Researchers in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University seek participants for an online survey “on users’ expectations for searching, interpreting, and trusting digitised and born-digital archives in the age of generative AI.” From the call for participants:
The purpose of this study is to gain information relating to how the growing use of generative AI tools, including ChatGPT, is reshaping user practices and expectations in relation to searching, discovering, and interpreting digitised and born-digital archival records. The study aims to explore how users engage with archival materials, how issues such as provenance, context, transparency, and trust are understood in AI-mediated environments, and what opportunities and challenges users perceive in AI-supported archival access.
This study is part of a research project supported by Loughborough University. The study is undertaken by Dr Lingjia Zhao and Dr Matthew Kidd, and led by Professor Lise Jaillant (Responsible Investigator).
will be asked to complete an anonymous online survey, which should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete. You do not need to do anything before completing the survey. This is a low risk activity and no disadvantages or risks have been identified in association with participating.
You must be over the age of 18 and have the capacity to fully understand and consent to this research. You should also have experience working with digitised and/or born-digital data in a research or professional capacity. This may include, but is not limited to, students and researchers in higher education, archivists and other professionals working in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM), journalists, and professionals working with public-sector or government records.
Digital humanities library workers could bring unique perspectives to this study, particularly those who work at the intersection of digital archival collections and emerging technologies.
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