Today’s web-based search engines perform well when searchers know what they are looking for, but fall short for learning, decision making, and other complex mental activities that take place over time.
In its March issue, Computer, the IEEE Computer Society’s flagship magazine, explores efforts by the research community and search engine companies to go beyond search, [...]
Archive for the ‘Information Management’ Category
25 Mar
Computer Magazine Devotes Special Issue to the Expanding Capabilities of Search
24 Mar
No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century
Something for the library students & those interested in libraries & research:
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub142/pub142.pdf
In the winter of 2008, the Council on Library and Information Services (CLIR) convened a group of 25 leading librarians, publishers, faculty members, and information technology specialists to look into the following question: “How should we be rethinking the research library in a swiftly [...]
24 Mar
Informit Enhancements
Hey database groupies … Informit (from RMIT) is excellent for Australian content … including TV news and public affairs plus IT in goverment & law.
Now it is enhanced for your researching pleasure:
1. Custom Database Screen
A new custom database screen has been added to Informit. This screen allows customers to prioritise certain databases to list at [...]
31 Oct
Emma goes to LIANZA!
I’m just about to head off to the LIANZA (Library & Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa) Conference in Auckland … yay!!!
This is all quite exciting as I’ve never been to NZ before & will get a day to play before it starts on Sunday (how very industrious!) and also because it has been awhile since [...]
30 Oct
5 Reasons to Publish with IFLA Journal
Publish with IFLA Journal at http://ifl.sagepub.com and benefit from;
High Visibility at the Heart of the Information Science Research Community: IFLA Journal is available online via SAGE Journals Online, hosted by the world’s leading electronic content provider, HighWire Press. So, [...]
30 Oct
New ACM Journals
The ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH)
JOCCH publishes papers of significant and lasting value in all areas relating to the use of ICT in support of Cultural Heritage. Submissions are sought under two broad categories: Use-inspired Basic Research and Applied Research. Use-inspired Basic Research contributions describe results which push forward the bounds of [...]
30 Oct
use of Social Networking Sites and Services by Higher Ed Citizens
The 2008 edition of the _ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology_ that was released this week includes extensive data and analyses on the use of Social Networking Sites and Services by Higher Ed Citizens.
The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2008 (ID: ERS0808)
Gail Salaway (EDUCAUSE) and Judith Borreson Caruso (University of [...]
2 Sep
For the library mob: a couple of presentations
The Library as Strategic Investment: Results of the Illinois ROI Study
So Tell Me What You Want: Applying Evidence-Based Librarianship to the User Experience in a Special Library
and as I was on late shift I couldn’t come along so I didn’t get any free food either!
31 Jul
New Journal: IEEE Internet Computing, July-August 2008
Covers topics ranging from mesh networking research and deploying rural community wireless programs to reputation-oriented trustworthy computing in e-commerce environments and the semantic sensor Web.
It’s here: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=4236
or do a journal title search in the QUT catalogue.
22 Jul
QUT Emerald Literati Network Award for Amanda Spink
Congratulations to Amanda Spink of FIT
A paper by Professor Amanda Spink (QUT) and Dr. Chery Dee (South Florida University) is Highly Commended Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2007. The paper is – Spink, A., & Dee, C. (2007). Cognitive shifts related to interactive information retrieval: A replication study. [...]
