Fiction selection: an AI at work?

MacLennan, Alan

Abstract

Considers the historical dimension of the treatment of fiction in libraries and concludes that, if fiction is regarded as a resource, library users are entitled to enhanced access to it. Notes that enhancing access to fiction is widely regarded in the profession as unacceptably labour-intensive, but suggests that readers are favourably impressed by an expert system which requires relatively little input effort on the part of the library staff. Describes the idea of a user profile and its restricted implementation in a prototype system. Describes plans for further development of the prototype system.

Citation

MACLENNAN, A. 1996. Fiction selection: an AI at work? New library world [online], 97(2), pages 24-32. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809610110145

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 1, 1996
• Online Publication Date: Apr 1, 1996
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 1996
• Deposit Date: Oct 1, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 1, 2008
• Journal: New library world
• Print ISSN: 0307-4803
• Publisher: Emerald
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 24-32
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809610110145
• Keywords: Expert systems; Library systems; AI; Fiction selection
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/217
• Contract Date: Oct 1, 2008