Ferreyra, Diego Del catálogo de fichas al espacio vectorial : Los modelos de lenguaje como infraestructuras de mediación y memoria social. UBA. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas (INIBI), 2025, n. 53, pp. 5-9. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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English abstract
In this study a historical parallel is drawn between the emergence of the card catalog at the end of the 18th century and the contemporary rise of Large Language Models (LLMs), identifying them as analogous technological milestones in the organization of knowledge. It is argued that both artifacts arose as technical and provisional responses to logistical challenges of scale. Based on this analogy, potential challenges for the field of library science are analyzed. It is concluded that these issues, although presented with renewed intensity, bring to the forefront fundamental questions of the discipline regarding the status of legitimate knowledge, interpretation, and the material circulation of cultural artifacts.
Spanish abstract
Se traza un paralelismo histórico entre la emergencia del catálogo de fichas a finales del siglo XVIII y la irrupción contemporánea de los Grandes Modelos de Lenguaje (LLM), identificándolos como hitos tecnológicos análogos en la organización del conocimiento. Se argumenta que ambos artefactos surgieron como respuestas técnicas y provisionales a desafíos logísticos de escala. A partir de esta analogía, se analizan desafíos posibles para el campo bibliotecológico. Se concluye que estas problemáticas, aunque se presentan con nueva intensidad, actualizan preguntas fundantes de la disciplina sobre el status del conocimiento legítimo, la interpretación y la circulación material de los artefactos culturales.
| Item type: | Journal article (Paginated) |
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| Keywords: | Cataloguing, Large Language Models, Social memory, Documentary mediation, Catalogación, Modelos de lenguaje, Memoria social, Mediación documental |
| Subjects: | B. Information use and sociology of information > BC. Information in society. I. Information treatment for information services > IC. Index languages, processes and schemes. |
| Depositing user: | Graciela Giunti |
| Date deposited: | 11 Mar 2026 12:06 |
| Last modified: | 11 Mar 2026 12:06 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/47639 |
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