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MyShelf is an information system for browsing based on the metaphor of a virtual library shelf. Like a traditional library shelf, it allows the exploration of the neighborhood of a document. Neighborhood represents semantic closeness which usually has many facets. In MyShelf, the ordering system of a shelf can be changed and the collection is reorg...
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... mentioned above, for task 8 the subjects were free to select one or more classifications. Table 1 shows which classification the subjects used, which classification was first choice, which was the only choice, and in which classification they found results. The table answers the question which classification the subjects preferred: it is obviously the newly developed classification (highlighted grey). ...
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Purpose
This paper aims to examine changes in the quality of user research in library and information science.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper connects recent literature studies and current papers submitted to a special issue about user research and technology in Library Hi Tech .
Findings
The paper concludes that the diversity of methods to study users is growing and a confidence about labeling and using methods is becoming manifest. The number of research questions that a single study answers is both diminishing and at the same time growing more diverse.
Research limitations/implications
This paper is not in‐depth research that offers evidence that a change in user research has taken place. Its arguments build on papers submitted to this special issue on that topic.
Originality/value
Research about users, their behaviour and their needs were often an add‐on at the end of a project. In the last two years, this situation has changed. The topic of user experience is suddenly omnipresent at conferences and in journal articles. Studies about the way research is conducted are an important part of library and information science.
... We intend to include additional data source like other ontologies for information science literature. Furthermore, more tests with user interfaces are necessary based on the results of a previous test [Heinz et al. 2003]. For future projects, not only intellectually designed ontologies will be considered. ...
Homogenization has been the most widely applied approach to create common semantic spaces when it is necessary to overcome the limitations of sharing knowledge posed by semantically heterogeneous concept structures. Ontology switching manages diverse ontologies by integrating them and en-ables the user to access them in parallel. Most important, the user can change his point of view by switching to another concept structure at any point and ex-plore different viewpoints according to his current context. An ontology switch-ing system dynamically reorganizes the concept structure and populates it with knowledge objects. The paper describes the design options for ontology switch-ing systems, presents prototypes, evaluation results and points to future devel-opments. This work integrates research on the semantic web and on human-computer interaction.
... Some of the challenges can be summarized as follows: Semantic heterogeneity has been recognized as a challenge in many information retrieval applications (Chen 1998). Recently, it has also led to novel user interfaces for browsing (Heinz et al. 2003). Common approaches for treating heterogeneity are briefly reviewed in the following subsection. ...
The amount of data on the internet continues to grow. At the same time, fund- ing for professional information work for collection building, quality assess- ment and content representation is reduced. The Layer Model responds to these challenges associated with the internet. The Layer Model shows how information providers can restrict the information work dedicated to content representation to small collections and, at the same time, allows users to ac- cess much larger collections. Transfer modules apply intellectual information work to documents outside a core. This article shows how the Layer Model can be extended in order to integrate automatic quality assessment and auto- mated collection building.
Distributed knowledge management (KM) is a key component of any enterprise’s knowledge management strategy. However, issues
related to implementing a robust distributed KM system deter their adoption in enterprises. We studied the requirements of
a distributed KM system from an enterprise’s perspective. Based on our study, we propose DKOMP; a P2P infrastructure for distributed
KM. DKOMP integrates tightly in to enterprise network infrastructure and yet retains the benefits of P2P paradigm. DKOMP should
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Earlier research has shown the interdependence of Knowledge Management Systems’ (KMS) implementations and corporate cultures.
This study builds on and extends this research by exploring how knowledge-intensive corporate cultures can be established.
Employing a case study approach, we analyze the (successful) implementation of Siemens Information and Communication Networks
(ICN) group division’s ShareNet, a global knowledge sharing network for the sales and marketing community. We bring together
the overlapping disciplines and practices of (culture) change management and knowledge management (KM) by testing the explanatory
power of Lewin-Schein’s well-known and widely cited change paradigm [18, 28, 29] in the new setting of KMS. Our case analysis
demonstrates the linear, staged theoretical framework’s strength in understanding and explaining aspects of success and failure
in KMS implementation projects.
We present the ontology switching system MyShelf which is implemented using technological standards of the semantic web. MyShelf
solves the problem of semantic heterogeneity by integrating different cognitive views on one data collection. Homogenization
has been the most widely applied approach to create common semantic spaces in order to overcome the limitations to sharing
knowledge posed by semantically heterogeneous concept structures. Ontology switching implemented in MyShelf manages diverse
ontologies by integrating them and enables the user to access them in parallel. Most important, the user can change his point
of view by switching to another concept structure at any point and explore different viewpoints according to his current context.
An ontology switching system dynamically reorganizes the concept structure and populates it with knowledge objects. The paper
describes the design options for ontology switching systems, presents prototypes, evaluation results and points to future
developments. This work integrates semantic web ideas and human computer interaction.
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Die Beiträge lassen sich vier Schwerpunkten zuordnen:
Information, Informationsgesellschaft, Informationswissenschaft, wo u. a. der aktuelle Streit um den Informationsbegriff aufgegriffen und eine ausführliche Diskussion zum derzeitigen Informations- bzw. Urheberrecht geführt wird.
Im Schwerpunkt Information Retrieval werden neben neueren Ansätzen zur Modellbildung der Informationserschließung auch Evaluationsverfahren und praktische Anwendungen des Information Retrieval im Bereich des Online-Buchhandels diskutiert.
Weitere Beiträge widmen sich aktuellen Anwendungen der Sprachtechnologie und stellen intelligente bzw. adaptive Informationssysteme vor.
Schließlich findet sich eine Reihe von Beiträgen zu den Themen Design, Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion und Visualisierung, wobei sowohl grundsätzliche Fragen ästhetischer Gestaltung von Informationssystemen als auch methodische Überlegungen zur Entwicklung multimedialer Informationssysteme diskutiert werden.
