There is a growing interest in viewing “content as data.” Generally speaking, work in this space seeks to explore what can be possible when archives and cultural heritage organizations begin to think about, prepare, describe, and provision access to content data in ways that promote its amenability to computational use. Approaches towards data driven research demands authenticity and context of the data source be established through archival...

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The goal of the AMIA Conference is to present a broad-based program that speaks to a wide range of attendees with a balance of theory and practice, inviting new ideas and concepts that stimulate additional interest, involvement, and educational benefit. In keeping with ongoing membership discussions about diversity and inclusion, we urge proposers to use AMIA Conference sessions as an opportunity to include new voices and offer diverse...

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Speaker:  Gerald Lawson, University of British Columbia The Indigitization Program has helped Indigenous community organizations in British Columbia, Canada, to digitize more than 12,000 cassette tapes containing precious fragments of cultural heritage. With the program poised to expand into support for several other media formats, including magnetic video recordings, Gerry Lawson reflects on Indigitization’s grassroots origins, strategic...

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