Australia: “How an AI Archive Platform is Helping a Victorian Library Keep Up with Data”

From ZDNet:

Victoria’s Stonnington Libraries together with Civica have developed an artificial intelligence-based proof-of-concept solution to remove the manual work involved with cataloguing and searching through library archive databases.

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Initially, digital images such as photos, maps, scans, and sketches, as well as PDF-format text style documents, including minutes of meetings, flyers, newspapers, articles, and community group newsletters have been fed into the prototype digital archive.

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Stonnington Libraries said it plans to also eventually archive audio files and contemporary video content in the database.

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See Also: Civica Enlightens Library Search with Artificial Intelligence (via MSFT)

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