From October 7 to 11, Binxuan Wang, a 2022 doctoral student in Archival Science from Professor Yaolin Zhou's team, and Hanqin Yang, a 2022 doctoral student in Archival Science from Professor Ping Wang's team, both at the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Development and Service of Archives, attended the 16th Archival Education and Research Institute (Archive Education and Research Institute, AERI, AERI 2024), jointly hosted by Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi and the National Library and Archives of the UAE, where they presented their latest research findings and innovative ideas in parallel sessions.

In the "Outreach and Advocacy" parallel session, Binxuan Wang presented the team's research "Challenges and Solutions in the Provision of Services by Regional Archive Conservation Centers in China: An Analysis from the Perspectives of Supply and Demand," which provided an in-depth analysis, from both the supply and demand perspectives, of the archival conservation services that regional national key archive conservation centers provide to archives. The study surveyed service supply at the six regional national key archive conservation centers that have passed acceptance by the National Archives Administration of China, and surveyed service demand at 274 local archives, revealing the gaps between supply and demand. On this basis, the study proposed targeted solutions to correct the imbalance between service supply and demand, and explored the endogenous drivers for achieving the sustainable development of regional national key archive conservation centers.

In the "Access and Engagement" parallel session, Hanqin Yang presented the team's research "Search Behaviors and Cognitive Processing of Researchers in Archival Information Retrieval," which investigates the behavior and cognitive processing patterns of archival users, represented by early-career researchers, when using digital archival information resources. By examining the relationships among tasks, search behavior, and cognitive processing, the study revealed differences in researchers' search behaviors and cognitive activities when performing different types of archival information retrieval tasks. It offers a new perspective for understanding the interaction and cognition of professional archival users in archival information retrieval, and further provides empirical support for the development of user-centered archival information retrieval systems and user experience design.

Going forward, the laboratory will continue to explore key issues such as archival conservation and archival user services in depth, supporting the digital transformation and intelligent development of the archival field. It will also encourage and support graduate students in attending international academic conferences and exchanges, promoting the international dissemination and impact of the laboratory's research, and contributing more cutting-edge insights to the innovative development of archival science.