Bibliographic Records Research Articles

Truth & Information? Preparing Information Organization & Retrieval Students for an AI Future

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not a new concept or technology, but has taken the world by storm with the recent advancement of generative AI, such as ChatGPT and Bard. The metadata, cataloging, collections, and retrieval areas of library and information studies (LIS) are already experiencing disruption and soul-searching because of generative AI, but it remains to be seen to what extent the technology can benefit, or even harm, these areas of LIS. The Metadata, Cataloging, & Collections SIG session will include a panel of three educators who will discuss the use of artificial intelligence in information retrieval and cataloging courses, and provide ideas for educators hoping to learn more about the impact of AI and how to incorporate activities and discussions of AI in their courses. Priya Kizhakkethil will report on student perceptions of AI in the LIS curriculum, with a focus on Information Retrieval courses. With the emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) tools like ChatGPT, there has been much discussion about its impact on libraries and the work of librarianship. But there is a gap in the literature that addresses how such disruptive technologies should be addressed in the LIS curriculum. This presentation covers a work in progress pilot study seeking to understand LIS student perceptions on the use of generative AI tools as part of their course work. Themes relating to student perceptions on the use of Gen AI tools for an Information Retrieval course will be discussed, which includes the potential ways of using these tools as noted by the students. Vyacheslav (Slava) Zavalin will discuss the critical need for understanding the AI landscape and its application to information organization within LIS. He will demonstrate using Google Gemini, the AI-powered assistant, to create bibliographic examples and then analyze and discuss the accuracy of the records. Karen Snow recently assigned advanced cataloging students an exercise that required them to create a basic MARC/RDA bibliographic record using ChatGPT. The resulting transcripts of their conversations with ChatGPT, and their reflections on the experience, were a fascinating demonstration of the benefits/drawbacks of AI in cataloging work, but also of the importance of educating students on how to effectively use AI. After the presentations, audience members will be encouraged to ask questions and offer their own experiences and ideas concerning this area of LIS education. These presentations align well with the ALISE 2024 conference theme of “The Ethics and Evolution of Truth and Information.”

IFLA Study on Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records ant Its Significance for the National Bibliographic Services and Cataloguers

IFLA Study on Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records ant Its Significance for the National Bibliographic Services and Cataloguers

Scientific investigations and educational literature from the history of Ukraine 1942—1944

The presented article continues the series of studio explorations conducted as part of the research work of the State Printing Archive in the current year of 2024. In accordance with the annual plan of the Book Chamber of Ukraine, the "State Printing Archive" department is processing printed editions of the 40s of the last century by revealing the most important topics of that time. Among the latter are historical-Ukrainian scientific and educational literature published during 1942—1944, i.e. in conditions when the territory of Ukraine was under occupation, and experts in the field of history, academic scientists, teachers of higher educational institutions and other people who were involved before writing this literature, were in evacuation. The presented article is written in accordance with the requirements of scientific methodology, is based on the principles of historicism, comprehensiveness and objectivity, applies general (description, analysis, synthesis, generalization, classification) and special (periodization, historical-comparative, content analysis) methods of scientific research. The scientific novelty of the presented work consists in the systematization and generalization of books published in 1942—1944 outside the territorial boundaries of Ukraine, but under the auspices of scientific and other literature-creating institutions of the Ukrainian SSR. The result of the conducted research was an analysis of the process of development of historical-Ukrainian science in the conditions of evacuation to the eastern regions of the Soviet Union. Currently little-used editions, whose bibliographic record and description were compiled by specialists of the Book Chamber of Ukraine, have been introduced into scientific circulation. The practical significance of the obtained results lies in the possibility of their application in future scientific research.

Creating and Evaluating MARC 21 Bibliographic Records Using ChatGPT

This study investigated the feasibility of using ChatGPT (GPT-4) to create MARC 21 bibliographic records following RDA: Resource Description and Access. This study provided ChatGPT with data from information sources and evaluated its performance in referencing proper records, accurately interpreting information, and correctly applying RDA. The findings demonstrated that although ChatGPT was promising as an assisting tool for human catalogers, it struggled with complex bibliographic patterns and nuanced cataloging rules. Notable errors were observed in various fields, such as primary and additional authorized access points, title statements, edition statements, publication details, and series statements, highlighting areas for improvement.

