In an article for First Monday, Scott J Simon summarises the current environment and challenges for digital libraries. He outlines the basic concepts of information architecture and explores how IA can enhance the provision of search and other online library services. [tip o' the blogging hat to Jonathan]
At the University of Minnesota a MyLibrary portal [...]
According to a series of studies by Carol Kuhlthau and her colleagues, searching for information on a particular topic can involve an emotional journey.
Given an essay topic, for example, you start with optimism, confident that some useful information will emerge from your initial search. As you acquire facts about the topic you start to feel [...]
In August 2007 the University’s email system delivered about 6.6 million emails to staff and 2.9 million to students. The central email gateway rejected 32.5 million spam emails. [Source: Vice-Chancellor's email "Come September" sent to all staff, 28 September 2007]
I’m probably responsible for more than my fair share of this email traffic. The [...]
Next month in Sydney, Richard Wiggins (Michigan State University) will lead a one-day masterclass on search analytics.
Rich has been working with Lou Rosenfeld on a new book about search analytics, so I’m looking forward to hearing what he has to say.
Tags: user experience, search, wiggins, analytics
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