Jim Hahn
Doctoral Student
PhD, Information Sciences, Illinois (in progress)
MS, Library and Information Science, Illinois
CAS, Library and Information Science, Illinois
Other professional appointments
Head of Metadata Research, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Research focus
Syntax, grammar(s), and semantics of knowledge organization structures; contextual uses of language as meaning; the metadata description as a linguistic domain; information retrieval as primarily linguistic activity; development of automation and semi-automation by knowledge workers; community developed and supported algorithms.
Field Exam Area: Information organization and access
Courses currently teaching
Advisor
Publications & Papers
Hahn, J. (2024). Bifurcation of Semi-Automated Subject Indexing Services. Library Resources & Technical Services, 68(3). https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.68n3.8066
Hahn, J., Ahnberg, K., & Serra, L. G. (2024). A Comparative Evaluation of the Share-VDE Search System. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2024.2372680
Hahn, J., & Possemato, T. (2023). The Share-VDE ontology: a BIBFRAME extension for linked data discovery. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.8332350
Hahn, J. (2021). Semi-Automated Methods for BIBFRAME Work Entity Description. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 59(8), 853–867. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2021.2014011
Hahn, J. (2021). Publisher References in Bibliographic Entity Descriptions. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 58(1), 461–465. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.479
Presentations
Hahn, J., & Dousa, T. M. (2020). Mapping bf:Work to lrm:Work and lrm:Expression: Towards a set‐theoretical approach. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 57(1), e408. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.408