Deep learning for librarians

Over the past few years, the Data Deluge Column has investigated various ways in which new technologies make use of the increasingly connected and voluminous body of data available through electronic networks. Librarians have an established interest in developments in areas such as linked data and open science. However, there are other areas of technological innovation, which exist only on the periphery of library and information science (LIS). One of these areas is that of artificial intelligence (AI). While the technologies we use in libraries may either currently or in the future make use of AI, it is not yet...