with (spatial) site-documentation, records and witness accounts
#icabarcelona2025 The project working with the Moklen community in Thailand was challenging for several reasons. Moklen is endangered, and there is no written version of the language. Most of the cultural heritage is intangible. They agreed with the community on what to document
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#icabarcelona2025 The project working with the Moklen community in Thailand was challenging for several reasons. Moklen is endangered, and there is no written version of the language. Most of the cultural heritage is intangible. They agreed with the community on what to document
Last day of #icabarcelona2025, starting with a paper by Naya Sucha-xaya on efforts with Thailand's Moklen indigenous and marginalized sea people communities through the "Moklen Community Language and Culture Repository" project
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Last day of #icabarcelona2025, starting with a paper by Naya Sucha-xaya on efforts with Thailand's Moklen indigenous and marginalized sea people communities through the "Moklen Community Language and Culture Repository" project
Ending the day at #icabarcelona2025 in a workshop by @artefactual.com showing a prototype for Records in Common (RiC) in AtoM. This is definitely one for nerds, but it also makes RiC a little less intimidating
October 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Ending the day at #icabarcelona2025 in a workshop by @artefactual.com showing a prototype for Records in Common (RiC) in AtoM. This is definitely one for nerds, but it also makes RiC a little less intimidating
Que legal! Shirt promoting systematic digital preservation from the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. The shirt includes a QR code to this link: proged.es.gov.br/preservacao-... #icabarcelona2025 #digipres
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Que legal! Shirt promoting systematic digital preservation from the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. The shirt includes a QR code to this link: proged.es.gov.br/preservacao-... #icabarcelona2025 #digipres
#icabarcelona2025 The second 🇧🇷 presentation was on a survey (?) of Brazilian archives on how well they fulfill requirements for trusted digital repositories (leaning on ISO 16363, Drambora, @nestornetzwerk.bsky.social , NDSA, Core Trust Seal). This was done in/by(?) the network Rede Cariniana
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#icabarcelona2025 The second 🇧🇷 presentation was on a survey (?) of Brazilian archives on how well they fulfill requirements for trusted digital repositories (leaning on ISO 16363, Drambora, @nestornetzwerk.bsky.social , NDSA, Core Trust Seal). This was done in/by(?) the network Rede Cariniana
#icabarcelona2025 The first 🇧🇷 presentation was on a maturity model, which could be submitted through an online interface (that is still being expanded) #digipres
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#icabarcelona2025 The first 🇧🇷 presentation was on a maturity model, which could be submitted through an online interface (that is still being expanded) #digipres
#icabarcelona2025 I’ve sat in on two presentations by Brazilian archivists on evaluating maturity and conformance to standards of trusted digital repositories. I don’t speak Spanish, but I’m mostly managing. But I’d be doing better with Brazilian Portuguese 😅
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#icabarcelona2025 I’ve sat in on two presentations by Brazilian archivists on evaluating maturity and conformance to standards of trusted digital repositories. I don’t speak Spanish, but I’m mostly managing. But I’d be doing better with Brazilian Portuguese 😅
#icabarcelona2025 Response from a user of UNHCR Archives:
“I was overwhelmed with emotions when I reviewed the information you provided. It's very important to me and my family... 1/2
“I was overwhelmed with emotions when I reviewed the information you provided. It's very important to me and my family... 1/2
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#icabarcelona2025 Response from a user of UNHCR Archives:
“I was overwhelmed with emotions when I reviewed the information you provided. It's very important to me and my family... 1/2
“I was overwhelmed with emotions when I reviewed the information you provided. It's very important to me and my family... 1/2
#icabarcelona2025 The economic context of UNHCR: justifying money spent on (digital) archiving, records management and preservation: how many nutrition bars for those facing extreme malnutrition could be provided for that money?
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#icabarcelona2025 The economic context of UNHCR: justifying money spent on (digital) archiving, records management and preservation: how many nutrition bars for those facing extreme malnutrition could be provided for that money?
