Outputs

Since it started in August 2022, the LUSTRE project has delivered:

_cross-sector network on born-digital archives, connecting government professionals with academics and GLAM professionals.

4 lunchtime talks:

– Click here to read Giovanni Colavizza’s presentation on Towards AI-supported records management;

– Click here to watch Mhairi Aitken’s talk on Establishing a Social Licence for AI;

– Click here to watch Rob Bath’s talk on AI for Information Governance in Microsoft365;

– Click here to watch Professor Helen McCarthy’s talk on Exploring the Digital Record of Everyday Life in Covid-era Britain.

8 workshops:

Workshop Materials (Programmes, slides and recordings)

– Click here to watch the recordings of LUSTRE Workshop 1 – AI and born-digital archives: Challenges and opportunities

– Click here to watch the recordings of LUSTRE Workshop 2 – AI and Born-Digital Archives in the Government Sector and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities.

– Click here for the programme and abstracts of LUSTRE Workshop 3 – AI, Archives and Public Sector Recordkeeping.

– Click here for the programme and abstracts of LUSTRE Workshop 4 – The Future of AI to Unlock Digital Records.

– Click here for the programme and abstracts of LUSTRE/GLOW Workshop 5 – Government Records and AI.

Click here to watch the recordings of LUSTRE/GLOW Workshop 6 – Government Records and AI.

Click here to watch the recordings of GLOW-Ready Workshop 7 – Getting Government Archives GenAI-Ready.

Click here to watch the recordings of GLOW-Ready Workshop 8 – Getting Government Archives GenAI-Ready.

Workshop Reports

– Click here to read the report on the LUSTRE Workshops 1 and 2

– Click here to read the report on LUSTRE Workshop 4 – The Future of AI to Unlock Digital Records.

– Click here to read the report on LUSTRE/GLOW Workshop 5 – Government Records and AI.

Click here to read the report on LUSTRE/GLOW Workshop 6 – Government Records and AI.

Click here to read the report on GLOW-Ready Workshops 7 and 8 – Getting Government Archives GenAI-Ready.

Surveys and interviews:

_ An online survey and 50 semi-structured interviews.

Publications:

_ Two open-access articles co-authored by Prof. Lise Jaillant (LUSTRE PI) and journal special issue in AI & SocietyWhen Data Turns into Archives: Making Digital Records More Accessible with AI.”

_ GLOW scoping study “Sifting the Digital Heap: A scoping study of AI for government archives – access, backlogs, and responsible practice.”

See our publications here