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A Python Tool for Restoring Spatial Search to VLM Transcriptions
When Large Language Models (LLMs) began cleaning up optical character recognition (OCR) output, or when Vision Language Models (VLMs) bypassed OCR and transcribed page images directly, something improved for researchers but something else…
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Matt Huculak in Conversation with Masud Khokhar for IFLA
Director Matt Huculak (University of Victoria) was invited to speak with Masud Khokhar (University of Leeds) at the inaugural session of the “IFLA Futures Club,” which is being launched as part of the…
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Public Lecture: Dr. Alexandra Bögner (Basel University, CH) on the Politics of EU Due Diligence
Kula: Library Futures Academy is pleased to host a talk by Dr. Alexandra Bögner of the Sustainability Research Group at the University of Basel. About the lecture: The production of agricultural commodities such…
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From Field Notes to Metadata: Exploring OCR and Chandra for MLP Workflows
By Chloë Farr and Kate Fryer The Mountain Legacy Project (MLP) is a group of passionate researchers who work with historic and modern mountain photographs to document landscape change over time. Repeat photography…
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Community Archives & Scholarship Commons: Notes from A Summer At UVic Libraries
By Lambert Heller, for the Kula Blog In 2025 I had the honor to be the first International Visiting Fellow at Kula: Library Futures Academy, a new initiative launched at the University of…
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New Report Published: AI in Research at UVic
The Kula: Library Futures Academy is pleased to published the first report out of the 2025-2026 Seed Fund initative at UVic Libraries. AI in Research at UVic: Findings from a UVic Libraries-Hosted Focus…
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AI Project of Kula Fellow and UVic Librarian featured in EurekAlert!
A new feature story in EurekAlert! — a nonprofit platform focusing on scientific news run by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) — highlights a joint research project of Kula…
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Mike Ananny on “Reckoning with Generative Artificial Intelligence”
Video now live on YouTube Kula is proud to co-present the 2026 Orion Lecture in Fine Arts with special speaker, Mike Ananny. When: March 19, 2026 Where: Phillip T. Young Recital Hall Faster…
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How to Write for Children with Richard Van Camp
We’re partnering with the Greater Victoria Public Library again! Come join bestselling author Richard Van Camp as he hosts a hilarious and inspiring workshop on Writing for Children. If you are working on board…
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