Seymour Lubetzky, who helped librarians channel the rising tide of information with his ingenious transformation of cataloging, died April 5 in Los Angeles. He was 104. Mr. Lubetzky worked for years ...

Libraries are introducing AI to accelerate and refine cataloging, from suggesting classification numbers to automating metadata creation. Tools from OCLC and others aim to cut repetitive work, improve ...

If you think it is hard to explain to nonlibrary users what a librarian does, try explaining the job of a cataloger. Not long ago (when I was still in library school), if someone had asked me what ...

Imagine you wanted to find books or journal articles on a particular subject. Or find manuscripts by a particular author. Or locate serials, music or maps. You would use a library catalog that ...

Seymour Lubetzky, a leading theorist in the field of descriptive cataloging who was instrumental in changing the way bibliographic information is organized, has died. He was 104. Lubetzky was admitted ...

Justin Dunnavant is a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Florida. You can find him on Twitter at @archfieldnotes or at his blog AfricanaArch. As a graduate student you’ll have plenty of ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...