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  1. Challenges in knowledge representation and organization for the 21st century : integration of knowledge across boundaries. Proceedings of the 7th ISKO International Conference, 10-13 July 2002, Granada, Spain (2003) 0.00 
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    Content
    Enthält die Beiträge: Rebecca GREEN: Conceptual Universals in Knowledge Organization and Representation; 1. Theoretical Models and Universals in Knowledge Organization and Representation Jack ANDERSEN: Ascribing Cognitive Authority to Scholarly Documents an the (Possible) Role of Knowledge Organization in Scholarly Communication; Elin K. JACOB: Augmenting Human Capabilities: Classification as Cognitive Scaffolding; Clare BEGHTOL: Universal Concepts, Cultural Warrant and Cultural Hospitality; Maria Nélida GONZÁLEZ DE GÓMEZ: Knowledge, Communication, Information: Intersubject Links Institutional and Technological Mediations in Information; Joe TENNIS: Subject Ontogeny: Subject Access Through Time and the Dimensionality of Classification; 2. Epistemological Foundations for Knowledge Structures and Analysis Nuno SILVA and Joáo ROCHA: Merging Ontologies Using a Bottom-Up Lexical and Structural Approach; Giliola NEGRINI and Patrizia ZOZI: Ontological Analysis of the Literary Work of Art; Jarmo SAARTI: The Analysis of the Information Process of Fiction: a Holistic Approach to Information Processing; N.Y. KOBASHI, J.W. SMIT and M. de F.G.M. TÁLAMO: Constitution of the Scientific Domain of Information Science; 3. Models and Methods for Knowledge Representation Anita COLEMAN: A Classification of Models; Gian Piero ZARRI: Indexing and Querying of Narrative Documents, a Knowledge Representation Approach: Jeremy J. SHAPIRO: Interdisciplinary Knowledge Integration and Intellectual Creativity; Rahmatollah FATTAHI and Mehri PARIROKH: Restructuring the Bibliographic Record for Better Organization, Management, and Representation of Knowledge in the Global Online Environment: a New Approach; Devika P. MADALLI and A.R.D. PRASSAD: Vyasa: a Knowledge Representation System for Automatic Maintenance of Analytico-Synthetic Scheme; Catalina NAUMIS PENA: Images and Words; 4. Models and Methods for Knowledge Organization. Tools and Systems Maria Ines CORDEIRO and Aida SLAVIC: Data Models for Knowledge Organization Tools: Evolution and Perspectives; Vanda BROUGHTON: Facet Analytical Theory as a Basis for Knowledge Oganization Tool in a Subject Portal; Stella G DEXTRE CLARKE: Planning Controlled Vocabularies for the Uk Public; Sector Widad MUSTAFA el HADI: Terminology & Information Retrieval: New Tools for New Needs. Integration of Knowledge Across Boundaries; Hur-Li LEE and Allyson CARLYLE: Academic Library Gateways to Online Information: a Taxonomy of Organizational Structures; 5. Models and Methods for Knowledge Organization and Retrieval Gerhard J.A. RIESTHUIS and Maja ZUMER: The Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records and Knowledge Organization; Rochelle KEDAR and Snunith SHOHAM: The Subject Cataloging Of Monographs With The Use Of a Thesaurus; Ana PÉREZ LÓPEZ, Mercedes DE LA MONEDA and Ángel MOROS RAMÍREZ: Application of the Cantor set Theory in Making Decision about the Collection Development; Hemalata IYER and Jeanne M. KEEFE: The WordNet as an Auxiliary Resource To Search Visual Image Database In Architecture; Douglas TUDHOPE, Ceri BINDING, Dorothee BLOCKS and Daniel CUNLIFFE: Representation and Retrieval in Faceted Systems;
  2. Pfeiffer, K.L.: Evidenzerfahrung des Grundes : Jenseits der vermeintlichen Entzauberung der Welt: Auch in der modernen Wissenschaft ist die maystische Erfahrung als Denkmodalität bedeutsam (2005) 0.00 
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    Abstract
    Auch wenn davon kaum noch sichtbare Spuren in der Struktur der Theorie vorhanden sind, ist nach K. Ludwig Pfeiffers Einschätzung die "Macht der inneren Bilder" selbst für die scheinbar nüchterne naturwissenschaftliche Erkenntnis längst nicht ausgelotet.
