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Examination of relevance criteria choices and the information search process
Art Taylor, Xiangmin Zhang, William J. AmadioThe purpose of this paper is to examine changes in relevance assessments, specifically the selection of relevance criteria by subjects as they move through the information search…
“Relevance” as a boundary concept: Reconsidering early information retrieval
Jan NolinThroughout its history, information retrieval has struggled to handle contradictory needs of system oriented and user‐oriented research. Information retrieval has gradually…
Monitoring digitisation: lessons from previous experiences
Zinaida ManžuchThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate current approaches to assessing digitisation activities in memory institutions.
Complexity theory and the web
Luke TredinnickThis paper aims to explore the influence of complexity theory on the development of the web. It seeks to critique the role of complexity theory as a governing metaphor in the…
Precoordination or not?: A new view of the old question
Alenka ŠauperlThis paper aims to discuss some long‐standing issues of the development of a subject heading language as pre‐ or postcoordinated.
Complementarity – a concept for document analysis?
Roswitha SkareThe purpose of this paper is to provide a discussion on the concept of complementarity and to show how it can work in a concrete document analysis.
Abstracting: information literacy on a professional level
Tibor KoltayThis paper aims to argue for a conception of information literacy (IL) that goes beyond the abilities of finding information as it includes communication skills. An important…
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0022-0418e-ISSN:
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- Prof David Bawden