How do we keep collections safe, accessible, and credible when funding, policy, and public sentiment pull in different directions? We’ll explore governance, provenance, versioning/audit trails, community input, and transparency practices that strengthen trust while resisting censorship.
Confirmed Speaker: Kate Wittenberg, Managing Director, Portico.
When records, labels, and metadata become battlegrounds, what principles guide description without erasing difficult truths? Using case studies, we’ll discuss ethical labeling, contested narratives, rights and risk, and strategies for documenting change over time so future scholars can see what was preserved—and what was changed.
Trevor Owens, Chief Research Officer at AIP has advised the shaping of this two-part program and will serve as the moderator.
How will automation reshape what gets measured in research? We’ll examine where AI accelerates discovery and where it risks encoding bias—from data collection and curation to assessment and evaluation.
