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Bergman, Ofer; Beyth-Marom, Ruth; Nachmias, Rafi – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Explains personal information management (PIM) systems and suggests a user-subjective approach to PIM system design. Advocates that PIM systems relate to the subjective value-added attributes that the user gives the stored data so that the user can find information again, recall it when needed, and use it effectively in the next interaction.…
Descriptors: Information Management, Information Utilization, Systems Development, Users (Information)

Tuominen, Kimmo; Talja, Sanna; Savolainen, Reijo – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Highlights the importance of conceptual and theoretical work in designing information retrieval systems. Examines two epistemological positions leading to different solutions in digital library design: the information transfer perspective and the social constructionist knowledge production perspective. Suggests that noun-based approaches can be…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Epistemology, Information Retrieval, Information Transfer

Chen, Hsin-Hsi; Kuo, June-Jei; Huang, Sheng-Jie; Lin, Chuan-Jie; Wung, Hung-Chia – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Proposes a summarization system for multiple documents that employs named entities and other signatures to cluster news from different sources, as well as punctuation marks, linking elements, and topic chains to identify the meaningful units (MUs). Using nouns and verbs to identify similar MUs, focusing and browsing models are applied to represent…
Descriptors: Chinese, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Models

Su, Louise T. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Reports on a project that proposes and tests a comprehensive and systematic model of user evaluation of Web search engines. This article describes the model, including a set of criteria and measures and a method for implementation. A literature review portrays settings for developing the model and places applications of the model in contemporary…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Information Systems