Transfiguring the Library as Digital Research Infrastructure: Making KBLab at the National Library of Sweden
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| Title: | Transfiguring the Library as Digital Research Infrastructure: Making KBLab at the National Library of Sweden |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Love Börjeson, Chris Haffenden, Martin Malmsten, Fredrik Klingwall, Emma Rende, Robin Kurtz, Faton Rekathati, Hillevi Hägglöf, Justyna Sikora |
| Source: | College & Research Libraries. 2024 85(4):564-582. |
| Availability: | Association of College and Research Libraries. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. e-mail: acrl@ala.org; Web site: http://crl.acrl.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Laboratories, Data Collection, Research, Library Materials, Nonprint Media, Library Development, Library Facilities |
| Geographic Terms: | Sweden |
| DOI: | 10.5860/crl.85.4.564 |
| ISSN: | 0010-0870 2150-6701 |
| Abstract: | This article provides an account of the making of KBLab, the data lab at the National Library of Sweden (KB). The first part discusses the work involved in establishing a lab as both a physical and a digital site for researchers to use digital collections at previously unimaginable scales. The second part explains how the lab has deployed the library's collections as data to produce high quality Swedish AI models, which constitute a significant new form of digital research infrastructure. We situate this work in the context of uneven AI coverage for smaller languages, and consider how the lab's models have contributed to the making of important AI infrastructure for the Swedish language. The conclusion raises the possibilities and challenges involved in continuing this type of library-based AI development. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1424048 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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