Research

• Osti, G. & Cushing, A. L. (Forthcoming). An AI-supported Sensemaking Approach to Preserving Born-Digital Research Data [Teaching Dataset]. Sage Research Methods: Using AI for Research Dataset.

• Alkemade, H., Candela, G., Claeyssens, S., Eren, S., Eskevich, M., Freire, N., Isaac, A., Lehmann, J., Osti, G. & Wigham, M. (2026). Dataset Context(ualisation) in Documentation: Best Practices, Recommendations and Open Questions. Journal of Open Humanities Data, 12(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.571

• Dişli, M., Osti, G., Candela, G., & Zijdeman, R. (2025). From Linked Open Data to Collections as Data: A Reproducible Framework Using Federated Queries. Information Technology and Libraries, 44(4). https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v44i4.17432 

• Osti, G. (2025). A Change of Heart? Intelligenza artificiale e potenziale d’interazione con i surrogati digitali come modelli. In B. L. Cenere, G. Donina, C. Fiorito, A. Gazzillo, C. Girotto, B. Marchet, E. Murarotto, N. Noio, V. G. Prillo, C. Rossi, N. Ruberti, F. Spagiari, & C. Veronese (Eds.), Forme in movimento. Modelli, metodi e contesti tra continuità e innovazione (pp. 141–150). Padova University Press. [LINK] [PDF]

• Osti, G., & Roke, E. R. (2024). Collaborating for Change? Assessing Metadata Inclusivity in Digital Collections with Large Language Models (LLMs). 2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData), 2479–2488. https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData62323.2024.10825858 

• Alkemade, H., Claeyssens, S., Colavizza, G., Freire, N., Lehmann, J., Neudecker, C., Osti, G., & Van Strien, D. (2023). Datasheets for Digital Cultural Heritage Datasets. Journal of Open Humanities Data, 9(17). https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.124  1️⃣

• Cushing, A. L., & Osti, G. (2023). “So how do we balance all of these needs?”: How the concept of AI technology impacts digital archival expertise. Journal of Documentation, 79(7), 12–29. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-08-2022-0170 [Accepted Version] 2️⃣

• Osti, G., & Cushing, A. (2023). “That’s Not Damning with Faint Praise”: Understanding the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Preservation Tasks. In I. Sserwanga, A. Goulding, H. Moulaison-Sandy, J. T. Du, A. L. Soares, V. Hessami, & R. D. Frank (Eds.), Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity (pp. 259–276). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_18 3️⃣ 

• Osti, G. , Cushing, A., & Little, S. (2022). A Welcome to the Machine? Archival Access and Content Retrieval in the Context of Artificial Intelligence. [Unpublished]. IRF Final International Conference: Digital Archives, Big Data and Memory, Aahrus University, Copenhagen. https://www.politics-society.aau.dk/conferences/digi-archives-2022/ 

• Pritchard, D., Rigauts, T., Ripanti, F., Ioannides, M., Brumana, R., Davies, R., Avouri, E., Cliffen, H., Joncic, N., Osti, G., & Toumpouri, M. (2021). Study on quality in 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage. Proceedings of the Joint International Event 9th ARQUEOLÓGICA 2.0 & 3rd GEORES, 206–211. https://doi.org/10.4995/arqueologica9.2021.12113 

• Avouri, E., Osti, G., Cliffen, H., Joncic, N., Pritchard, D., Ripanti, F., & Toumpouri, M. (2021). VR in the time of social distancing: New multidisciplinary-inspired directions for virtual exhibitions. ICAMT Online Conference 2020 - Architecture & Exhibit Design New Challenges for Museums. http://icamt.mini.icom.museum 

Workshops

• Wigham, M., Eskevich, M., Osti, G., & Lehmann, J. (2026, June 16). Hail the other side. To which extent does dataset documentation inform both human and machine worlds? AI Through History, History Through AI, June 15-16, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History.

• Osti, G., Cushing, A. L., & Jackson, A. (2026, March 13) Digital Preservation Tools for Data Driven Futures. Navigating Messy, (Almost) Real, Born-digital Data. In person: University College Dublin.

• Datasheets for digital cultural heritage Working Group (2025, March 20). Datasheets for digital cultural heritage - online workshop. https://pro.europeana.eu/event/datasheets-for-digital-cultural-heritage

• Wakeford, A., Osti, G., & Hawes, A. (2024). A Programming Historian knowledge exchange. December 4: Online; November 29: University of Birmingham.

• Osti, G. (2024, June 28). Walking Through the Datasheets for Digital Cultural Heritage Datasets Template. Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities Conference (DPASSH), University of Limerick.

Talks & Seminars

• Alkemade, H., Candela, G., Claeyssens, S., Eskevich, M., Freire, N., Gabriels, N., Irollo, A., Isaac, A., Lehmann, J., Murphy, J., Oberbichler, S., & Osti, G. (2025, December 3). Write it Down! Fostering Responsible Reuse of Cultural Heritage Data with Interoperable Dataset Descriptions [Lightning Talk]. Fantastic Futures 2025, AI4LAM’s annual conference. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17725565

• Osti, G. (2025, Nov 04). Rethinking Collections as Data in the Age of GenAI [Seminar]. Humanities, Data Science and Methodology, TU Darmstadt. https://hdsm.hypotheses.org/6306

• Sichani, A.-M., Jackson, A., Talboom, L., Osti, G., Baker, J., Winters, J., & Colavizza, G. (2025, March 4). Environmentally sustainable infrastructure for computationally intensive work in digital cultural heritage: The cases of born-digital archives and AI-based systems [Plenary Roundtable]. Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory, Senate House, London. 

• Osti, G. (2024, June 27). Gearing up: Exploring the potential roles and responsibilities of Collections as Data Stewards in the context of Artificial Intelligence [Lightning Talk]. Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities Conference (DPASSH), University of Limerick.

• Osti, G. (2023, November 7). Beyond the pixel: Digital heritage, artificial intelligence, and the (re)discovery of humanity in data [Invited talk]. COR seminars - My Experience Molise. https://myexperiencemolise.it/en-gb/UNIMOL-COR/Seminar/i/13 

• Osti, G., Viola, L., & Claeyssens, S. (2022, December 15). Digital Cultural Heritage for Research Roundtable. [Invited talk]. Digital cultural heritage series - C2DH, University of Luxembourg, online. https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/events/digital-cultural-heritage-series 

Posters

• Osti, G., Cushing, A., & Little, S. (2023). Investigating the Intersections of Ethics and Artificial Intelligence in the Collections as Data Position Papers. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60, 1092–1095. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.955 [Accepted Version]

• Osti, G., Cushing, A., & Little, S. (2023). More than Meets the (Artificial) Eye: Exploring Historical Photographs from Ireland with Computer Vision Methods. In A. Baillot, T. Tasovac, W. Scholger, & G. Vogeler (Eds.), Digital Humanities 2023: Book of Abstracts (pp. 553–554). University of Graz. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8210808