Webinars
Watch live or catch up on demand. Join the AM team and guest presenters explore issues and discuss topics related to universities, libraries and archives.
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Enhancing discovery and accessible research pathways through metadataFrom MARC records to AI-assisted indexing, this webinar in partnership with CHOICE offers an end-to-end look at how AM creates and enhances metadata for its primary source collections to connect diverse resources and content types with scholars.
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Machine learning and metadata with AM's Felix BarnesIn the AM Digital Collections Symposium keynote session, Felix Barnes, Publishing Manager at AM, discusses the application of machine learning to enhance metadata creation for archives, focusing on named entity recognition and topic modelling.
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Publishing sensitive content using AM QuartexSpeaking at AM's Digital Collections Symposium, editors Alice Hone and Emily Stafford explore the complexities of publishing sensitive archival content, illustrating their discussion with AM's Amnesty International Archives.
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Redefining research: Uncovering climate impact insights with digitised primary sourcesIn this Choice-partnered webinar, Philip Gooding (McGill University) and Brian Atwater (University of Washington) joined AM's Dr. Laura Blomvall to share how digitised archival material have advanced our understanding of the Earth's climate.
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What is AM publishing in 2025? (Part II)Members of AM's Editorial team explored our upcoming collections publishing in 2025 in the second installment of our two-part webinar.
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What is AM publishing in 2025? (Part I)Members of AM's editorial team explored the upcoming collections publishing in 2025, in this first part of our two-part webinar series.
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Boosting student success: leveraging historical sources for non-history majorsJoin AM's Emily Stallworthy to consider how engaging with primary sources can create a more enriching, and dynamic educational experience across all majors. Emily showcases learning resources from our AM Research Skills series, designed to develop the key information literacy and critical thinking skills needed for student success.
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Beyond history: Using primary sources in interdisciplinary teaching and researchJoin AM as we explored the interdisciplinary applications of archival material beyond history classes.
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AV primary sources in your library: a valuable but underutilised toolAudiovisual (AV) primary sources often remain underutilised despite their interdisciplinary potential. Explore recent research by AM and Library Journal and see examples of how AM Quartex's cutting-edge technologies can maximise the discovery and accessibility of your digitised AV content.
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Unlocking student success through Spanish language primary sourcesWe were joined by Faculty Engagement Associate, Joe Young-Perez, and Dr Matthew Butler from the University of Texas at Austin as they explored how AM’s first non-English language resource, Mexico in History: Colonialism to Revolution, c.1500-1929, can be used in undergraduate teaching.
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Teaching with government documents from The National Archives, UKAM Archives Direct provides crucial insight into modern geopolitics from the perspective of the British state with material drawn exclusively from The National Archives, UK. Explore the teaching and research value of these documents with Dr. Matt Graham, University of Dundee alongside Nick Jackson and Alex Barr, both from AM's Editorial Production team.
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Uncovering the hidden voices of everyday women in primary sourcesTo celebrate our collection, Women's Voices and Life Writing, 1600-1968, we examine how vivid narratives and diverse materials can amplify and reveal the voices of women across the centuries.
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Archives from Canada Online: Highlights of digitised primary sources for teaching and learningJoin Dr. Laura Blomvall and Dr. Clare Kellar on a virtual tour exploring AM's newest digital collections, such as 1980s Culture and Society with material from the Library and Archives Canada.
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What is AM publishing in 2024? (Part I)Join members of AM's Editorial team in the first of our two-part webinar, as they explore the exciting new range of collections publishing in 2024.
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What is AM publishing in 2024? (Part II)Join members of AM's Editorial team in the second installment of our two-part webinar, as they explore the exciting new range of collections publishing in 2024.
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Torture, State Violence and Political Prisoners: Exploring the Global Human Rights Movement through the Amnesty International ArchivesFind out how our Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human Rights collection can be used in teaching and research
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Hidden in the archives: uncovering new perspectives with HTRAI-driven HTR, available in the digital collections platform AM Quartex, has the power to take scholars beyond face value, biases and accepted interpretations, to unearth hidden perspectives and greater understanding of a broader range of experiences. Join us to experience the transformational power of HTR.
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Uncovering archival materials in AM’s Africa and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914This webinar, with AM partners CHOICE, delves into how researchers can use archival materials to better understand the impact and response to European colonialism in Africa using the newly-published database Africa and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914
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Embedding accessibility into digital collectionsDigital access by today’s definition means more than simply making digital copies of physical materials available online. Join us to hear from two academic libraries that have placed accessibility front and centre of their digital open access programs, and how AM's UX team is using real world insights to improve accessibility within Quartex and our own digital primary source collections.
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From whalemen to pirates: researching everyday life at sea through primary sourcesFind out how faculty utilised maritime collections and primary source databases to research everyday life at sea
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AM collections: discover what's publishing in 2023 (Part two)Join members of AM's Editorial team in the second installment of our two-part webinar, as they explore the exciting new range of collections publishing in 2023.
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AM collections: discover what's publishing in 2023 (Part one)Join members of AM's Editorial team in the first of our two-part webinar, as they explore the exciting new range of collections publishing in 2023.
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Presenting oral historiesHow institutions are using our technology to present oral histories to broader audiences.
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Stories from Australian archives: digital storytelling tools for discovery and engagementLearn to tell and amplify the stories in your digital archive with discovery and engagement tools in AM Quartex.