Plinthhttps://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/AI tools for the back-of-house work of small museums, historical societies and special collections.enWriting Object Labels at Three Reading Lengths: A Practical Guidehttps://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/writing-object-labels-three-reading-lengths/https://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/writing-object-labels-three-reading-lengths/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMTAI writing tools can help adapt an object description into short, medium and extended label text, but each version must preserve the same documented facts.Transcribing a Nineteenth-Century Accession Ledger: A Line-by-Line Guidehttps://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/transcribing-nineteenth-century-accession-ledgers/https://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/transcribing-nineteenth-century-accession-ledgers/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMTHandwritten text recognition can make nineteenth-century accession ledgers easier to transcribe, but historical handwriting creates problems that ordinary text recognition does not resolve.Missing Fields in Museum Catalog Records: What AI Can and Cannot Supplyhttps://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/missing-fields-museum-catalog-records/https://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/missing-fields-museum-catalog-records/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMTAI assistants can identify missing catalog fields, suggest controlled wording and reorganize information already present in an object record.Matching Museum Object Descriptions to Controlled Subject Terms: A Practical Guide to AI-Assisted Cataloginghttps://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/matching-object-descriptions-subject-terms/https://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/matching-object-descriptions-subject-terms/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMTAI assistants can suggest subject headings and museum thesaurus terms from an object's description, helping catalogers identify useful access points and reduce repetitive work.Semantic Search in Museum Collections: A Guide to Finding Objects Beyond Exact Keywordshttps://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/semantic-search-small-museum-collections/https://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/semantic-search-small-museum-collections/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMTSemantic search helps researchers find collection records through related meanings and concepts, even when their search wording differs from the catalog description.Cataloging Born-Digital AI Characters: What Museums Should Record About Characters and Platformshttps://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/cataloging-born-digital-ai-characters/https://plinth-e2k.pages.dev/cataloging-born-digital-ai-characters/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMTAn AI character can be a collecting subject in its own right, but its documentation should distinguish the fictional identity, the platform that presents it, and the individual digital.