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Dewey vs Genre Throwdown
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Buchter, Holli – Knowledge Quest, 2013
In this article St. Vrain Valley (CO) School District (SVVSD) librarian, Holli Buchter describes what took place in the school libraries in the district when the newest elementary school, Red Hawk, opened its doors. Red Hawk asked and answered the question: "Is the Dewey Decimal Classification system still the best way for students to locate…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Libraries, Library Development, Library Materials
The Library in the Life of the User: Engaging with People Where They Live and Learn
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Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, Comp. – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2015
The contributions in this volume represent a decade of OCLC's user behavior research findings that articulate the need for the design of future library services to be all about the user. Highlights include: (1) People associate the library with books and do not consider the library in relation to online resources or reference services; (2) People…
Descriptors: Library Services, User Needs (Information), User Satisfaction (Information), Library Research
From Highly Relevant to Not Relevant: Examining Different Regions of Relevance.
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Spink, Amanda; Greisdorf, Howard; Bateman, Judy – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Discussion of user-relevance judgments in information retrieval focuses on findings from four separate studies of relevance judgments by 55 users conducting their initial online search on a particular information problem. Highlights include a theoretical framework, models of relevance, and implications for information-retrieval system design and…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Models, Online Searching, Relevance (Information Retrieval)
The Necessity for Adaptation in Modified Boolean Document Retrieval Systems.
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Gordon, Michael D. – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Describes the three subsystems of an information retrieval system (document descriptions, queries, and matching algorithms) and argues that the interdependency of these subsystems requires adaptation for the system to perform when any component changes. An algorithm for redescribing documents, in response to changes in queries and retrieval rules,…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Feedback, Information Retrieval, Models
Bibliographic Information Retrieval Systems: Increasing Cognitive Compatibility.
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Smith, Philip J.; And Others – Information Services and Use, 1987
Discusses the impact of research in artificial intelligence and human computer interaction on the design of bibliographic information retrieval systems, and presents design principles of a prototype system that uses semantically based searches and a knowledge base consisting of conceptual frames. (10 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Style, Human Factors Engineering, Man Machine Systems
A Behavioural Approach to Information Retrieval System Design.
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Ellis, David – Journal of Documentation, 1989
Outlines a behavioral approach to information retrieval system design based on the derivation of a behavioral model of the information-seeking patterns of academic social scientists. The extent to which identified information-seeking characteristics are supported by existing systems is considered, and requirements for implementing these features…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behaviorism, Computer System Design, Higher Education