Abbreviated Contents Figures and Tables Preface Introduction and Examples Concepts Relevant to Information Behavior Models, Paradigms, and Theories in the Study of Information Behavior Methods for Studying Information Behavior Research Results and Reflections Appendix: Glossary Appendix: Questions for Discussion and Application References Index

Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs and Behavior

Seeking meaning: A process approach to library and information services

The major change in the second edition of this book is the addition of a new chapter on probabilistic retrieval. This chapter has been included because I think this is one of the most interesting and active areas of research in information retrieval. There are still many problems to be solved so I hope that this particular chapter will be of some help to those who want to advance the state of knowledge in this area. All the other chapters have been updated by including some of the more recent work on the topics covered. In preparing this new edition I have benefited from discussions with Bruce Croft, The material of this book is aimed at advanced undergraduate information (or computer) science students, postgraduate library science students, and research workers in the field of IR. Some of the chapters, particularly Chapter 6 * , make simple use of a little advanced mathematics. However, the necessary mathematical tools can be easily mastered from numerous mathematical texts that now exist and, in any case, references have been given where the mathematics occur. I had to face the problem of balancing clarity of exposition with density of references. I was tempted to give large numbers of references but was afraid they would have destroyed the continuity of the text. I have tried to steer a middle course and not compete with the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. Normally one is encouraged to cite only works that have been published in some readily accessible form, such as a book or periodical. Unfortunately, much of the interesting work in IR is contained in technical reports and Ph.D. theses. For example, most the work done on the SMART system at Cornell is available only in reports. Luckily many of these are now available through the National Technical Information Service (U.S.) and University Microfilms (U.K.). I have not avoided using these sources although if the same material is accessible more readily in some other form I have given it preference. I should like to acknowledge my considerable debt to many people and institutions that have helped me. Let me say first that they are responsible for many of the ideas in this book but that only I wish to be held responsible. My greatest debt is to Karen Sparck Jones who taught me to research information retrieval as an experimental science. Nick Jardine and Robin …

Information retrieval

This article summarizes findings from studies that employed electronic mail (e-mail) for conducting indepth interviewing. It discusses the benefits of, and the challenges associated with, using e-mail interviewing in qualitative research. The article concludes that while a mixed mode interviewing strategy should be considered when possible, e-mail interviewing can be in many cases a viable alternative to face-to-face and telephone interviewing. A list of recommendations for carrying out effective e-mail interviews is presented.

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E-Mail Interviewing in Qualitative Research: A Methodological Discussion

Beginning with the basic issues of NLP, this chapter aims to chart the major research activities in this area since the last ARIST Chapter in 1996 (Haas, 1996), including: (i) natural language text processing systems - text summarization, information extraction, information retrieval, etc., including domain-specific applications; (ii) natural language interfaces; (iii) NLP in the context of www and digital libraries ; and (iv) evaluation of NLP systems.

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Natural language processing

This paper revises David Ellis's information-seeking behavior model of social scientists, which includes six generic features: starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating, monitoring, and extracting. The paper uses social science faculty researching stateless nations as the study population. The description and analysis of the information-seeking behavior of this group of scholars is based on data collected through structured and semistructured electronic mail interviews. Sixty faculty members from 14 different countries were interviewed by e-mail. For reality check purposes, face-to-face interviews with five faculty members were also conducted. Although the study confirmed Ellis's model, it found that a fuller description of the information-seeking process of social scientists studying stateless nations should include four additional features besides those identified by Ellis. These new features are: accessing, networking, verifying, and information managing. In view of that, the study develops a new model, which, unlike Ellis's, groups all the features into four interrelated stages: searching, accessing, processing, and ending. This new model is fully described and its implications on research and practice are discussed. How and why scholars studied here are different than other academic social scientists is also discussed.

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Modeling the information-seeking behavior of social scientists: Ellis's study revisited

The Primarily History project is the first international, comparative study to examine historians' information-seeking behaviors since the advent of the World Wide Web, electronic finding aids, digitized collections, and an increasingly pervasive networked scholarly environment. Funded by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation, Primarily History is a collaboration of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) and the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. This article reports on a survey that asked historians teaching American history at sixty-eight top-ranked institutions how they located primary resources for their research. Information-seeking behaviors identified range from traditional print approaches to use of on-line databases, Web searching, and virtual repository visits. Implications are drawn for archives and special collection repositories.

