Ethical AI and Librarianship
A Resource Guide
Vancouver Statement on Collections as Data
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Description |
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| Title | Vancouver Statement on Collections as Data |
| Type | Guidelines & Policies |
| Creator | Thomas Padilla, Hannah Scates Kettler, Stewart Varner, Yasmeen Shorish |
| Link | https://zenodo.org/records/8342171 |
| Creation Date | 09/13/2023 |
| Last Updated Date | -- |
| Summary | Created by Thomas Padilla, Hannah Scates Kettler, Stewart Varner, and Yasmeen Shorish, the Vancouver Statement on Collections-as-Data is a guideline that addresses how galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) institutions can support the responsible development and use of collections as data. This statement builds upon the Santa Barbara Statement on Collections as Data (2017), in response to emerging concerns such as data sovereignty and the increasingly pervasive role of AI technologies. The document is available in Arabic, Spanish, and French translations. The Vancouver Statement outlines eleven principles that encourage institutions to begin assessing and addressing ethical issues in collections-as-data work. Examples of ethical considerations include: 1) Working against inequalities represented in acquisition, description, access and use of digital collections, 2) Ensuring data accessibility informed by community-based practices such as standard licenses Creative Commons, 3) Acknowledging explorative labor that my underlie data creation and curation, 4) Being mindful of ethical implication when collections are used in AI training sets, such as risks to intellectual property, data sovereignty, and the amplification of bias. |
| Topic | Ethical AI. AI and Librarianship. Collections as data. |
| Source and Link | Collections as Data https://collectionsasdata.github.io/ |
| Access | Open |
| Accessibility | Open |
| Audience | Information Professionals. Librarians – Academic. Scholars and Students. |
| Platform or Format | Document (.pdf) |
| Length | 4 pages |
| Geography | USA. CAN. |
| Language | ENG. ARA. SPA. FRE. |
| Description Date | 05/28/2025 |