Application and Implications of Agent Technology for Librarians.

Nardi, Bonnie A.; O'Day, Vicki L.

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ERIC Number: EJ580022

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Application and Implications of Agent Technology for Librarians.

Nardi, Bonnie A.; O'Day, Vicki L.

Electronic Library, v16 n5 p325-37 Oct 1998

Examines intelligent software agents, presents nine design principles aimed specifically at the technology perspective (to personalize task performance and general principles), and discusses what librarians can do that software agents (agents defined as activity-aware software programs) cannot do. Describes an information ecology that integrates clients, human agents, and software agents. (PEN)

Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software Development, Design, Information Retrieval, Information Technology, Librarians, Online Systems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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