Essays about: "national library"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 essays containing the words national library.

1. 1. Weird Digitization: Alternative Strategies for Archival Materials

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Christa Shusko; [2024]
   Keywords : Digital Humanities; Digitization; Archival materials; Photography; Material culture.;

   Abstract : This thesis draws on the theory of new materialism to posit an alternative approach to cultural heritage digitization. Modifying the method of critical digitization and synthesizing it with the method of thick description for the study of damaged cultural heritage, this thesis proposes the method weird digitization which seeks to challenge traditional selection criteria for cultural heritage digitization as well as challenging practices of mass digitization. READ MORE

3. 2. Linked Data and Libraries : How the Switch to Linked Data Has Affected Work Practices at the National Library of Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

   Author : Julia Unterstrasser; [2023]
   Keywords : Library Linked Data; Open Data; Semantic Web; Resource Description Framework; Machine-Read- able Cataloging Formats; National Libraries;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how library practice has been impacted by linked (open) data. For libraries, adopting linked data principles means moving away from the long-established reality of MARC-formats and opening up their information resources to the internet. READ MORE

4. 3. Punctuation Restoration as Post-processing Step for Swedish Language Automatic Speech Recognition

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

   Author : Ishika Gupta; [2023]
   Keywords : Transformer; BERT; KB-BERT; NLP; punctuation restoration; deep learning; neural networks;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the Swedish language, where punctuation restoration, especially as a postprocessing step for the output of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) applications, needs furtherresearch. I have collaborated with NewsMachine AB, a company that provides large-scale mediamonitoring services for its clients, for which it employs ASR technology to convert spoken contentinto text. READ MORE

5. 4. “People seem to understand numbers better than the alphabet” : Experiences and effects of reclassification from SAB to Dewey at a university library

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

   Author : Julia Ptasznik; [2023]
   Keywords : Library; Information; Knowledge Organization; Classification Systems; SAB; Dewey Decimal Classification; DDC; DDK; Infrastructure; Infrastructure Theory; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is an analysis of the effects and experiences of reclassification from the Swedish SAB system to the Dewey Decimal Classification at one of the faculty libraries at Lund University. The background for this study is the National Library report from 2006 where advantages and disadvantages of switching to the DDC were outlined. READ MORE

6. 5. Bridges of Trust : The symbolism of the Destruction and Reestablishment of Libraries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

   Author : Surrah Al-Himidy; [2023]
   Keywords : Library- and Information Science; Destruction of Libraries; Reestablishment of Libraries; Libraries in time of War; National Libraries; National Identity; Cultural Identity; Cultural Memory.; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : National libraries play a leading role in the creation of national identities. For that reason, the destruction and reestablishment of libraries may hold strategic meanings beyond the physical. This master thesis examines the symbols and cultural implications of such devastating events and resilient initiatives. READ MORE