Adventures of an InfoMage in Training

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Donald Case wins ASIST's 2003 Best Information Science Book Award Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior This is the book I'm reading for LIS 510 / Information Behavior (University of Washington) "About the Book: Looking for Information presents examples of information seeking and reviews studies of the information-seeking behavior of both general and specific social and occupational groups: scientists, engineers, social scientists, humanists, policy experts, the aged, the poor, and "the public" in general.  It also discusses general research on information seeking, including basic research on human communication behavior as found in the literature of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and other disciplines." [Read More @ ASIS&T Mailing List Archive] 2:39:50 PM      comment []    trackback []

Sunday, September 28, 2003

Interview with a Search Engine Ever wonder what it would be like to talk with Ask Jeeves? Well, wonder no more and take a look at this interview instead! 5:43:12 PM      comment []    trackback []

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Why the Politics of Search Engines Matters I'm currently reading Helen Nissenbaum's article, "Accountability in a Computerized Society" for the module on Accountability and Liability in my LIS550 class. Of course I wandered around the rest of her website and want to make a note to read "Shaping the Web: Why the Politics of Search Engines Matters" soonish.   7:52:30 PM      comment []    trackback []

Sunday, September 21, 2003

Trusting MSN Search Results How can you trust a search engine that returns these kind of results from search terms like "black people ebay" and "white people ebay"?   Thanks to Riba for this one! 8:18:21 AM      comment []    trackback []

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