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Peer reviewedPurcell, Royal – Library Software Review, 1989
Discusses the current status and potential for automated library reference services in the areas of community information systems, online catalogs, remote online reference services, and telephone reference services. Several models of the reference procedure which might be used in developing expert systems are examined. (19 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Dial Access Information Systems, Expert Systems, Library Automation
Peer reviewedSugnet, Chris, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1989
Explores the future of library automation from the perspective of online vendors. The discussions cover CD-ROM, online catalog, and gateway technologies, together with such issues as standards, cooperation, and cost effectiveness. The emphasis is on problems that must be conquered if these technologies are to reach their potential. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Expert Systems
Peer reviewedSimpson, Charles W. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1992
Reviews research published between 1988 and 1991 in technical services in the areas of acquisitions, including automation, costs, and vendor analysis; authority control; automation; cataloging, including costs and time analysis, rules and theory, expert systems, online catalogs, and shared cataloging; classification; preservation; serials; subject…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Costs, Expert Systems
Watstein, Sarah; Kesselman, Martin – Library Hi Tech News, 1986
Defines artificial intelligence and reviews current research in natural language processing, expert systems, and robotics and sensory systems. Discussion covers current commercial applications of artificial intelligence and projections of uses and limitations in library technical and public services, e.g., in cataloging and online information and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cataloging, Cognitive Processes, Expert Systems
Peer reviewedRichardson, John A.; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1993
Describes MultiLIS, an integrated library system. Five sidebars discuss the State University of New York (SUNY) Library Automation Implementation Program, Frame Relay telecommunications technology, the Expert Choice Decision Support System, tools for enhancement of data quality in online catalogs, and library automation in the Saskatoon (Canada)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGunning, Kathleen; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1993
Provides an overview of the IRIS (Intelligent Reference Information System) project at the University of Houston (Texas) libraries; describes CD-ROM database performance tests, user reactions to the CD-ROM network, and a survey of users of an expert system to recommend reference sources; and reports on current activities and future plans.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
The Bookmark, 1989
The 16 articles in this theme issue focus on ways in which libraries provide subject access to their collections in a fast-changing technological environment: (1) "Uncovering Information" (Neal K. Kaske and Peter Paulson); (2) "The New York State Library's Evolving Public Access Catalog" (Alexandria Wolff and Jean Hargrave);…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education