  3. Effektive Information Retrieval Verfahren in Theorie und Praxis : ausgewählte und erweiterte Beiträge des Vierten Hildesheimer Evaluierungs- und Retrievalworkshop (HIER 2005), Hildesheim, 20.7.2005 (2006) 0.00 
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    Footnote
    "Evaluierung", das Thema des dritten Kapitels, ist in seiner Breite nicht auf das Information Retrieval beschränkt sondern beinhaltet ebenso einzelne Aspekte der Bereiche Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion sowie des E-Learning. Michael Muck und Marco Winter von der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik sowie dem Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften thematisieren in ihrem Beitrag den Einfluss der Fragestellung (Topic) auf die Bewertung von Relevanz und zeigen Verfahrensweisen für die Topic-Erstellung auf, die beim Cross Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF) Anwendung finden. Im darauf folgenden Aufsatz stellt Thomas Mandl verschiedene Evaluierungsinitiativen im Information Retrieval und aktuelle Entwicklungen dar. Joachim Pfister erläutert in seinem Beitrag das automatisierte Gruppieren, das sogenannte Clustering, von Patent-Dokumenten in den Datenbanken des Fachinformationszentrums Karlsruhe und evaluiert unterschiedliche Clusterverfahren auf Basis von Nutzerbewertungen. Ralph Kölle, Glenn Langemeier und Wolfgang Semar widmen sich dem kollaborativen Lernen unter den speziellen Bedingungen des Programmierens. Dabei werden das System VitaminL zur synchronen Bearbeitung von Programmieraufgaben und das Kennzahlensystem K-3 für die Bewertung kollaborativer Zusammenarbeit in einer Lehrveranstaltung angewendet. Der aktuelle Forschungsschwerpunkt der Hildesheimer Informationswissenschaft zeichnet sich im vierten Kapitel unter dem Thema "Multilinguale Systeme" ab. Hier finden sich die meisten Beiträge des Tagungsbandes wieder. Olga Tartakovski und Margaryta Shramko beschreiben und prüfen das System Langldent, das die Sprache von mono- und multilingualen Texten identifiziert. Die Eigenheiten der japanischen Schriftzeichen stellt Nina Kummer dar und vergleicht experimentell die unterschiedlichen Techniken der Indexierung. Suriya Na Nhongkai und Hans-Joachim Bentz präsentieren und prüfen eine bilinguale Suche auf Basis von Konzeptnetzen, wobei die Konzeptstruktur das verbindende Elemente der beiden Textsammlungen darstellt. Das Entwickeln und Evaluieren eines mehrsprachigen Question-Answering-Systems im Rahmen des Cross Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF), das die alltagssprachliche Formulierung von konkreten Fragestellungen ermöglicht, wird im Beitrag von Robert Strötgen, Thomas Mandl und Rene Schneider thematisiert. Den Schluss bildet der Aufsatz von Niels Jensen, der ein mehrsprachiges Web-Retrieval-System ebenfalls im Zusammenhang mit dem CLEF anhand des multilingualen EuroGOVKorpus evaluiert.
