Working meeting at NARB with employees of the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus on the application of artificial intelligence in archival activities

On February 11, 2025, at the initiative of the Department of Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus, a working meeting of archivists with a delegation of the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the leading organization of Belarus for research in the field of intelligent information technologies, headed by Deputy Director General for Scientific Work of the Institute S.N.Kasanin, was held at the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus.

Deputy Director of the Department of Archives and Records Management A.E.Tsvetkov in his welcoming speech noted the importance of developing technologies using artificial intelligence and introducing them into archival work.

Deputy Director of the National Archive E.A.Stukanova addressed the scientists. In her report, Elena Aleksandrovna spoke about the main areas of the archive’s activities, and also focused on problematic issues that require finding technological solutions: how to help citizens navigate which archive to contact for the information they need and at the same time reduce the labor costs of archivists; how to use digital copies of documents to search for information in them, etc. A tour was also held for the guests of the archive.

Continuing the working meeting, the director of the Belarusian Center for Digitalization of Archival Activities D.V.Shabrov spoke to the audience with a report on «Information Systems and Resources Administered by the Center»

Summing up the meeting, archivists and scientists discussed the practical aspects of introducing artificial intelligence into archival activities and agreed to continue cooperation.

1. Deputy Director of the Department of Archives and Records Management A.E.Tsvetkov

2. Representatives of the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, far right – Deputy Director General for Research of the Institute S.N.Kasanin

3. Participants of the working meeting

4. Speech by Deputy Director of the National Archives E.A.Stukanova

5. Speech by Director of the Belarusian Center for Digitalization of Archival Activities D.V.Shabrov

6. Representatives of the Belarusian Center for Digitalization of Archival Activities who took part in the working meeting

7. During the tour of the National Archives

8. During the tour of the National Archives