Rinne, Nathan (ESC) wrote:
>
> I take it whatever people think though, no one is going to claim such
> software will produce subject headings like...
>
According to NLM, they have an 'expert' system that suggests MeSH
subject headings to their catalogers as a way to speed things up. I
don't know if they have written about it (can't see anything on their
pages). The person who spoke (at the LoC meeting on Future of Bib
Control in June) said that the machine gives the same suggestion as a
human about 60% of the time. But it's not just whether a machine can
produce the same heading as a human, but also whether a machine can do
some of the work to save a human's time. NLM says yes to the latter, and
claims it has saved them $$$.
kc
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