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Information Tasks
Toward a User-centered Approach to Information Systems
Av Bryce Allen
Inbunden, 1996
1587 kr
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The user-centered approach is central to the creation of usable information systems, services, and institutions. Information system design should derive from user research into information needs, tasks accomplished in meeting those needs, and resources used in the tasks. "Information Tasks" …
Link Analysis
An Information Science Approach
Inbunden, 2004
1031 kr
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The web is central to many human activities and infringes on many others: at home, and at work, including education and research. Links between web sites can be used in information science and social science research as a valuable source of evidence about online phenomena, and about online …
Power Laws in the Information Production Process
Lotkaian Informetrics
Av Leo Egghe
Inbunden, 2005
1563 kr
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This book describes informetric results from the point of view of Lotkaian size-frequency functions, i.e. functions that are decreasing power laws. Explanations and examples of this model are given showing that it is the most important regularity amongst other possible models. This theory is then …
Using Subject Headings for Online Retrieval
Theory, Practice and Potential
Av Karen Markey Drabenstott, Diane Vizine-Goetz
Inbunden, 1994
1697 kr
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Using Subject Headings for Online Retrieval" is an indispensable tool for online system designers who are grappling with developing new systems or refining existing ones. This ready reference describes subject analysis and subject searching in online catalogs, including the limitations of …
Automated Information Retrieval
Theory and Methods
Av Valery J. Frants, Jacob Shapiro m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1581 kr
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Automated Information Retrieval" describes a fully automated Boolean System and gives special attention to theoretical problems in automatic retrieval of textual information. The book details algorithms in each process in the system, including those that are radically new in the retrieval process …
Library Technical Services
Operations and Management
Inbunden, 1991
1541 kr
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This revised Second Edition addresses developments that have transformed library operations in the recent past. In the technical services administration chapter, there is a new section on leadership and management style, strategic planning, managerial accounting, and output measures. The …
Text Information Retrieval Systems
Av Charles T. Meadow, Bert R. Boyce m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1424 kr
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This will be the third edition of the highly successful "Text Information Retrieval Systems". The book's purpose is to teach people who will be searching or designing text retrieval systems how the systems work. For designers, it covers problems they will face and reviews currently available …
Business Information Needs and Strategies
Av Deborah Klein, Eileen G. Abels
Inbunden, 2008
1004 kr
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The primary objective of this book is to provide an understanding of business information in the context of those who seek business information. Information-seeking behavior includes the underlying information needs that drive one to seek information, the types of information used to resolve …
Operations Research for Libraries and Information Agencies
Techniques for the Evaluation of Management Decision Alternatives
Av Donald H. Kraft, Bert R. Boyce m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
1697 kr
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This book is intended for those in the library community with an understanding of library processes and a desire to actually make use of scientific management techniques. The emphasis is on presenting insights into which tool may be appropriate for particular problems, not on the isolated …
Information Services for Innovative Organizations
Av Carmel Maguire, Edward John Kazlauskas m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
2291 kr
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This well-written guide for the design and management of information services is tailored to suit the needs of students in information services management, both in schools of library and information science and in schools of business management. It is also intended for practitioners, librarians and …
Communicating Research
Inbunden, 1997
1087 kr
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Communicating Research" explores how changing technologies affect academic research practices. The book begins with the rise of electronic media and fundamental changes in the dissemination of research. It then outlines the problems and concerns of researchers, librarians, and publishers: …
Understanding Reference Transactions
Transforming an Art into a Science
Av Matthew L. Saxton, John V. Richardson Jr.
Inbunden, 2002
1306 kr
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The goal of this book is to improve reference service in libraries and information centers, by improving the accuracy of answering capabilities. The authors provide a detailed analysis of the question-answering process and methods of evaluating the completeness, usefulness, user satisfaction, and …
Conceptual Foundations of Descriptive Cataloging
Inbunden, 1989
1997 kr
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Computer technology together with political and economic pressures for interlibrary cooperation are having far-reaching effects on online systems for bibliographic control. This work is a compendium of the current thought on how catalogs of the future can best take advantage of machine capabilities …
New Directions in Information Behaviour
Av Amanda Spink, Jannica Heinstrom
Inbunden, 2011
1352 kr
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New Research in Information Behaviour, co-edited by Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Jannica Heinstrom provides an understanding of the new directions, leading edge theories and models in information behaviour. Information behaviour is conceptualized as complex human information related processes …
Library and Information Science Trends and Research
Asia-Oceania
Inbunden, 2012
1380 kr
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This book brings together a range of chapters about the trends in education and research in the field of library and information science (LIS) in the Asia-Oceania region of the world. Why a book about LIS in the Asia-Oceania region? One key reason for a book on the topic is the huge growth of the …
Web Search Engine Research
Inbunden, 2012
1442 kr
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"Web Search Engine Research", edited by Dirk Lewandowski, provides an understanding of Web search engines from the unique perspective of Library and Information Science. The book explores a range of topics including retrieval effectiveness, user satisfaction, the evaluation of search interfaces, …
Library and Information Science Trends and Research
Europe
Av Amanda Spink, Jannica Heinström
Inbunden, 2012
1380 kr
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"Library and Information Science Trends and Research: Europe", co-edited by Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Jannica Heinstrom provides an understanding of the new directions in library and information science/management, education and research in Europe. The volume focuses on new research directions …
Social Information Research
Av Gunilla Widen, Kim Holmberg
Inbunden, 2012
1315 kr
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Information we receive from and create together with our social networks is becoming increasingly important. Social information has a great impact on our information behaviour and there are many possible angles and layers in studying social aspects in information science. This book presents some of …
New Directions in Information Organization
Av Jung-ran Park, Lynne C. Howarth
Inbunden, 2013
1380 kr
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New Directions in Information Organization, co-edited by Dr. Jung-ran Park and Dr. Lynne Howarth seeks to provide an overview and understanding of the future directions, leading edge theories and models for research and practice in information organization. New information standards and digital …
Developing People's Information Capabilities
Fostering Information Literacy in Educational, Workplace and Community Contexts
Av Mark Hepworth, Geoff Walton
Inbunden, 2013
1491 kr
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Developing People's Information Capabilities: Fostering Information Literacy in Educational, Workplace and Community Contexts is Vol 8 of the well regarded Library and Information Science Series. This book hones in on accessible issues across different work and educational contexts and is of value …
New Directions in Children's and Adolescents' Information Behavior Research
Av Dania Bilal, Jamshid Beheshti
Inbunden, 2014
1488 kr
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The results of decades of research shows that children and adolescents encounter challenges and obstacles in searching for information and retrieving relevant results, and have difficulty interpreting results within various information environments. However, a recent paradigm shift points to the …
Information Experience
Approaches to Theory and Practice
Av Christine Bruce, Helen Partridge m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1585 kr
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""The German word for experience - Erlebnis - the experience of the life, to live through something - underpins this book: making visible scholarly opportunities for richer and deeper contextualizations and examinations of the lived-world experiences of people in everyday contexts as they be, do …