Construction of a conceptual framework on Influencer Marketing based on a literature review

A result of the research project "Innovative Strategies in Influencer Marketing: Development and Application to Drive Business Competitiveness" is presented. It responds to a framework of essential concepts and principles on influencer marketing, based on the review and analysis of academic works; the main objective is to create a comprehensive conceptual framework that provides guidance on objectives, strategies, performance metrics and best practices in the field. A mixed type of research was carried out, where the sample was theses and scientific papers related to the topic, literature review and bibliographic analysis were used as a technique, the instrument was the bibliographic record for data collection that allowed the creation of a conceptual framework. The conclusion of this study allows us to establish a solid conceptual framework for influencer marketing, providing a guide that will lead us to meet the general objective.

Mapping the landscape of research on 360-degree videos and images: a network and cluster analysis

The recent emergence of low-cost virtual reality technologies, like 360° videos and images is attracting the attention of researchers suggesting it could be the next significant step in technological innovation. The birth of 360° videos and images is quite young, it goes back to the middle of the nineteenth century and then spread more and more in many areas. In recent years, 360° videos and images have grown in popularity because they provide a great number of advantages compared to traditional virtual reality computer-generated technology. The aim of this research is to map scientific works in the area of 360° technology using advanced scientometric techniques. We collected all the existent articles about 360° contents in the Scopus database, and the resultant dataset contained 3319 records. The bibliographic record encompassed all categories of scientific articles retrieved from Scopus, considering parameters such as countries, institutions, journals, authors, citation counts, and publication years. The network and cluster analysis of the literature showed a composite panorama characterized by changes and evolutions over time of the use of 360° contents. We discuss these aspects in the main areas of application with an emphasis on the future expected 360° capacities, increases, and challenges. As already happened with the advent of virtual reality, the future of 360° technology will be an increasing shift from engineering to clinical use, by improving the use and the development of scientific applications in clinical areas and by modifying social communication and interaction among people.

Duplicate Records in WorldCat for 20th-Century American, British, and Canadian Books: A Comparison of Duplication Rates and Causes

The bibliographic record duplication rates in WorldCat for 20th-century books cataloged in English and published in New York, London, and Montreal were estimated by sampling records created by Concordia University. Duplicate sets were identified according to OCLC WorldCat record merging guidelines. New York and London records had similar duplication rates, higher than those for Montreal. Changing descriptive cataloging standards, brief cataloging, and both typographical and MARC coding errors caused failures in duplicate record detection. Records for editions, reproductions, fine arts titles, and conference publications were particularly problematic. The earlier cataloging standards were reviewed to uncover how differences have caused duplicates.

Automatic Abstracting For Bibliographic Record Semantic Enrichment

Cultural heritage institutions store and digitize large amounts of bibliographic data within archives to make records accessible to archivists, librarians, and the general public. However, cataloging standards vary from one archive to another, which limits the sharing and use of these data. To address this issue, it is necessary to work on multilingual bibliographic records and enrich them. This would help standardize and harmonize the information, facilitating interoperability between different databases and systems. Enriching multilingual bibliographic data is essential to open up and provide broader access to these resources, thereby enhancing the dissemination of cultural heritage and enabling more efficient use by an international audience. This paper proposes a new methodology built within the framework of the interdisciplinary ROSETTA project, dedicated to enrichment of multilingual Bibliographic Records for Transnational Works. To experiment with our approach, we select 30 transnational literary works that have been translated into 15 languages, including non-dominant languages. We aggregate multilingual bibliographic records for these works from various sources. We employ an Large language model(LLM) model to enrich these records by generating summaries of works and calculating the similarity between different translations. To ensure quality and accuracy, we had Mark Twain experts at Stanford University meticulously evaluate each summary for fidelity, clarity, and coherence, and received positive feedback highlighting their precision and ability to capture the essence of the original work.

Prospecção de Lactobacillus plantarum e Enterococcus faecium com potencial uso probiótico espécie-específico na aquicultura ornamental de Betta splendens Regan, 1910

ABSTRACT The research evaluated the isolation, identification, and prospection of species-specific beneficial bacteria in fish farming of ornamental fish Betta splendens. For this, the microbiological material was obtained from the intestinal tract of healthy specimens, with bacterial growth in selective culture medium Man Rogosa Sharped (MRS). Sixteen strains were isolated based on the response of in vitro tests of catalase, Gram, nilin blue, hemolytic activity and antibiogram to pathogens Aeromonas hydrophila, Pseudomonas aeroginosa, Enterococcus durans and Escherichia coli. Of the isolated strains C1BS and C5BS, they showed the best responses, which were later identified by the Maldi-TOF method as Lactobacillus plantarum and Enterococcus faecium. Due to the performance of lactic acid strains in in vitro tests and the bibliographic record of their performance as probiotics, the species have great potential for species-specific use in the ornamental production of Betta splendens.

