Innovations in Information Retrieval: Perspectives for Theory and Practice

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Allen Foster, Pauline Rafferty
Facet Publishing, 2011 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 156 pages
This title introduces and contextualises new developments in information retrieval (IR) technologies and approaches. Each chapter provides a snapshot of changes in the field and discusses the importance of developing innovation, creativity, and thinking amongst new members of both IR practice and research.
 

Contents

a web of knowledge
23
Presenting knowledge for 2 2 Notation used as an ordering device
26
10
34
from theory to practice?
49
1
51
Music information retrieval research
69
Folksonomies social tagging and information retrieval
85
Digital information interaction as semantic navigation
117
a webometric approach
135
Index
147
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Dr Allen Foster BA MSc is Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Department of Information Studies, Aberystwyth University. He holds a PhD in information behaviour from the University of Sheffield, where he was also involved in research projects for a numbers of years. 
Dr Pauline Rafferty MA (Hons) MSc MCLIP is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning at the Department of Information Studies, Aberystwyth University. She previously taught at the Department of Information Science, City University London, and in the School of Information Studies

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