Marcia J Bates

Understanding Information Retrieval Systems: Management, Types, and Standards Marcia J Bates 1.º edición

Brief Description: "Understanding Information Retrieval Systems: Management, Types, and Standards Marcia J. Bates, Editor INTRODUCTION Information retrieval systems, especially those accessed over the Internet, are ubiquitous in our globalizing world. Many are wonderfully easy to use, and it is therefore easy to assume that the design and implementation of information systems is a simple and straightforward process. However, systems need to be designed specifically for their intended functions in order to provide optimal support for the people who use them. It turns out that it is not always obvious what needs to be done to produce a really well-functioning information system. In addition, information systems are almost always part of a much larger infrastructure that is designed to support business, government, and other activities. All parts of that infrastructure need to mesh into a single well-functioning social and technical system, containing and optimizing the information systems within. Consequently, information systems are seldom stand-alone. They need to be made interoperable with other systems of many types, and at many levels of functionality. In this volume are gathered together articles on different types of information systems, on managing information systems, both as collections of data and as part of a larger social and administrative system, and on the technical standards that are required in order for the systems to inter-operate with other systems and networks. World Wide Web-based systems are emphasized. Collectively, the articles in this book provide an excellent introduction to the various aspects of developing and managing information retrieval systems in the context of real-world demands"--Biographical Note: 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/. Table of Contents: Introduction -- Editor -- List of Contributors -- Part I. General -- Chapter 1. Information Systems / E. Burton Swcinson -- Chapter 2. Information Retrieval Systems / Ray R. Larson -- Chapter 3. Information Searching and Search Models / Iris Xie -- Chapter 4. User-Oriented and Cognitive Models of Information Retrieval / Kalervo Jvelin, Peter Ingwersen -- Chapter 5. User-Centered Design of Information Systems / Elaine G. Toms -- Chapter 6. Ethical Issues in Information Systems / Vladimir Zwass -- Chapter 7. Careers and Education in Information Systems / Paul Gray, Lome Olfman -- Part II. Management of Information Retrieval Systems -- Chapter 8. Knowledge Management / Kimiz Dalkir -- Chapter 9. Information Management / Brian Detlor -- Chapter 10. Digital Asset Management / James E. P. Currall, Michael S. Moss -- Chapter 11. Network Management / Robert J. Sandusky -- Chapter 12. Management of Very Large Distributed Shared Collections / Reagan W. Moore -- Chapter 13. Search Engine Optimization / Nicholas Carroll -- Chapter 14. Records Compliance and Risk Management / Bradley J. Wiles -- Chapter 15. Version Control / Jill E. Grogg, Jeff Weddle -- Chapter 16. Digital Content Licensing / Paul D. Callister, Kathleen Hall -- Chapter 17. Piracy in Digital Media / Stephanie Walker -- Chapter 18. Information Storage Technologies / Scott L. Klingler -- Chapter 19. Electronic Records Preservation / Robert P. Spindler -- Chapter 20. Data and Data Quality / Thomas C. Redman, Christopher Fox, Anany Levitin -- Chapter 21. Information Systems Failure / Chris Sauer, Gordon B. Davis -- PART III. Types of Information Retrieval Systems -- Chapter 22. Search Engines / Randolph Hock -- Chapter 23. Web Retrieval and Mining / Carlos Castillo, Ricardo Baeza-Yates -- Chapter 24. Semantic Web / Kieron O 'Hara, Wendy Hall -- Chapter 25. XML Information Retrieval / Mounia Lalmas -- Chapter 26. Information Retrieval Support Systems / Yiyu Yao, Ning Zhong, Yi Zeng -- Chapter 27. Multilingual Information Access / Douglas W. Oard -- Chapter 28. Still Image Search and Retrieval / Vittorio Castelli -- Chapter 29. Music Information Retrieval / Kjell Lemstrm, George Tzanetakis -- Chapter 30. Web Social Mining / Hady W. Lauw, Ee-Peng Lim -- Chapter 31. Recommender Systems and Expert Locators / Derek L. Hansen, Tapan Khopkar, Jun Zhang -- Chapter 32. Knowledge Management Systems / Dick Stenmark -- Chapter 33. Decision Support Systems / Marek J. Druzdzel, Roger R. Flynn -- Chapter 34. Collaborative Systems and Groupware / David Jank -- Chapter 35. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) / Timothy F. Leslie, Nigel M. Waters -- Chapter 36. Clinical Decision-Support Systems / Kai Zheng -- Chapter 37. Integrated Library Systems (ILS) / Emily Gallup Fayen -- Chapter 38. Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs) / Kevin Butterfield -- Chapter 39. Internet Filtering Software and Its Effects / Lynn Sutton -- Chapter 40. Personal Bibliographic Systems (PBS) / Dirk Schoonbaert, Victor Rosenberg -- Chapter 41. Collection Management Systems / Perian Sully -- Chapter 42. Interactive Multimedia in Museums / Nik Honeysett -- Chapter 43. Museum Web Sites and Digital Collections / David Bearman, Jennifer Trant -- Part IV. Standards for Information Retrieval Systems -- Chapter 44. Digital Object Identifier (DOF) System / Norman Paskin -- Chapter 45. Data Transmission Protocols / Chuan Heng Foh -- Chapter 46. Information Retrieval Protocols: Z39.50 and Search & Retrieve via URL / William Moen -- Chapter 47. Extensible Markup Language (XML) / Kevin S. Clarke -- Chapter 48. Resource Description Framework (RDF) / Nicholas Gibbins, Nigel Shadbolt -- Chapter 49. Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) / Edward Vanhoutte, Ron Van den Branden -- Chapter 50. Encoded Archival Description (EAD) / Daniel V. Pitti -- Chapter 51. Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model / Christopher A. Lee -- Index. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Information retrieval (IR) is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, information within documents, and metadata about documents, as well as searching relational databases and the World Wide Web. This book covers the management, types, and technical standards of these increasingly important systems. It discusses all types of information retrieval systems, including those used in medicine, geographic information, and music, as well as retrieval in computer-supported collaborative work, Web mining, social mining, and the Semantic Web. Library and museum IR systems are also covered. Leading contributors in the field address digital asset management, piracy in digital media, records compliance, information storage technologies, and data transmission protocols--; Provided by publisher.; Understanding Information Retrieval Systems: Management, Types, and Standards Marcia J. Bates, Editor INTRODUCTION Information retrieval systems, especially those accessed over the Internet, are ubiquitous in our globalizing world. Many are wonderfully easy to use, and it is therefore easy to assume that the design and implementation of information systems is a simple and straightforward process. However, systems need to be designed specifically for their intended functions in order to provide optimal support for the people who use them. It turns out that it is not always obvious what needs to be done to produce a really well-functioning information system. In addition, information systems are almost always part of a much larger infrastructure that is designed to support business, government, and other activities. All parts of that infrastructure need to mesh into a single well-functioning social and technical system, containing and optimizing the information systems within. Consequently, information systems are seldom stand-alone. They need to be made interoperable with other systems of many types, and at many levels of functionality. In this volume are gathered together articles on different types of information systems, on managing information systems, both as collections of data and as part of a larger social and administrative system, and on the technical standards that are required in order for the systems to inter-operate with other systems and networks. World Wide Web-based systems are emphasized. Collectively, the articles in this book provide an excellent introduction to the various aspects of developing and managing information retrieval systems in the context of real-world demands--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: Information retrieval is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, information within documents, and metadata about documents, as well as searching relational databases and the World Wide Web. This book covers the management and standards of these increasingly important systems. Review Citations:

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Contributor Bio:  Bates, Marcia J University of California at Los Angeles