Walt Whitman’s Trunk

Whitman is often thought of as a chaotic creator, leaving behind an ocean of messy manuscripts, flimsy scraps, scribbled notes, and endless clippings. Nonetheless, this essay argues, storage of his manuscripts and previously printed work was a pressing concern for Whitman in his early and mid-career, occupying his mind even during major life crises. Importantly, he wasn’t concerned merely with preserving a bibliographic record but with maintaining a resource for future work. Whitman developed a means of accessing his past writings in a mobile form — a trunk as both an actual object and symbol — as he relocated frequently from place to place. This article presents newly identified, almost word for word, borrowings in the 1860–1861 “Brooklyniana” series, taken from his 1849–1850 “Traveling Bachelor” series. It connects these new findings to recently identified reviews from the late 1840s appearing almost verbatim in Whitman-edited papers hundreds of miles apart. Framing the “trunk” as both a historical, physical storage medium and an icon of archival practice on the move, “Whitman’s Trunk” proposes a new reading of Whitman as a meticulous record keeper and careful practitioner of nineteenth-century copy & paste authorship.

The document that is not there

Zoological nomenclature, the essential tool for exchanging information about the animal world, cannot depart from the principles of universality and stability fixed in the Code as its aim and pursued through the application of rules stemming from the principles of publication, typification and priority. To enforce these rules, we need to preserve and critically evaluate the whole record of publications (and associated specimens) available thus far. Attemps to erase part of this record or to dismiss names or documents as contrary to principles that have nothing to do with the scientific names of animals are increasingly widespread and even creep into a major repository of bibliographic record as the Biodiversity Heritage Library. This trend must be promptly rebutted.

Analyzing the prospects for computerized article abstracting as a case study of RNPLS&T’s database “Ecology: Science and technology”

The authors examine the possibility of computerized abstracting of publications based on generative abstracting models. They review the approaches toward automatic control including that of neural networks, characterize popular software environments, and discuss their advantages and disadvantages for computerized abstracting. The problems under discussion are relevant as the technology of computerized abstracting increases the accessibility of publications, in particular, those out of the open access while decreases bibliographic processing costs. The authors insist that augmented bibliographic record supplied with annotation or abstract is very important for providing information on new environmental technologies. At the same time, the appropriate abstract consumes intellectual efforts and time of competent professionals. The database “Ecology: Science and Technologies” was chosen as the study object; the database comprises publications on implementation of new environmental-friendly and resource-saving technologies. The authors conclude that computerized abstracting as opposed to similar manual process requires no specialists highly qualified in the discipline of the document being processed while the quality of the abstracts is rather high even when the standard datasets are used.

The High Priest of Blind Zeal: Milton, Montelion and mockery

Abstract A long-standing debate about the relationship between the poet John Milton and his nephew John Phillips has been undermined by inaccuracies in the bibliographical record and the failure of scholars to identify relevant passages in Phillips’s writings. This article brings new evidence with specific reference to A Satyr Against Hypocrites (1655), containing an overlooked attack upon Milton; the Montelion almanacs (1660, 1661, 1662), establishing that all were authored by Phillips, each containing disparaging remarks about Milton; and Don Juan Lamberto (1660–1), confirming Phillips’s authorship and revealing a hitherto unrecognized satirical attack upon Milton.

Rules for Forming of Bibliographic Record Heading in the New National Standard

The article presents the detailed comments of the standard developer and the text of the SIBID national standard – GOST R 7.0.80–2023 “Bibliographic record. Heading. General requirements and rules” which puts into action from August 1, 2023. This standard brings about a change in the structure and composition of bibliographic record heading thus enabling to actualize and unify the method of its compiliation for all kinds of information resources. The GOST is intended for use by centers of the national (state) bibliography, libraries, publishers, information services and other organizations and structures dealing with the bibliographic activities. In this GOST in comparison with its predecessor of 2000 a number of new clauses is introduced, as well as the volume of information is broadened about identifying features, punctuation requirements and fully renewed album of specific examples. The rules for presentation of names of secular leaders and ecclesiastics of different confessions are fully shown because they often cause difficulties for a bibliographer. The given document should improve the searching efficiency and velocity of bibliographic information exchange.

