I thought I would start out the blog by using Joan M. Reitz's (2007) Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science to define the term for "Information Retrieval." What it yielded was:
"Information Retrieval (IR)
The process, methods, and procedures used to selectively recall recorded information from a file of data. In libraries and archives, searches are typically for a known item or for information on a specific subject, and the file is usually a human-readable catalog or index, or a computer-based information storage and retrieval system, such as an online catalog or bibliographic database. In designing such systems, balance must be attained between speed, accuracy, cost, convenience, and effectiveness" (Reitz, 2007, Information retrieval, ¶ 1).
At the present, the information retrieval systems I can come up with are WorldCat, local OPACs, online search engines, and online databases. Can anyone think of any others?
Reitz, J. M. (2007). Information retrieval. Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science. Retrieved February 25, 2008, from the World Wide Web: http://lu.com/odlis/odlis_i.cfm
About Me
- Jennifer
- I work for Broward County Libraries as a Grad Intern. I am in my second to last semester before graduation. My spare time (those few brief hours I'm not working or doing school work) is mostly taken up by doing things to improve our house, going to the gym, and spending time with my husband.
2 comments:
How about folksonomies? These are personalized IR interfaces.
The World Wide Web! You could call it the uber-information system.
I have to differ with Ken, however. To me, folksonomy is categorization scheme rather than a information system.
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