Innovations in Information Retrieval : Perspectives for Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781856046978 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 176 str.

Allen Foster

Opis

This title introduces and contextualises new developments in information retrieval (IR) technologies and approaches. Each chapter provides a snapshot of changes in the field and discusses the importance of developing innovation, creativity, and thinking amongst new members of both IR practice and research.

Spis treści

Foreword - Ina Fourie
Introduction - Allen Foster and Pauline Rafferty
1. Encountering on the road to Serendip? Browsing in new information environments - David Bawden
2. Classification revisited: a web of knowledge - Aida Slavic
3. Approaches to fiction retrieval research: from theory to practice? - Anat Vernitski and Pauline Rafferty 4. Music information retrieval research - Charlie Inskip
5. Folksonomies, social tagging and information retrieval - Isabella Peters
6. Digital information interaction as semantic navigation - Richard Kopak, Luanne Freund and Heather L. O’Brien
7. Assessing web search engines: a webometric approach - Mike Thelwall