Interactive Information Retrieval in Digital Environments - Hardcover

Xie, Iris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1599042401 ISBN 13: 9781599042404

Publisher: Igi Global, 2008

Synopsis

"This book includes the integration of existing frameworks on user-oriented information retrieval systems across multiple disciplines; the comprehensive review of empirical studies of interactive information retrieval systems for different types of users, tasks, and subtasks; and the discussion of how to evaluate interactive information retrieval systems"--Provided by publisher.

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About the Author

Iris Xie is an associate professor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research interests and expertise focus on information seeking and retrieving, in particular interactive information retrieval between users and IR systems and its implications for the design and evaluation of a variety of IR systems in the digital age. Dr. Xie won the dissertation award from the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) in 1999. She is the principal investigator on many research grants awarded by different agencies, which include the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), ALISE, etc. She has a strong record in publishing refereed articles and presenting at international conferences in the field of library and information science.

Edition details

• Publisher: Igi Global
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1599042401
• ISBN 13: 9781599042404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 351