Purpose

The subject of this paper is the idea of Brain–Computer Interface (BCI). The main goal is to assess the potential impact of BCI on the design, use and evaluation of information retrieval systems operating in libraries.

Design/methodology/approach

The method of literature review was used to establish the state of research. The search according to accepted queries was carried out in the Scopus database and complementary in Google Scholar. To determine the state of research on BCI on the basis of library and information science, a specialist LISTA abstract database was also searched. The most current papers published in the years 2015–2019 in the English language or having at least an abstract in this language were taken into account.

Findings

The analysis showed that BCI issues are extremely popular in subject literature from various fields, mainly computer science, but practically does not occur in the context of using this technology in information retrieval systems.

Research limitations/implications

Due to the fact that BCI solutions are not yet implemented in libraries and are rarely the subject of scientific considerations in the field of library and information science, this article is mainly based on literature from other disciplines. The goal was to consider how much BCI solutions can affect library information retrieval systems. The considerations presented in this article are theoretical in nature due to the lack of empirical materials on which to base. The author's assumption was to initiate a discussion about BCI on the basis of library and information science, not to propose final solutions.

Practical implications

The results can be widely used in practice as a framework for the implementation of BCI in libraries.

Social implications

The article can help to facilitate the debate on the role of implementing new technologies in libraries.

Originality/value

The problem of BCI is very rarely addressed in the subject literature in the field of library and information science.

中文翻译：

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图书馆信息检索系统背景下的脑机接口

目的

本文的主题是脑机接口 (BCI) 的概念。主要目标是评估 BCI 对图书馆运行的信息检索系统的设计、使用和评估的潜在影响。

设计/方法/途径

文献综述的方法被用来确定研究的状态。根据接受的查询进行的搜索在 Scopus 数据库中进行，并在谷歌学术搜索中进行补充。为了确定基于图书馆和信息科学的 BCI 研究状况，还搜索了专业的 LISTA 摘要数据库。考虑了 2015-2019 年以英文发表的最新论文或至少有英文摘要。

发现

分析表明，BCI 问题在各个领域（主要是计算机科学）的主题文献中非常流行，但在信息检索系统中使用该技术的背景下实际上不会出现。

研究局限性/影响

由于 BCI 解决方案尚未在图书馆实施，并且很少成为图书馆和情报科学领域的科学考虑的主题，因此本文主要基于其他学科的文献。目标是考虑 BCI 解决方案对图书馆信息检索系统的影响有多大。由于缺乏可作为基础的经验材料，本文中提出的考虑在本质上是理论性的。作者的设想是在图书情报学的基础上发起一场关于BCI的讨论，而不是提出最终的解决方案。

实际影响

结果可作为图书馆实施 BCI 的框架在实践中广泛使用。

社会影响

这篇文章有助于促进关于在图书馆实施新技术的作用的辩论。

原创性/价值

BCI 的问题很少在图书馆和信息科学领域的学科文献中得到解决。