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Imagining the internet: learning and access to information in Singapore's public libraries
Adrian Kay Heng Heok, Brendan LuytThis study aims to investigate the discourses surrounding the provision of internet access in Singapore through the public library system and to consider what the government…
Two kinds of evidence: how information systems form rhetorical arguments
Melanie FeinbergThis paper aims to examine how systems for organizing information construct rhetorical arguments for a particular interpretation of their subject matter.
An experimental comparison of a genetic algorithm and a hill‐climber for term selection
A. MacFarlane, A. Secker, P. May, J. TimmisThe term selection problem for selecting query terms in information filtering and routing has been investigated using hill‐climbers of various kinds, largely through the Okapi…
PERCIRS: a system to combine personalized and collaborative information retrieval
Hassan Naderi, Beatrice RumplerThis paper aims to discuss and test the claim that utilization of the personalization techniques can be valuable to improve the efficiency of collaborative information retrieval…
Perspectives of studies on document abstracting: Towards an integrated view of models and theoretical approaches
Mónica Izquierdo Alonso, Luis Miguel Moreno FernándezThe aim of this paper is to systemize and improve the scientific status of studies on document abstracting. This is a diachronic, systematic study of document abstracting studies…
Cognitive styles and search engine preferences: Field dependence/independence vs holism/serialism
Natalie Clewley, Sherry Y. Chen, Xiaohui LiuCognitive style has been identified to be significantly influential in deciding users' preferences of search engines. In particular, Witkin's field dependence/independence has…
The rhizome and the tree: changing metaphors for information organisation
Lyn Robinson, Mike MaguireThe paper aims to review Deleuze and Guttari's concept of the rhizome as a model for information organisation.
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