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Cataloging

Linked data

World Wide Web

Resource Description and Access

Semantic Web

Information retrieval

Data science

Computer science

Computer security

Metadata

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

Library Technical Services have benefited from numerous stimuli. Although initially looked at with suspicion, transitions such as the move from catalog cards to the MARC formats have proven enormously helpful to libraries and their patrons. Linked data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) hold the same promise. Through the conversion of metadata surrogates (cataloging) to linked open data, libraries can represent their resources on the Semantic Web. But in order to provide some form of controlled access to unstructured data, libraries must reach beyond traditional cataloging to new tools such as AI to provide consistent access to a growing world of full-text resources.

The Use of Linked Data and Artificial Intelligence as Key Elements in the Transformation of Technical Services