Dear Colleagues,

I'm excited to report that, with more than six month preparation, the
special issue of the *International Journal of Librarianship* on Artificial
Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, and Libraries has just been
published.

In this issue, there are six articles relating to the above theme. Among
them, one is the transcript of the inspiring speech at the Fantastic Future
2019: the 2nd International Conference on AI for Libraries, Archives, and
Museums; one is on library policy and strategy in the AI movement; the
third one is a concrete example of machine learning application in the
library: using Natural Language Processing (NLP) Summarization technique to
automatically generate summaries of the library special pamphlet collection
for the MARC field. The other three articles deal with the topic of data
science, Geographic Information System (GIS) in particular.

If this is the first time you heard about AI and libraries, you may want to
start with the editorial which briefly introduces the basic concept of AI
and Machine Learning. If you have already started working with AI and
Machine Learning, after you read this issue, you may get some better idea
of why and how to get more involved in this fantastic AI movement. No
matter whether we like it or not, AI movements will soon sweep over every
corner of the world and all aspects of our lives. As information
professionals and technology advocates and practitioners, let us embrace
AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science with enthusiasm and total
involvement.

Have a great day and happy reading!

https://journal.calaijol.org/index.php/ijol


Best regards,

Yongming Wang
Editor, International Journal of Librarianship


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Yongming Wang
Systems Librarian
The College of New Jersey
New Jersey, USA
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