Primarily History in America: How U.S. Historians Search for Primary Materials at the Dawn of the Digital Age

This paper describes the first phase of an international project that is exploring how historians locate primary resource materials in the digital age, what they are teaching their Ph.D. students about finding research materials, and what archivists are doing to facilitate access to these materials. Preliminary findings are presented from a survey of 300 historians studying American History from leading institutions of higher education in the U.S. Tentative conclusions indicate the need to provide multiple pathways of access to historical research materials including paper-based approaches and newer digital ones. The need for user education, especially in regard to electronic search methodologies is indicated.

Primarily history: historians and the search for primary source materials

In recent years, the concept of digital curation has served as an umbrella spanning activities across a diversity of professions, institutions, actors, and sectors. We summarize the motivation, principles, methodology, and data that have served as the basis for the DigCCurr Matrix of Digital Curation Knowledge and Skills, and elaborate its six dimensions: 1) mandates, values, and principles; 2) functions and skills; 3) professional, disciplinary, or institutional/organizational context; 4) type of resource; 5) prerequisite knowledge; and 6) transition point in the information continuum. We explain how the Matrix can support the identification and organization of material to be addressed in professional education programs. This detailed articulation of digital curation activities reveals numerous opportunities to promote, advance, and further enhance the skills and capabilities of archivists. We present aspects of the DigCCurr Matrix that intersect with long-standing, archival competencies as well as discussing areas of potential growth and collaboration. Finally, we explain how expanding one’s professional focus from digital preservation to the wider universe of digital curation is similar and complementary to the move toward postcustodial and continuum approaches within the archival profession. We elaborate areas in which archivists can take advantage of these connections to advance the archival enterprise. RESUME Depuis quelques annees, le concept de la conservation numerique (« digital curation ») recouvre des activites englobant une vaste etendue de professions, d’institutions, de joueurs et de secteurs. Dans cet article, les auteurs font le resume des intentions, des principes, des methodologies et des donnees qui ont servi de base a la DigCCurr Matrix of Digital Curation Knowledge and Skills et elaborent ses six dimensions : 1) les mandats, valeurs et principes; 2) les fonctions et competences; 3) le contexte professionnel, disciplinaire ou institutionnel/organisationnel; 4) le type de ressource; 5) les connaissances prerequises; 6) le point de transition dans le continuum de l’information. Ils expliquent comment la matrice peut appuyer l’identification et l’organisation du materiel dont il sera question dans les programmes d’education professionnelle. Cette enonciation detaillee des activites de la conservation numerique revele de nombreuses occasions pour promouvoir, developper et parfaire davantage les competences et habiletes des archivistes. Les auteurs presentent des aspects de la DigCCurr Matrix qui croisent les competences archivistiques bien etablies, tout en presentant des domaines de croissance et de collaboration potentielles. Enfin, ils expliquent comment l’elargissement du champ professionnel a partir de la preservation numerique (« digital preservation ») vers l’univers plus vaste de la conservation numerique ressemble et complete le mouvement vers des approches fondees sur le continuum des documents et le depassement de la conservation (« postcustodialism »). Les auteurs elaborent enfin sur les domaines dans lesquels les archivistes pourraient prendre avantage de ce changement.

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Where’s the Archivist in Digital Curation? Exploring the Possibilities through a Matrix of Knowledge and Skills

From the impact of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, including amendments, to technology's potential for increasing productivity, you need to keep abreast of the latest changes and the newest innovations. These detailed guides will help you: -- Determine hardware and software needs for technical services workstations -- Accurately catalog material from serials to reproductions to interactive multimedia -- Integrate preservation activities into the acquisition process "A rich introduction to the subject...always clear, logically organized, and highly readable. The tables and figures are simple in design and easy to read...The research and insights will be fascinating and invaluable for oil interested in information retrieval". -- Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science

Helen R. Tibbo

Papers

Modeling the information-seeking behavior of social scientists: Ellis's study revisited

Primarily History in America: How U.S. Historians Search for Primary Materials at the Dawn of the Digital Age

Primarily history: historians and the search for primary source materials

Where’s the Archivist in Digital Curation? Exploring the Possibilities through a Matrix of Knowledge and Skills

Abstracting, Information Retrieval and the Humanities: Providing Access to Historical Literature