The Influence of Negative Thinking on Violent Behavior

The thought of the human being works in negative and positive, if the person takes the polarity of the negative thought, it can become a very dangerous action, even more so if it is related to the sentimental, because it invades his mind with questions and inadequate subjective answers, these thoughts Negatives disable correct decisions, change the mood and limit productivity. The mind can be the best friend as well as the worst enemy, if we cannot manage thoughts, one of the consequences can be criminal behavior, for this it is vital to exercise thought control through; polarity of thought, negative thought, positive thought, violent behavior. A documentary study was carried out, the documentary analysis technique was applied and the instrument used was the bibliographic record. Precisely on the basis of the bibliographic search, the objective was to analyze the state of the art about the influence of negative thinking on violent behavior.

Improving The Scientific Research Methodology's Component Parts for Language Teaching

The key components of scientific research technique are covered here for language education. Scientific research methodology is a strategy that enables researchers to accomplish their goals rationally and effectively while using the proper resources for each step of the research process. It is underlined how crucial it is to have precise, feasible study goals as well as the amount of work and commitment needed to accomplish them. The significance of the student's work in this process is stressed, and the function of the methodology as a universal or unitary procedure that researchers adhere to is explored. Research is an integral aspect of higher education since without it, earning a degree or an academic degree is all but impossible. To build skills in reality analysis and enhance scientific research, it is advised to support creative, experimental, and exploratory learning. The fundamental components of scientific research technique for language education are comprehensively covered in this abstract. Research paper preparation is like turning a screw; it takes time and is not a simple task. It is important to recognize and accept that research paper preparation causes anxiety because it involves trial and error, attempts and ideas that are later abandoned or replaced by better ones, or by others that were once thought to be better, and returning to previously abandoned ideas. A documentary study was conducted, the documentary analysis method was applied, and the tool used was the bibliographic record, which allowed registering, ordering, and summarizing the information from sources closest to the subject, evidencing through the methodology of scientific research for lang. On the basis of a bibliographic search, the goal is to specifically examine the state of the art in various areas of scientific research methods.

Cataloging beyond the Notes: Annotating Bibliographic Records for Music Effectively in RDA; Examples Illustrating RDA in the Online Bibliographic Record, Second Edition of "Notes for Music Catalogers." by Ralph Hartsock and Peter H. Lisius (review)

Reviewed by: Cataloging beyond the Notes: Annotating Bibliographic Records for Music Effectively in RDA; Examples Illustrating RDA in the Online Bibliographic Record, Second Edition of "Notes for Music Catalogers." by Ralph Hartsock and Peter H. Lisius Ivan Kaproth-Joslin Cataloging beyond the Notes: Annotating Bibliographic Records for Music Effectively in RDA; Examples Illustrating RDA in the Online Bibliographic Record, Second Edition of "Notes for Music Catalogers." By Ralph Hartsock and Peter H. Lisius. (Music Library Association Technical Reports and Monographs in Music Librarianship Series, vol. 38.) Middleton, WI: Music Library Association and A-R Editions, 2022. [xvi, 858 p. ISBN 9780895798862 (paperback), $210; ISBN 9780895798954 (e-book), $210.] Glossary, bibliography, index. Notes play a crucial function in the bibliographic record, filling in the cracks of descriptions of resources and their contents in ways in which cataloging rules cannot fully account. Rules cannot cover every cataloging situation, so catalogers make use of notes, offering crucial context or explanation on the nature or content of a resource. The first edition of Cataloging beyond the Notes, by Ralph Hartsock and published in 1994 as Notes for Music Catalogers: Examples Illustrating AACR2 in Online Bibliographic Records (Lake Crystal, MN: Soldier Creek Press), dealt with annotations, or notes, that were consistent with the cataloging standard at that time, the second edition of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2). It presented examples of bibliographic records enhanced with notes, which complemented the factual presentation of metadata about the resource and the nature of its contents by offering helpful explanations or elaborations. It was a highly useful reference source for catalogers working in the AACR2 environment who cataloged books, scores, media, and objects. Since the release of Notes for Music Catalogers, digital media technology has continued to advance, offering new possibilities, such as books [End Page 606] that exist entirely in electronic form, or scores sold as a digital file that can be printed or simply displayed on a screen. The line between formats was increasingly blurred as digital content became ubiquitous, and the guidelines established in the 1994 edition regarding the creation and function of notes in bibliographic records were no longer sufficient. Additionally, on 31 March 2013, AARC2 gave way to Resource Description & Access (RDA). This new cataloging standard placed an increased emphasis on documenting the "Group 1" entities of Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records (FRBR), which are works, expressions, manifestations, and items (WEMI). Rules and best practices were substantially changed and reinvented, necessitating an update to Notes for Music Catalogers. To enhance the text, particularly the chapters that address works and expressions, Hartsock enlisted the assistance of Peter Lisius, a veteran contributor to the NACOMusic Project (NMP). In the words of Hartsock and Lisius, "RDA altered the nature of cataloging," requiring not a revision and enhancement of the first edition, but rather "newly created bibliographic content" (p. xii). Put simply, times have changed, and the notes that are needed and helpful in the bibliographic record have changed as well. This book documents these changes and provides thorough examples of required and useful notes for modern bibliographic records. A significant reflection of this change can be seen in the second edition's coverage of various 0XX, 2XX, and 34X Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) fields. As Hartsock and Lisius observe, "the lines of demarcation between notes and other descriptors [have] blurred with the introduction of RDA" (p. xiii). MARC 5XX notes fields are now extended to other machine-readable sections of the bibliographic record, serving "machine manipulation and sorting. The effect is that users will be able to select the instruments, genre, or musical form they seek, as well as myriad other strategies" (p. xiii). It is important to note that the bibliographic record examples shown in the book were created at various stages along the adoption and progression of RDA and therefore contain various MARC tags and field construction that differ from current practices and rules. For example, the description of the form of notated music for scores is shown in these examples under sub-field $b of the MARC 546 field. Current best practices require the usage of subfield $c of the MARC 348 field, with the optional addition of the previously required MARC 546 field...

