README.md

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title: Library Card Metadata Extractor
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sdk: gradio
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app_file: app.py
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Library Card Metadata Extractor

Extract structured metadata from library catalog cards using Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct.

Features

• Upload an image of a library catalog card
• Automatically extract metadata fields:
  • Title
  • Author/Creator
  • Dates
  • Call Number
  • Physical Description
  • Subjects
  • Notes
• Returns structured JSON output

Datasets

This demo works with catalog cards from:

• Rubenstein Manuscript Catalog - Duke University's manuscript catalog cards
• Boston Public Library Card Catalog - BPL's rare books catalog cards

Model

Uses Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct, a powerful vision-language model with:

• 30B parameters
• 256K context length
• Advanced OCR capabilities in 32 languages
• Strong visual understanding and reasoning

Usage

1. Upload an image of a library catalog card
2. Click "Extract Metadata"
3. View the extracted metadata as formatted JSON

Built for the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) community.