The book is divided into six parts:
1. Introduction, which outlines the purposes of the study and the methods used
2. A survey of the applications of the target technologies in library and information service environments
3. Applications from other fields that are closely related to library applications or directly relevant to information processing operations
4. A survey of applications in other fields that may have applicability, in some form, to libraries and other information services
5. General technologies implying artificial intelligence
6. Conclusions and implications
Although artificial intelligence (AI) is a relatively new field, it has already accumulated an enormous literature, with several journals devoted exclusively to the subject. Furthermore, AI-related technologies have been applied, at least experimentally, to virtually all disciplines and fields of endeavor. Even within the library and information service arena, a substantial literature exists and a wide variety of applications have been described.
Because of the size, diversity, and scatter of the literature, it is extremely difficult for a manager to determine which, if any, of the applications may be transferable to the operations of a library, or other information service, now or in the foreseeable future. This problem is compounded by the fact that much of the literature is theoretical or speculative, and it is oftern difficult to determine whether a "system" really exists in an operational sense or exists only on paper. Furthermore, the literature on AI is one of extremes. One the one hand, we have authors who maintain that computers can be made to do virtually anything that human can. At the other end of the scale are those who believe, equally strongly, that the claims for AI have been grossly exaggerated and that machines can never do anything that is truly intelligent.
The objective of the study reported here was to gain enough familiarity with developments in AI and related technologies to be able to advise the information service community on what can be applied today and what one might reasonably expect to be applicable to library and information services in the near future.
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Intelligent Technologies
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| ISBN | 9788170005513 |
|---|---|
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Binding | HardBound |
| Pages | |
| Edition | |
| Language | English |
List of Figures...................
Preface
Introduction
Scope of the Study
Methods
CHAPTER 1: Applications within libraries and other information service operations
Cataloging
Subject Indexing
Expert System approaches
"Intelligent" indexing
Acquisitions and collection development activities
Reference services
Referral systems
Database selection
Information retrieval
Other library applications
Conclusions
CHAPTER 2: Applications closely related to library problems
Intelligent text processing
Intelligent agents
Intelligent interfaces
Data mining and knowledge discovery
CHAPTER 3: Applications from other fields
Help desks
Medical diagnosis
Critiquing systems
Groupware
CHAPTER 4: General technologies
Speech technology
Computer vision
CHAPTER 5: Conclusions and implications
The information service environment
Library applications so far
Applications of advanced technologies
in the library of the future
Implications for managers for libraries
and other information services
Appendices
1. Sample letter to vendors
2. Sample letter to authors
3. Author questionnaire
4. Sources for keeping current with new developments in advanced technologies
5. Criteria for deciding when an expert system approach may be justified
References
About the Authors
Index