AI-Powered Cataloguing: A Practical Guide to Building a Cataloguing Application with Power Apps

Addressing the growing need for innovation and automation in library cataloging systems, this book aims to teach readers how to build AI-powered cataloging apps using Power Apps. This complete guide offers a step-by-step journey to how cataloging processes can be modernized by using artificial intelligence, featuring the Royal Library of Belgium and the retrocatalography application as case studies. Focusing on creating inclusive bibliographic records, it will enable readers to train AI models and develop tools to improve efficiency and collection management. Chapters cover

• an introduction to cataloguing and metadata;
• getting started with the Power Platform ecosystem;
• integrating artificial intelligence; and
• building, deploying and maintaining the cataloging app.