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Article: Expert systems at ALA; opinions vary on the role of artificial intelligence in libraries.
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- Computers in Libraries
- Article date:
- September 1, 1990
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This report covers an artificial intelligence session entitled "Librarian Ex Machina 4.0: Planning for Expert Systems," which was held at the ALA annual conference. The session was sponsored by the LITA Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems Group.
"Planning for the Inevitable" Lloyd Davidson of Northwestern University delivered a paper he prepared with colleagues Peter Schneider, David Levenson, and Kevin Duca entitled Expert Systems in Libraries: Planning for the Inevitable."
The authors are convinced that the use of expert systems is inevitable due to four factors: improvements in computer hardware and software; the increasing expense and scarcity of ...