<b>Beyond Paper: Digital Transformation in Archives and Records Management</b> (Presentation for South African Archives Week, 8 May 2025)

This presentation, delivered as part of South African Archives Awareness Week 2025, explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent document processing (IDP) on archival and records management practices. Titled “Beyond Paper”, it aligns with the national theme “Digital Footprints: Archives and Records Management in the Digital Era”.

With real-world prompts and demonstrations, the slides unpack practical applications of AI in:

• Text extraction and layout recognition
• Metadata generation and semantic tagging
• Thematic analysis and contextual interpretation
• Visualisation and multilingual access
• Scalable digitisation and intelligent document workflows

The presentation features side-by-side case studies drawn from digitised historical newspapers (1895–1908), visual explorations of gendered advertising, institutional communication, and community engagement through archival records.

Who is this for?

Archivists, records managers, digital humanists, educators, librarians, technologists, and anyone interested in the intersection of memory work and machine learning.