Image Classification System — Automated MARC21 Poster & Image Cataloguing
From poster backlog to searchable collection.
Governed visual AI that turns thousands of posters, event prints and archival images into clean, standardised MARC21 catalogue records, with a human reviewing every approval. 1,200 hrs saved per year, per archive. 100% human-reviewed before export. 0% training on your data.
Why Image Classification System: cataloguing shouldn't be the bottleneck between your archive and the people searching it. Large image collections, posters, event prints, advertising campaigns, are slow and costly to catalogue when every record is created by hand. Staff must inspect each image, apply controlled vocabulary terms, complete MARC21 fields, and choose the right catalogue, a bottleneck that does not scale. Image Classification System introduces a governed, semi-automated pipeline that removes the repetitive work while keeping a person in the loop on every approval.
How it works:
01 Ingest — Upload or link an image list, thousands at a time. No new infrastructure to stand up.
02 Classify — Proprietary visual AI proposes MARC21 records with controlled-vocabulary keywords and a confidence score.
03 Review — Staff approve or adjust flagged fields in one interface, without leaving the platform.
04 Route — Approved records are routed automatically to the right catalogue, downstream systems unchanged.
Key benefits: Standardized, reviewable MARC21 — the platform proposes MARC21 records with standardized fields and controlled-term keywords, human-in-the-loop review keeps each approved record traceable, defensible and clearly owned. Operational visibility at scale — dashboards show processing queues, per-poster status, and which items are ready for export. Swiss sovereignty and copyright respect — runs in Swiss data centres, aligns with Swiss CopA exceptions for transient technical copies and preservation without commercial gain, customer data is never used to train foundation models. Proven efficiency gains — batch classification can process thousands of posters in parallel, saving staff up to 1,200 hours per year.
Who it's for: National & university libraries, Museums & cultural institutions, Marketing & brand archives, Government & public records.
FAQ:
What is Image Classification System? A governed, semi-automated visual AI platform that generates MARC21-standard catalogue records from large image collections in bulk, with a human reviewing and approving every record before it is exported.
Does it replace my cataloguing team? No. It removes the repetitive first pass of tagging and field entry, and hands staff a reviewable, confidence-scored draft record.
Where is my data and imagery hosted? In Swiss data centres, aligned with Swiss CopA exceptions. Your assets never leave the Swiss hosting environment and are never used to train foundation models.
What metadata standard does it produce? MARC21-standard records with controlled-vocabulary keywords.
How much time does it actually save? Institutions running it at scale have saved staff up to 1,200 hours per year.
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