Open-Source AI Toolkit for Analyzing Visual and Multimodal Collections

This watch party (streaming event) introduces distant viewing, a framework for exploring how computer vision can be applied to the analysis of images and media. The presentation showcases an open-source AI toolkit for analyzing visual and multimodal collections, while also demonstrating how humanities scholars can critically engage with these technologies.

Drawing from visual culture, digital humanities, and media studies, the session highlights both the possibilities and the ethical, cultural, and political questions raised by computational approaches to visual data.

The UCR Library is proud to participate in International Open Access Week, a worldwide effort celebrating Open Access. For a full schedule of UCR's Open Access Week events and workshops, visit our Open Access Week page: library.ucr.edu/OpenAccessWeek2025.