Abstract：LibrariesLinguistics and Artificial IntelligenceJCRLicklider and the Libraries of the Future In 1965JCRLicklider published a book regarding theLibraries of the futureThis book was soon almost forgotten when a different paradigm of computingpartially created by Licklider himselfbecame dominantHowevera re-reading of the bookin hindsightnot only gives a glimpse of a seminal moment in the history human interaction with computers but allows to see in a different light many issues still relevant to the fieldLibrary AutomationThis book describes a system that can automatically retrieve and organize library materialsRetrieval and IndexingLibraries of the Futuredescribes a system that can retrieve materials with almost natural language queriesRESSIONSretrievesInstificational CollectionThe book describes a system that can conduct in-depth explorationfind knowledge in specific fields and organize the knowledgeExpert SystemsLibraries of the FuturementionedProCognitive SystemsorPC Systemswhich can answer questions about file contentbecause the expert system is usually in a specific field Answer the questionNLPNature Language ProcessingThere is an important part of this book describing the ability to interact with the computer in natural languageespecially users can ask questions with almost natural language queries and get answers from the systemMachine LearningAlthough the book does not mention the wordmachine learningdirectlythe described system needs to understand and handle natural languageand to extract and organize information from a large number of documentsThis requires some form of machine learning Essence