An Extreme Multi-label Text Classification (XMTC) Library Dataset: What if we took "Use of Practical AI in Digital Libraries" seriously?
arXiv cs.CL / 3/12/2026
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Key Points
- The authors release a large bilingual English/German corpus of catalog records annotated with the Integrated Authority File (GND) and a machine-actionable GND taxonomy to enable ontology-aware multi-label classification.
- The dataset supports mapping text to authority terms and agent-assisted cataloging with reproducible, authority-grounded evaluation.
- They provide a statistical profile and qualitative error analyses of three systems and invite the community to evaluate not just accuracy but usefulness and transparency toward authority-anchored AI co-pilots that amplify catalogers' work.
- The resource enables cross-language discovery and has potential to transform digital-library workflows by integrating AI-assisted, authority-grounded curation.