#icabarcelona2025 @unhcr.org Archives have seen a surge of interest in research and academic/publication output
October 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#icabarcelona2025 @unhcr.org Archives have seen a surge of interest in research and academic/publication output
#icabarcelona2025 Now hearing Heather Faulkner of #UNHCR on the UNHCR Archives: 25 years of access and impact. UNHCR has suffered devastating budget cuts this year 💔
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#icabarcelona2025 Now hearing Heather Faulkner of #UNHCR on the UNHCR Archives: 25 years of access and impact. UNHCR has suffered devastating budget cuts this year 💔
Reposted by Archivist Liz 💾 (she/her)
When searching for it, the AI overview seems to know more about the Open Fixed-layout Document (OFD) format than the search results! I'm guessing this is because the AI version is essentially translating Chinese sources that the search isn't showing me? #digipres
Starting this morning at #icabarcelona2025 at a session on digital preservation. Learning about ODF/A, a format developed in China to meet Chinese standards. It’s similar to PDF/A. I’m embarrassed to admit I hadn’t heard of it before. #digipres
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
When searching for it, the AI overview seems to know more about the Open Fixed-layout Document (OFD) format than the search results! I'm guessing this is because the AI version is essentially translating Chinese sources that the search isn't showing me? #digipres
#icabarcelona2025 Alan Cobley mentioned an editorial on AI & the Caribbean in the Jamaica Gleaner (including risks of replicating & prioritizing Western thoughts & culture, especially based on the selection of training data). Also recommended for news on Melissa (BlueSky won’t let me post the url 🙄)
October 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
#icabarcelona2025 Alan Cobley mentioned an editorial on AI & the Caribbean in the Jamaica Gleaner (including risks of replicating & prioritizing Western thoughts & culture, especially based on the selection of training data). Also recommended for news on Melissa (BlueSky won’t let me post the url 🙄)
It’s wild that Caribbean archival collections held in institutions of the Global North (aka former colonizers) are behind paywalls or only available by paying for paper or digital copies, including for those from the Caribbean. Example: digitized newspapers #icabarcelona2025
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It’s wild that Caribbean archival collections held in institutions of the Global North (aka former colonizers) are behind paywalls or only available by paying for paper or digital copies, including for those from the Caribbean. Example: digitized newspapers #icabarcelona2025
#icabarcelona2025 Archiving in the Face of Disaster: the climate conditions in the Caribbean, as well as the challenges of hurricanes, high winds, and in some cases volcanic activities. Extremely relevant as #hurricanemelissa hits Jamaica 💔
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#icabarcelona2025 Archiving in the Face of Disaster: the climate conditions in the Caribbean, as well as the challenges of hurricanes, high winds, and in some cases volcanic activities. Extremely relevant as #hurricanemelissa hits Jamaica 💔
It isn’t surprising, but it’s still heartbreaking that so many archives from former colonies were removed from the countries where they were created and/or deliberately destroyed. Few (almost none?) have been restored to the countries that should rightly hold them #icabarcelona2025
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It isn’t surprising, but it’s still heartbreaking that so many archives from former colonies were removed from the countries where they were created and/or deliberately destroyed. Few (almost none?) have been restored to the countries that should rightly hold them #icabarcelona2025
#icabarcelona2025 2nd Keynote by Alan Cobley on Decoloniality, Reparations, Digitization and AI: the new paradigms and new technologies shaping Caribbean Archives in the 21st century.
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#icabarcelona2025 2nd Keynote by Alan Cobley on Decoloniality, Reparations, Digitization and AI: the new paradigms and new technologies shaping Caribbean Archives in the 21st century.
Starting this morning at #icabarcelona2025 at a session on digital preservation. Learning about ODF/A, a format developed in China to meet Chinese standards. It’s similar to PDF/A. I’m embarrassed to admit I hadn’t heard of it before. #digipres
October 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Starting this morning at #icabarcelona2025 at a session on digital preservation. Learning about ODF/A, a format developed in China to meet Chinese standards. It’s similar to PDF/A. I’m embarrassed to admit I hadn’t heard of it before. #digipres
Ethical Questions:
-Are we using AI as a transformative tool, or a novelty one?
-How do we ensure archivists remain in the driver's seat?
-Are we using AI to illuminate archival literacy, or sidestep it?
-How do we safeguard professional expertise in an AI-driven world?
-Are we using AI as a transformative tool, or a novelty one?
-How do we ensure archivists remain in the driver's seat?
-Are we using AI to illuminate archival literacy, or sidestep it?
-How do we safeguard professional expertise in an AI-driven world?
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ethical Questions:
-Are we using AI as a transformative tool, or a novelty one?
-How do we ensure archivists remain in the driver's seat?
-Are we using AI to illuminate archival literacy, or sidestep it?
-How do we safeguard professional expertise in an AI-driven world?
-Are we using AI as a transformative tool, or a novelty one?
-How do we ensure archivists remain in the driver's seat?
-Are we using AI to illuminate archival literacy, or sidestep it?
-How do we safeguard professional expertise in an AI-driven world?
#icabarcelona2025 Khali Allahmagani brought up an interesting use case for AI for transcription: Ajami Hausa (Hausa written in a special, Arabic script).
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#icabarcelona2025 Khali Allahmagani brought up an interesting use case for AI for transcription: Ajami Hausa (Hausa written in a special, Arabic script).