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SUMMARY:Library Science Talk - “Good Enough” Archives? Rethinking Phot
 ographic and Audiovisual Collections in the Digital Age
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Juan Alonso Fernández\, Stephen J. Fletcher\, Natā
 lija Lāce\n\nThis Talk will take place in English exclusively on Zoom. Re
 gistration is not required to attend.\nAbstract: \nAudiovisual archives ar
 e facing an unprecedented scale of image production\, circulation\, and tr
 ansformation. While many of the associated challenges have precedents in a
 nalogue practices\, the digital environment intensifies key issues such as
  selection\, provenance\, context\, and long-term sustainability.\nImages 
 are no longer stable objects tied to clearly defined frameworks. They are 
 produced in massive quantities\, circulate across platform-driven environm
 ents\, and are increasingly shaped by algorithmic and AI-assisted processe
 s. This raises fundamental questions about authorship\, meaning\, and the 
 possibility of maintaining archival context over time.\nAt the same time\,
  established standards and best practices are often difficult to apply con
 sistently under conditions of limited resources\, technological instabilit
 y\, and institutional constraints. Rather than assuming that more technolo
 gy leads to better outcomes\, this session examines the tension between id
 eal models of archival practice and what is realistically achievable in ev
 eryday workflows.\nBringing together three professional perspectives\, the
  discussion explores how institutions make decisions about selection\, for
 mats\, and processing strategies in contexts of abundance and uncertainty.
  Attention is given to the idea of “good enough” archival practice - u
 nderstood not as a compromise in quality\, but as a strategic\, context-dr
 iven approach to managing complexity\, scale\, and responsibility in the d
 igital age.\nSpeakers / Moderators:\n\nModerator: Katherine Rewinkel El-Da
 rwish - Association of International Librarians and Information Specialist
 s (AILIS)\nNatālija Lāce – Latvian State Archive \nStephen J. Fletche
 r – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\nJuan Alonso Fernández 
 – Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) \n\n \nNatālija L
 āceNatālija Lāce is an archive expert at the Latvian State Archive of A
 udiovisual Documents\, specializing in the description\, management\, and 
 digital development of audiovisual collections. She actively contributes t
 o strategies for integrating AI tools into archival workflows\, aiming to 
 modernize practices and enhance accessibility. Her work includes compiling
  fonds histories\, maintaining internal databases\, and developing more ef
 ficient archival systems. She holds a Master’s degree in History from th
 e University of Latvia and is the Chair of the International Council on Ar
 chives' (ICA) Expert Group on Photographic and Audiovisual Archives.\nStep
 hen J. FletcherStephen J. Fletcher is the North Carolina Collection Photog
 raphic Archivist in Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at 
 Chapel Hill. Prior to joining UNC in 2003\, he held curatorial positions a
 t the California Historical Society and the Indiana Historical Society. He
  also served as a consultant to the Sierra Club. Fletcher received a BFA i
 n Photographic Illustration from RIT and an MA from John F. Kennedy Univer
 sity. He has twice chaired the Society of American Archivists' Visual Mate
 rials Section and is a member of the Steering Committee for the ICA Expert
  Group on Photographic and Audiovisual Archives. His current archival mott
 o regarding born-digital photographs is: “Be more like George Washington
  than Paul Revere”.\nJuan Alonso FernándezJuan Alonso Fernández has be
 en an audiovisual archivist at the Historical Archives of the European Uni
 on (HAEU) since 2016. He holds a degree in History and Documentation from 
 the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a postgraduate qualification in
  Management and Preservation of Photographic Archives from ESAGED. With ov
 er 17 years of experience\, he has served as a technician and consultant f
 or various public and private institutions. He is the Co-Chair of the ICA 
 Expert Group on Photographic and Audiovisual Archives.\nThe Zentralbibliot
 hek Zurich\, the CERN Scientific Information Service\, and AILIS (Associat
 ion of International Librarians and Information Specialists\, Geneva) join
 tly organize the Library Science Talks. A programme of talks for 2025 can 
 be found on the AILIS website. \n\nhttps://indico.cern.ch/event/1657140/\
 n\nZoom: https://cern.zoom.us/j/64470934471?pwd=IwSsczm7P9UausQcdGLHxpsKGd
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URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/1657140/
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