Mastodawn

#MuseTech folk, there's a proposal for 'exhibitions' on wikidata that could probably use your input, especially if you've ever worked on a 'what's on' site and know the complexities of exhibition data! Overview page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Exhibition_models

Wikidata:Requests for comment/Exhibition models - Wikidata

Koven!Oct 29

Wrote my first blog post in a long time, as I start to unpack my time at Knight Foundation. Thinking about where arts+tech could go, and the funding models might get us there. This one is about the (relative) futility of funding "innovation" in the arts. https://kovenjsmith.com/post/2025-10-17-innovation-funds/ #musetech #arts #artstech #glam #philanthropy

Innovation is not infrastructure

The survival of the arts depends on technology, but not in the way most funders think. The sector’s real challenge isn’t innovation; it’s infrastructure. You wouldn't know this to look at what work gets funded, though.

Koven J. Smith

Mia Oct 27

Fantastic welcome from SMK's Merete Sanderhoff and Jonas Heide Smith to start the Europeana Network Association Cross-Community Workshop on Culture for AI https://pro.europeana.eu/event/europeana-network-association-cross-community-workshop-on-culture-for-ai
Nice overview by SMK of their work with AI: smk.dk/ai
#AI4LAM #MuseTech

Europeana Network Association Cross-Community Workshop on Culture for AI | Europeana PRO

This workshop invites 30 Members of the Europeana Network Association to share their perspectives and contribute to a sectoral position on the responsible us…

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Mia Oct 22

I wrote up a talk I did recently: 'AI and Machine Learning in Libraries: Promising, But Not Ready Yet' https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2025/10/ai-and-machine-learning-in-libraries-promising-but-not-ready-yet

#AI4LAM #MuseTech #GLAMTech

AI and Machine Learning in Libraries: Promising, But Not Ready Yet – Open Objects

Mia Sep 29

The next #IIIF Community Call is on 'AI Bot Management', Weds October 8 at 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC. Call links etc at https://iiif.io/community

What are you doing about bots swarming your GLAM website or IIIF collections? Pros and cons of different approaches? What does this mean for open content? #MuseTech

IIIF Community

IIIF is a set of open standards for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. It’s also an international community developing and implementing the IIIF APIs. IIIF is backed by a consortium of leading cultural institutions.

Mia Jul 4

Nice! Osma Suominen @osma from National Library of Finland (Annif & FintoAI)'s 5 points for AI in libraries:
- Use AI to make the world better
- Use the smallest AI that works
- Don't depend on corporate AI
- Evaluate & create data sets
- Be open and transparent

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRA1o11pODoJ0FmFc8dRj-xNZRUs7lsxzDACkiYt6d-Bdfql1ujw3gGpSedTQnXDG0MrRg3_WAl1GQS/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.p1
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2024/Contents/AvoinGLAM_report
#AI4LAM #MuseTech

Civilized AI / Osma Suominen

Building Civilized AI Osma Suominen, National Library of Finland AI Sauna 6 May 2024

Google Docs

Harald Klinke Jun 17

Are AI bots overwhelming digital collections?
A new GLAM-E Lab report shows how scrapers for AI training datasets are putting real strain on the infrastructures of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. Technical bottlenecks, ethical dilemmas, and escalating costs—open culture is under pressure.
Read the full analysis:
https://www.glamelab.org/products/are-ai-bots-knocking-cultural-heritage-offline/
#DigitalHeritage #GLAM #WebScraping #OpenAccess #CulturalData #MuseTech #DigitalHumanities #GLAMlab

Are AI Bots Knocking Cultural Heritage Offline?

GLAM-E Lab

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Mia Jun 11

@jonaspelzer @mia I'm not sure what the German #MuseTech scene is like or where they might chat but you could try asking the Europeana Tech mailing list for pointers.

Mia May 30

Reading 'What can we learn from the failure of digital projects?' by @biglittlethings.bsky.social https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/opinion/2025/05/what-can-we-learn-from-the-failure-of-digital-projects/

This quote stood out: 'Shifting from “digital as project” to “digital as organisational change” is essential for long-term success'

#MuseTech #AI4LAM

Mia May 28

Europeana want you to 'Share your views about AI and digital cultural heritage' to inform the common European data space for cultural heritage https://pro.europeana.eu/post/share-your-views-about-ai-and-digital-cultural-heritage

Participate at https://pol.is/2tynneeisx

#AI #ML #AI4LAM #MuseTech #OpenGLAM