Understanding Information Retrieval Systems
Management, Types, and Standards
1st Edition
Published on 20. December 2011
752 pages
978-1-4398-9199-5 (ISBN)
Description
In order to be effective for their users, information retrieval (IR) systems should be adapted to the specific needs of particular environments. The huge and growing array of types of information retrieval systems in use today is on display in Understanding Information Retrieval Systems: Management, Types, and Standards, which addresses over 20 typ
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Students, professors, researchers, practitioners, and scholars in computer science, mathematics, library science, information science, information architecture, cognitive psychology, linguistics, and statistics working on information retrieval.
Illustrations
103 s/w Abbildungen, 35 s/w Tabellen
103 b/w images and 35 tables
File size
14,34 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4398-9199-5 (9781439891995)
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1st Edition
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Person
Marcia J. Bates is Professor Emerita in the Department of Information Studies, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, at the University of California at Los Angeles. She has researched, published, and taught in many areas of library and information sciences, including user-centered design of information systems, subject access, online search techniques, and information seeking behavior. She has authored over eighty publications, including some of the most highly cited articles in the field. She has also served as Associate Dean and Department Chair. Dr Bates has consulted for a wide variety of organizations, including government, foundation, and private industry clients, as well as "dot-com" companies. Dr Bates is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has won numerous awards, including the Award of Merit, the highest award of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), and the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology. ASIST has also awarded her its "Best Journal of ASIST Paper of the Year Award" twice. Web: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/.
Content
General. Management of Information Retrieval Systems. Types of Information Retrieval Systems. Standards for Information Retrieval Systems.
