This five-volume set is most impressive, not only for the efforts that went into its development, but also for its exceptional quality, organization, and value to a wide variety of libraries...an excellent addition to nearly any library.
– Reference & User Services Quarterly, 45 (3)
This title would be of interest to librarians pursuing such tasks as text and data mining [...] "but best suited for practitioners in the geospatial community who will value the editors' gathering of straightforward, scientific profiles of attempts to make their field more efficient."
– Henrietta Thornton-Verma, Library Journal
I applaud the editors of this book for bringing together a wide spectrum of perspectives and possible methods. Which methods will win out? I believe the normal Darwinian shakeout will leave standing those which are either simplest (see Ockham's razor) and/or best integrated in current scientific and commercial workflows. It will be interesting to look back at this volume in a decade and judge for ourselves if this has been the case.
– Michael Gould, Esri, USA and Universitat Jaume i, Spain