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Working Smarter: Cambridge libraries test AI for their card catalogs and a chatbot

Since October 2025, Cambridge University Libraries have been testing AI to convert handwritten catalog cards into MARC bibliographic records, in order to make collections that are not yet searchable available online.

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Update · November 7, 2026

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