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Implementing AI to further scale and accelerate WorldCat de-duplication

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
04 Feb 2025
Bibliographic Utilities

OCLC Metadata Quality teams implement a variety of measures—both manual and automated—to improve the quality and usefulness of WorldCat data. These extensive and ongoing efforts ensure that WorldCat data supports the needs of our membership and our global network of thousands of libraries across a wide range of services. As the technologies and tools that allow us to do this important work evolve, we are continually exploring new methods for enriching, repairing, and de-duplicating WorldCat records—data that powers the global discovery and sharing of library resources.

At OCLC, we believe Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at its best when guided by human expertise. Our journey with AI is a partnership—where the insights and values of library professionals shape how AI serves communities. A core component of many AI systems is machine learning, which involves training algorithms on data to enable them to make predictions or decisions without explicit programming.

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