George Macgregor9h ago

"Automated subject #cataloging assigns controlled #vocabulary headings to #bibliographic records, but #LCSH has no standard public benchmark. We introduce LCSHBench: 22,346 books in 15 languages from the openly licensed Harvard, Columbia, and Princeton #catalogs [...] we release per-catalog provenance plus union and unanimous answer views."

LCSHBench: A Multilingual, Consensus-Grounded Benchmark for Library of Congress Subject Heading Assignment https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.04382 #metadata #discovery

LCSHBench: A Multilingual, Consensus-Grounded Benchmark for Library of Congress Subject Heading Assignment

Automated subject cataloging assigns controlledvocabulary headings to bibliographic records, but LCSH has no standard public benchmark. We introduce LCSHBench: 22,346 books in 15 languages from the openly licensed Harvard, Columbia, and Princeton catalogs. Records enter only when at least two independent cataloging agencies assigned LCSH; we release per-catalog provenance plus union and unanimous answer views. A concordance study of 465,187 works cataloged by all three libraries shows why this design matters: libraries usually agree on the underlying topic (93.3% share a concept-level heading) but often differ in exact expression (39.4% have identical heading sets). LCSHBench therefore scores both exact and concept matches, with set and rank metrics broken down by language and heading type, across open-vocabulary generation and full-vocabulary retrieval. As a first demonstration, a low-rank fine-tune of a 300M on-device embedder improves cross-lingual retrieval and beats a 3,072-dimensional hosted embedder on development exact recall@200 (0.659 vs 0.623). The language panel shows the gain is not uniform, and held-out-test and end-to-end confirmation remain future work.

arXiv.org
NeoFinder for macOS and iOSMay 26

We have a RELEASE!

Introducing NeoFinder #iOS 3.1!

Lots of new features and improvements, now makes it even easier to have your #NeoFinder database with you on mobile.

https://www.neofinder.de/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=792

As always, we will report here about the new features in more detail in the next days. Enjoy!

#DigitalAssetManager #Apple #macOS #iOS #Photography #VideoTools #PhotoLibrary #AudioProducer #MusicStudio #BookLibrary #PhotographyWorkflow #IndieDev #DiskLibrary #PostProduction #Archives
#cataloging

ViennaMikeApr 11
Quick Post #7: AI for Cataloging in the Home
Home use for AI: Our user manuals, warranty cards, directions, etc. for electronics, appliances, etc. were totally unorganized and in several locations. As I'm getting them out and grouping them roughly alphabetically (folders for every few letters), I'm snapping a picture of the cover of each one. Claude is then able to scan the photos and generate a spreadshe
https://www.mcgurrin.info/robots/8330/
#Uncategorized #AI #cataloging #Claude #LLMs
Jennifer LissApr 10
I'm so fortunate to have such incredible #cataloging colleagues. This project presented a unique opportunity for general collections catalogers to help a rare books library catalog an enormous influx of modern editions. https://libraries.indiana.edu/catalogingkripke
Cataloging Kripke’s Dictionary Trove

IU librarians unlock 20,000 rare works on words, slang, and language history

KillBait NewsApr 9

Belgian Photographer Creates Extensive Catalog of Personal Possessions

📰 Original title: Woman Painstakingly Photographs and Catalogs Every Single Possession

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/belgian-photographer-creates-extensive-catalog-of-personal-possessions/?redirpost=df93eeb0-4957-418a-af5a-a1827ce4d024

#culture #photography #cataloging #possessions

Belgian Photographer Creates Extensive Catalog of Personal Possessions

Belgian photographer Barbara Iweins has undertaken a remarkable and meticulous project: documenting every single item she owns through photography and detailed cataloging.

KillBait Archive
KillBaitApr 9

Belgian Photographer Creates Extensive Catalog of Personal Possessions

📰 Original title: Woman Painstakingly Photographs and Catalogs Every Single Possession

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/belgian-photographer-creates-extensive-catalog-of-personal-possessions/?redirpost=df93eeb0-4957-418a-af5a-a1827ce4d024

#culture #photography #cataloging #possessions

Belgian Photographer Creates Extensive Catalog of Personal Possessions

Belgian photographer Barbara Iweins has undertaken a remarkable and meticulous project: documenting every single item she owns through photography and detailed cataloging.

KillBait Archive
The OW FactorMar 28

Sturm und drang and AI

#AI
#Cataloging
#Libraries

https://theowfactor.org/2026/03/28/sturm-und-drang-and-ai/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Sturm und drang and AI

A lot of attention and money has been lavished on artificial intelligence lately. (Understatement of the decade.) Germans have good ways of expressing things, and one of them is “sturm und dr…

The OW Factor
The OW FactorFeb 14

That virtuous feeling

#BibliographicMetadata
#Cataloging

https://theowfactor.org/2026/02/14/that-virtuous-feeling/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

That virtuous feeling

Yeah, yeah, today is THAT day, but I really don’t care and as usual, I feel curmudgeonly about it. I don’t feel particularly romantic but I do have that virtuous feeling. Why? Well, bec…

The OW Factor
Becky YooseJan 21

"Catalogers stay in full control."

Until the boss says that they should[1] accept the AI suggestions.

[1] "should" in Manager Speak means "must"[2]

[2] "must" in this context includes "do not spend time double checking that the AI additions actually make sense" [3]

[3] Because the boss doesn't want to know about how bad the AI slop is as long as they're able to make the case to cut staff or reduce work hours thanks to the new shiny AI tool

https://www.oclc.org/en/news/releases/2025/20251208-ai-recordmanager-connexion.html

#cataloging #metadata

OCLC introduces new AI tools to make cataloging faster and smarter

OCLC has added powerful new AI features to its WorldShare Record Manager and Connexion cataloging applications that automatically suggesting classification numbers and subject headings.

OCLC
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲Dec 18

I bought a CueCat from LibraryThing when they first got them. It was so useful to me when cataloging my book and graphic novels library.

Their holiday store has them on sale for $5 for the holidays.

Now you can use a mobile phone, but back then it wasn't an option.

But you get a neat little plastic cat sculpture with a USB tail and flashing red mouth with a CueCat.

Useful for Bookwyrm.

https://www.librarything.com/more/store

#CueCat #LibraryThing #catalog #cataloging #Library #Libraries #z_lib #Bookwyrm

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