Emily Brown |
Annotations1. Norton, M. J. (1999). Knowledge discovery in databases. Library Trends, 48(1), 9-22. Retrieved May 28, 2005, from EBSCOhost database. Describes the multidisciplinary process of exploring databases for usable knowledge. Compares methods of data collection and classification and explains how they affect the quality of data. Discusses constraints imposed on knowledge discovery by poorly designed databases and data warehouses.
2. Maloney, K., & Bracke, P.J. (2004). Beyond information architecture: A systems integration approach to web-site design. Information Technology and Libraries, 23(4), 145-153. Retrieved June 5, 2005, from ProQuest database. Compares user expectations for online functions with print-based library services and considers the constraints that existing library systems put on the design of a library website. Models a compromise between ideal design concepts and real-world systems and recommends a gradual process of restructuring.
3. Antelman, K. (1999). Getting out of the HTML business: The database-driven web site solution. Information Technology and Libraries, 18(4), 176-182. Retrieved June 6, 2005 from ProQuest database. Maintains that library websites are too large for one webmaster to manage, but since not all librarians have web programming skills, databases should be used to manage web content. Compares database programs and describes how they can be used to integrate and automatically update library information.
4. Bonnevie, E. (2001). Dretske's semantic information theory and meta-theories in library and information science. Journal of Documentation, 57, 519-535. Retrieved June 13, 2005, from ProQuest database. Presents an information theory based on peopleís thought processes ñ specifically on how people extract meaning from information. Claims that the process of forming concepts is like the process of converting signals from analog to digital, where some information is lost, but a useful model of the original message remains. >>top
5. Hui, S.C., & Fong, A.C.M. (2004). Document retrieval from a citation database using conceptual clustering and co-word analysis. Online Information Review, 28(1), 22-32. Retrieved June 18, 2005, from ProQuest database. Compares key-word searching to document retrieval techniques that map relationships between citations. Demonstrates how thesauri, co-word analysis, document clustering, and natural language processing can be integrated to produce faster, more accurate results, using programs that compile lists of synonyms and recognize patterns in search queries. >>top
6. Park, S. (2000). Usability, user preferences, effectiveness, and user behaviors when searching individual and integrated full-text databases: implications for digital libraries. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 51(5), 456-68. Retrieved June 18, 2005, from ProQuest database. Investigates what kind of interface users prefer for searching multiple databases. Describes a study which found that users do not necessarily prefer a single search which provides a merged list of results, and reports that users like having control over which databases they are searching. >>top
7. Dalton, M. S. (2000). Old values for the new information age. Library Journal, 125(18), 43-47. Retrieved June 26, 2005, from ProQuest database. Documents the political history of the national information infrastructure. Contrasts libraries' values with the values expressed in the governmentís information policy. Comments specifically on the commercialization of information and explains how librariansí role in determining government policy has been, and should continue to be, expanded. >>top
8. Kostoff, R.N., del Rio, J.A., Humenik, J.A., Garcia, E.O., & Ramirez, A.M. (2001). Citation mining: integrating text mining and bibliometrics for research user profiling. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 52, 1148-1156. Retrieved July 17, 2005, from ProQuest database. Explains how to document the characteristics of researchers by looking at the citations they use. Focuses on the ways in which original research changes peopleís research methods as well as the fields they are researching. Introduces the concept of citation mining, a combination of text mining and citation bibliometrics. >>top
9. Bang, T., & Harbo, K. (2002). Winds of change: research libraries. New Library World, 103(4/5), 150-156. Retrieved July 17, 2005, from ProQuest database. Discusses the libraryís role in the ìresearch environment.î Points out that new technology has changed or circumvented the peer review process, and commercial networks are now competing with libraries to collect and disseminate knowledge. Also suggests that research has become more informal and collaborative with the advent of the Internet. >>top
10. Harris, R., & Wilkinson, M.A. (2004). Situating gender: students' perceptions of information work. Information Technology and People, 17(1), 71-86. Retrieved July 25, 2005, from ProQuest database. Evaluates college studentsí perceptions of information- and technology-intensive jobs. Highlights the gender implications of studentsí responses. Points out that predominantly female professions like librarianship are perceived to be declining, while predominantly male professions like computer engineering are perceived to be growing ñ despite the fact that both fields require similar skills. >>top |