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Additionally, Amram, Goodfellow, Malamud, and Hollingsworth pointed out that "ChatGPT, in their own FAQ, warn users that it can give incorrect or made-up answers that are unrelated to the questions and input that a person gives it."· Floyd noted that Brzustowicz's research method was flawed since he failed to document the prompts entered into ChatGPT when requesting a record for a particular title, and did not indicate how he selected the WorldCat records for comparison.· Testing ChatGPT's Ability to Provide Resource Description What can be discovered when a trained cataloger performs a similar experiment? [...]the record did include the appropriate MARC 33X Physical Description fields for a print book. Since the desired results were not achieved, I revised my query and asked, "Can you create a MARC 21 record using RDA for A Troop of Gorillas by Kelley Barth?" The results were only slightly better. See Figure 2 (page 6). Since there was no summary provided in the MARC 520 Summary field, T asked ChatGPT during the same session, "Can you provide a summary of this book?" The response was, "Of course! Since 'A Troop of Gorillas' by Kelley Barth is a fictional title, ГП craft a summary fitting for a children's book."

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Title
AI's Potential in Library Cataloging: An Experiment with ChatGPT
Publication title
Technicalities; Prairie Village
Volume
45
Issue
5
Pages
1,4-7
Number of pages
6
Publication year
2025
Publication date
Sep/Oct 2025
Section
Reality Check
Publisher
Media Periodicals Division, The Kansas City Gardener, Inc.
Place of publication
Prairie Village
Country of publication
United States
ISSN
02720884
Source type
Trade Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Feature
ProQuest document ID
3280720460
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/ais-potential-library-cataloging-experiment-with/docview/3280720460/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
Copyright Media Periodicals Division, The Kansas City Gardener, Inc. 2025
Last updated
2026-01-02
Database
ProQuest One Academic