AU & ANZ Chapter

Join the The AI4LAM AU & ANZ chapter

22 November 2023 • Ingrid Mason

Community Events

Register for the AI4LAM webinar: 27 February 2024, 1pm AEDT / 3pm NZDT (world clock)

Title: Models for Collaboration - GLAM and ML/AI Technologies,

Speakers: Dr Mia Ridge (British Library) & Sae Ra Germaine (CAVAL)


Dr Mia Ridge, British Library and Sae Ra Germaine, CAVAL will reflect upon and discuss their experience with collaboration as a powerful means to enrich understanding with multidisciplinary team work, build interest and support through stakeholder engagement and embrace of different perspectives, and the impact this has on the collaborating parties.


Over an hour the experience and insights from collaboration will be discussed and a range of topics to springboard dialogue such as:


The conversation between Mia and Sae Ra will be facilitated by Ingrid co-convenor of the AI4LAM regional chapter (Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand).

This webinar is the first in a series coordinated by the AI4LAM regional chapter, leading up the Fantastic Futures Canberra 2024 conference being hosted by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in the week 14-18 October 2024.  If you would like to keep up with the event and make a submission and attend please sign up to the FF24 newsletter for more information.

Who We Are

The AI4LAM AU & ANZ chapter is a network of technologists, tech enthusiasts and the tech curious from across the local libraries, archives, museums and related communities in Australia and Aotearoa  New Zealand who are interested in how AI in all its various guises shapes our practice and our users’ expectations.


People who manage digital and digitised collections have joined the network, and they are interested in how AI technologies can add to, or improve efficiency in their own roles, and they might also be people who use heritage collections in new and unanticipated ways. The network members are interested in exploring how they make collections ready and suitable for new uses.


Initiated in mid 2020, the network has attracted more than 100 participants, with strongest responses from the university, library and archives communities.  The network is a participatory community, supporting peer learning and collaborative approaches to common issues. The volunteer coordinating group brings together data, collections and engagement specialists, all of whom profess higher levels of interest than experience in the issues at hand. 

Fantastic Futures Canberra 2024 

In 2024 the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia will be hosting the Fantastic Futures Canberra 2024 conference, 16-18 October 2024 in Canberra: stay up to date. 

Join us

New membership and all inquiries are always welcome, the best way to connect with this network is to join the international mailing list at ai4lam.org, join the discussion online on the #aunz_chapter channel in the AI4LAM Slack workspace.


The recordings of past webinars are available on the AI4LAM YouTube channel.  You don’t need to be an expert to join, it is a great opportunity to learn and grow as a collective interest group.  Reach out to any of the coordinators if you have questions or an idea you would like to explore.  

Volunteer Coordinators


A big thank you to all involved so far.