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Burton, Hilary
University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, California
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Regions and levels: measuring and mapping users’ relevance judgments
Spink A., Greisdorf H. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 52(2): 161-173, 2001. Type: Article
The authors of this paper collected relevance judgments from 21 users who carried out 43 searches, and then evaluated the relevance of 1,059 retrieved items. The relevance evaluations were collected on several different scales....
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Dec 1 2001 |
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Assessment of the effects of user characteristics on mental models of information retrieval systems
Zhang X., Chignell M. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 52(6): 445-459, 2001. Type: Article
This paper appears to be an outgrowth of Zhang’s doctoral dissertation [1]. The four user characteristics that were studied are educational and professional status, first language, academic background, and computer experience...
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Jul 1 2001 |
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Interface metaphors and logical analogues: a question of terminology
Hamilton A. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 51(2): 111-122, 2000. Type: Article
Hamilton’s discussion of the use of “interface metaphors” in personal computer systems is straightforward. She feels that the range of connotations of these metaphors often results in user behavior that is...
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Apr 1 2000 |
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The evolving virtual library II: practical and philosophical perspectives
Saunders L. (ed) Gardez! Verlag Michael Itschert, St. Augustin, Germany, 1999. Type: Divisible Book
Following up on her 1996 text [1], Saunders has brought together an excellent collection of perspectives and insights to create this second volume. About half of the ten contributors are university faculty, and the remainder are from l...
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Feb 1 2000 |
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Books and bytes
Larsen P. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 50(11): 1020-1027, 1999. Type: Article
In this overview of the preservation problems we face today, Larsen provides a good discussion of the terminological problems (documents versus records, information versus communication, and so on) arising from our complex multimedia e...
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Dec 1 1999 |
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Bibliometric analysis of the impact of Internet use on scholarly productivity
Kaminer N., Braunstein Y. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 49(9): 720-730, 1998. Type: Article
Bibliometrics involves the measurement of various aspects of bibliographic publications--the average number of publications scientists in a given discipline produce, the average number of citations an average publication will ...
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Nov 1 1998 |
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What is a “document”?
Buckland M. (ed) Journal of the American Society for Information Science 48(9): 804-809, 1997. Type: Article
As the title states, this paper is a review of the various ideas and definitions of what constitutes a document. Beyond the standard definitions used in information storage and retrieval systems, Buckland reviews the ideas of several E...
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Sep 1 1998 |
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Parallel systems in the data warehouse
Morse S., Isaac D., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1998. Type: Book (9780136806042)
In this clearly written, well-organized text, Morse and Isaac discuss the basic concepts of parallel processing, including symmetric multiprocessors, distributed memory machines, and distributed shared memory machines. They point out t...
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Apr 1 1998 |
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A graphical, self-organizing approach to classifying electronic meeting output
Orwig R., Chen H. (ed), Jay F. J. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 48(2): 157-170, 1997. Type: Article
The authors discuss the use of the Kohonen Self-Organizing Map (SOM) to classify notes from an electronic brainstorming session. Because such sessions can generate massive amounts of output, an automatic means of organizing and indexin...
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Dec 1 1997 |
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Intranet business strategies
Hills M., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1996. Type: Book (9780471163749)
This book has two objectives--to explain the advantages of using an intranet to support and improve communication on all levels within an organization, and to demonstrate how to convince your management that they need an intra...
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Sep 1 1997 |
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