Péter Király, Tomasz Umerle, Vojtěch Malínek, Elżbieta Herden, Beata Koper, Giovanni Colavizza, Rindert Jagersma, Leo Lahti, David lindemann, Jakub Łubocki, Alexandra Milanova, Róbert Péter, Nanette Rißler-Pipka, Dorota Siwecka, Matteo Romanello, Marcin Roszkowski, Mikko Tolonen, and Ondřej Vimr
Effects of Open Science and the Digital Transformation on the Bibliographical Data Landscape
In: Paul Gooding, Melissa Terras, and Sarah Ames (eds.), Library Catalogues as Data: Research, Practice and Usage (London: Facet Publishing, 2025), pp. 19-43.
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About this volume (website publisher)
Abstract:
Bibliographical data is rapidly evolving, driven by digital growth, automation, and rising research demands. This article explores key tensions in this shift: the pressure to adapt traditional curation practices to new technological standards, conflicts between open and closed data systems, and gaps between data quality and user needs. Focusing on the humanities, it examines how libraries, archives, museums (LAM), and the research sector interact with bibliodata across two critical dimensions: public vs. private access and data production vs. use. These dimensions reveal both the evolving relationships between diverse stakeholders and the complex lifecycle of bibliodata. Understanding these dynamics is vital to shaping future data practices in the humanities.
The proof of article is online available.
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This chapter has been prepared by the Bibliographical Data Working Group of the DARIAH-ERIC consortium as a shortened and updated version of the white paper: An Analysis of the Current Bibliographical Data Landscape in the Humanities: A Case for the Joint Bibliodata Agendas of Public Stakeholders.
The final text was edited by Péter Király and Vojtěch Malínek.
Abstract of volume:
“Through the web of library catalogues, library management systems and myriad digital resources, libraries have become repositories not only for physical and digital information resources but also for enormous amounts of data about the interactions between these resources and their users. Bringing together leading practitioners and academic voices, this book considers library catalogue data as a vital research resource.
Divided into four sections, each approaches library catalogues, collections and records from a different angle, from exploring methods for examining such data; to the politics of catalogues and library data; their interdisciplinary potential; and practical uses and applications of catalogues as data. Other topics the volume discusses include:
-Practical routes to preparing library catalogue data for researchers
-The ethics of library metadata privacy and reuse
-Data-driven decision making
-Data quality and collections bias
-Preserving, resurrecting and restoring data
-The uses and potential of historical library data
-The intersection of catalogue data, AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)
This comprehensive book will be an essential read for practitioners in the GLAM sector, particularly those dealing with collections and catalogue data, and LIS academics and students.” (source: publisher)
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