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- The use of expert systems is a subject of keen interest and
some controversy for many librarians. This book brought together
a series of papers presented to a seminar sponsored by the Library
Association Information Technology Group and the Library and
Information Research Group. Included are reviews of expert systems
and their capabilities, software for implementing expert systems,
and the use of expert systems in cataloguing and classification.
The book is invaluable reading for any library manager wishing
to be informed on the precursors of this rapidly developing subject.
(Includes bibliography).
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- ISBN 0 947568 10 7
- 1986
- £15.00/US$29.00
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- 'This valuable and timely publication gives us an accessible
state-of-the-art account of expert systems as they are beginning
to impinge upon our profession. The papers are informative and
provocative, challenging both the cynics on the one hand and
the unrealistic dreamers on the other.'
- Library Association Record
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- 'Lucid, critical as well as enthusiastic , and happily
lacking in the dismally intense obstruseness which pervades many
presentations in the expert systems field. And on top of all
that there is a bibliography.... you should certainly insist
your nearest library orders it.'
- New Library World
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- 'An enormous amount of research is going on into the application
of expert systems and knowledge engineering to library and information
work. This book is one of the first to bring together the results
of that research; it is highly recommended.'
- IT's News
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- 'I strongly recommend this book.... well presented, gives
a useful overview of the area, and summarises some of the more
interesting recent initiatives.'
- Inform
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