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On 10 November, CNR presented BIBRIDGE, coordinated by the University of Udine with Bologna, Turin, Sapienza and CNR-IAC. The project is scheduled to run for 36 months from January 2027. One objective, pursued with the Consortium of European Research Libraries, concerns analysing roughly ten million records in the Heritage of the Printed Book catalogue, covering books printed between 1450 and 1850. [1]
Researchers plan to combine high-performance computing, graph analysis and artificial intelligence with traditional bibliography to identify relationships, duplicates and inconsistencies. This is the programme of a project funded by Italy’s research ministry: the release does not announce a catalogue already corrected or suggest that an algorithm can replace scholarly interpretation. [1]
The bright side
The collaboration brings humanities and computing expertise together to make historical catalogues more accurate and connected. [1]
One idea, in simple words
A catalogue helps people find books, but it can contain repeated descriptions or information that does not match. BIBRIDGE is a research project announced by CNR on 10 November to study large catalogues of old printed books. Work is planned for thirty-six months from January 2027. One aim concerns roughly ten million records describing books printed between 1450 and 1850. A record describes a book; it does not necessarily represent a different book. Imagine two descriptions of the same volume written in different ways. That is an example of a problem researchers want to identify. They plan to combine powerful computers with expertise in books. The project’s results are not yet available. [1]
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- BIBRIDGE: Calcolo ad Alte Prestazioni e Intelligenza Artificiale per lo studio del patrimonio librario europeo Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche · 10 Nov 2026
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