Harald Klinke<p>Uncovering AI bias in digital collections</p><p>Museums are using data science and NLP to detect and contextualize derogatory language in legacy catalog records. A case study from the Harvard University Herbaria shows how digital stewardship can promote ethical access and institutional transparency.</p><p><a href="https://www.aam-us.org/2025/06/29/improving-the-search-uncovering-ai-bias-in-digital-collections/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aam-us.org/2025/06/29/improvin</span><span class="invisible">g-the-search-uncovering-ai-bias-in-digital-collections/</span></a><br><a href="https://det.social/tags/DigitalStewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalStewardship</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/MuseumTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuseumTech</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/EthicalAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicalAI</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GLAM</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/BiasDetection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BiasDetection</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/AIethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIethics</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/CollectionsManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollectionsManagement</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataScience</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/NaturalLanguageProcessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalLanguageProcessing</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a></p>