Recent relevance research: implications for information professionals
Howard Greisdorf
(Howard Greisdorf is a PhD Candidate at the School of Library and Information Science, University of North Texas, Texas, USA.)
Amanda Spink
(Amanda Spink is Associate Professor at the School of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA.)
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Abstract
We discuss results from recent relevance research with implications for information professionals. Our studies show that beyond the usual concern with high relevance and non‐relevance judgements, that partially relevant judgements by users are important. We call for the adoption of a more complex view of human relevance judgements in the education and practice of information professionals.
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Citation
Greisdorf, H. and Spink, A. (2000), "Recent relevance research: implications for information professionals", Online Information Review, Vol. 24 No. 5, pp. 389-396. https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520010357356
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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