Guest hosts Devon Murphy and Summer Shetenhelm lead a discussion on AI and its implications for GLAM work.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in gallery, library, archive, and museum (GLAM) institutions has been a topic of consideration for the past few years, and interest has increased with the release of technologies such as DALL-E and ChatGPT. What aspects of AI relate to GLAM work, what moral or ethical considerations do we need to make when dealing with AI, and is there an opportunity for us to mindfully engage with AI to better perform GLAM work? Join hosts Devon Murphy and Summer Shetenhelm as they lead a discussion on the complications and possibilities of using AI in GLAM work.
Devon Murphy (they/them) is a metadata and digital collections professional, currently working as Metadata Analyst at the University of Texas at Austin Libraries. Their research areas include information ethics, metadata, Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge organization, and linked data. They received dual masters degrees in Art History and Information Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2019), examining information systems in Indigenous-led and non-Indigenous museums. Current research projects include developing metadata best practices for LGBTQ+ materials with the Queer Metadata Collective and creating a shared Spanish subject thesaurus in collaboration with the University of Florida Libraries. Murphy also serves as a member of the Visual Resources Association’s (VRA) Equitable Action Committee.
Summer Shetenhelm (she/her) currently works as the Digital Access Services Librarian at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, where she manages Yale Library’s Digital Collections System. Her previous positions include Technical Lead for Digital Collections at Yale University Library, Digital Collections & Scholarship Librarian at Santa Clara University, and Archivist at the Colorado State Archives. Summer is an active member of the VRA and currently serves on the Equitable Action Committee and Awards Committee, and previously served as a member of the 2023 Summer Educational Institute Implementation Team as well as Co-Chair of VREPS from 2020 to 2022. She received her MLIS from the University of Denver (2019). She’s currently curious about assessment strategies for digital object reuse and collections-as-data initiatives.