FORMATION OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORDS OF ARABIC TEXTS: CURRENT SITUATION AND PROBLEMS

Catalogs are the key to any collection, and at the same time they are the face of the library. For this reason, serious demands are placed on cataloging work. Based on the importance and complexity of the work, the most experienced employees are involved in the cataloging and systematization department of the library. Because, if the bibliographic record is not formed correctly, the reader will not be able to find the necessary literature for him, even if it is available in the fund. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that the activity of the department determines the “destiny” of the library. This is especially evident in modern libraries, which are very active.

Automated Knowledge Organization AI ML based Subject Indexing System for Libraries

The research study as reported here is an attempt to explore the possibilities of an AI/ML-based semi-automated indexing system in a library setup to handle large volumes of documents. It uses the Python virtual environment to install and configure an open source AI environment (named Annif) to feed the LOD (Linked Open Data) dataset of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) as a standard KOS (Knowledge Organization System). The framework deployed the Turtle format of LCSH after cleaning the file with Skosify, applied TF-IDF as a language model (backend algorithm), and selected Snowball as an analyzer. The training of Annif was conducted with a large set of bibliographic records populated with subject descriptors (MARC tag 650$a) and indexed by trained LIS professionals. The training dataset is first treated with MarcEdit to export it in a format suitable for OpenRefine, and then in OpenRefine it undergoes many steps to produce a bibliographic record set suitable to train Annif. The framework, after training, has been tested with a bibliographic dataset to measure indexing efficiencies, and finally, the automated indexing framework is integrated with a data wrangling software (OpenRefine) to produce suggested headings on a mass scale. The entire framework is based on open source software, open datasets, and open standards.

Ontology of approved Egyptian theses in the field of documents and archives in the period: :( 1956-2021): Applied bibliometric study

Since the fifties of the last century, Egypt has been keen to study the field of records&archives scientifically. This study has tried to follow developments in this field in Egypt by collecting theses of records and archives and describing them by using Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records aligned Bibliographic Ontology(FaBiO ); to create a semantically linked bibliography; It has enhanced the availability and retrieval of these theses, and supported their bibliometric analysis. The researcher, in this study, has relied on descriptive and bibliometric approaches and found that: 1-the field of records&archives in Egypt has witnessed various scientific and technological developments in the period (1956-2021) that distanced it from scientific stagnation.2- There is a direct relationship between the increase in the number of Egyptian records and archives theses and the opening of academic departments of records & archives and libraries in Egypt. In the end, the researcher has prepared an ontologic bibliography of Egyptian records&archives theses and published it on Diplomatics website.