  4. Mossberger, K.; Tolbert, C.J.; Stansbury, M.: Virtual inequality : beyond the digital divide (2003) 0.00 
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  5. IFLA Cataloguing Principles : steps towards an International Cataloguing Code. Report from the 1st Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code, Frankfurt 2003 (2004) 0.00 
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    Footnote
    Weitere Rez. in: ZfBB 52(2005) H.3/4, S.227-228 (K. Haller): " ... Im Mittelpunkt der Publikation steht das revidierte Statement of International Cataloguing Principles. Es wendet sich mit seinen Grundsätzen gleichermaßen an Bibliografien und Bibliothekskataloge sowie Datensammlungen in Archiven, Museen und dergleichen Einrichtungen. Terminologisch und inhaltlich geht das Statement von den Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) aus. Durch die Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records (FRANAR) werden die Normdateien und die Sacherschließung in das Statement eingebracht. Die FRBR sind ein theoretisches Modell, ein strategisches Dokument, in dem durch die Entitäten die logischen Zusammenhänge dargestellt und damit die notwendi ge Erschließungsqualität definiert wird. Es geht um klare Grundsätze für Wahl, Anzahl und Art der Suchbegriffe (access points) und deren Beziehungen. ... Insgesamt ist die Publikation sehr zu begrüßen und als Pflichtlektüre allen Verantwortlichen im Erschließungsbereich und dem in Ausbildung befindlichen Nachwuchs dringend zu empfehlen."
  6. Hilberer, T.: Aufwand vs. Nutzen : Wie sollen deutsche wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken künftig katalogisieren? (2003) 0.00 
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    Date
    22. 6.2003 12:13:13
  7. Bade, D.: ¬The creation and persistence of misinformation in shared library catalogs : language and subject knowledge in a technological era (2002) 0.00 
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    Date
    22. 9.1997 19:16:05
  8. National Seminar on Classification in the Digital Environment : Papers contributed to the National Seminar an Classification in the Digital Environment, Bangalore, 9-11 August 2001 (2001) 0.00 
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    Date
    2. 1.2004 10:35:22
  9. Gömpel, R.; Altenhöner, R.; Kunz, M.; Oehlschläger, S.; Werner, C.: Weltkongress Bibliothek und Information, 70. IFLA-Generalkonferenz in Buenos Aires : Aus den Veranstaltungen der Division IV Bibliographic Control, der Core Activities ICABS und UNIMARC sowie der Information Technology Section (2004) 0.00 
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    Abstract
    "Libraries: Tools for Education and Development" war das Motto der 70. IFLA-Generalkonferenz, dem Weltkongress Bibliothek und Information, der vom 22.-27. August 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentinien, und damit erstmals in Lateinamerika stattfand. Rund 3.000 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer, davon ein Drittel aus spanischsprachigen Ländern, allein 600 aus Argentinien, besuchten die von der IFLA und dem nationalen Organisationskomitee gut organisierte Tagung mit mehr als 200 Sitzungen und Veranstaltungen. Aus Deutschland waren laut Teilnehmerverzeichnis leider nur 45 Kolleginnen und Kollegen angereist, womit ihre Zahl wieder auf das Niveau von Boston gesunken ist. Erfreulicherweise gab es nunmehr bereits im dritten Jahr eine deutschsprachige Ausgabe des IFLA-Express. Auch in diesem Jahr soll hier über die Veranstaltungen der Division IV Bibliographic Control berichtet werden. Die Arbeit der Division mit ihren Sektionen Bibliography, Cataloguing, Classification and Indexing sowie der neuen Sektion Knowledge Management bildet einen der Schwerpunkte der IFLA-Arbeit, die dabei erzielten konkreten Ergebnisse und Empfehlungen haben maßgeblichen Einfluss auf die tägliche Arbeit der Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare. Erstmals wird auch ausführlich über die Arbeit der Core Activities ICABS und UNIMARC und der Information Technology Section berichtet.
  10. Johannsen, J.: InetBib 2004 in Bonn : Tagungsbericht: (2005) 0.00 
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    22. 1.2005 19:05:37
  11. Mostafa, J.: Bessere Suchmaschinen für das Web (2006) 0.00 
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    22. 1.2006 18:34:49
  12. Ewbank, L.: Crisis in subject cataloging and retrieval (1996) 0.00 
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  13. Information visualization in data mining and knowledge discovery (2002) 0.00 
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  14. Jörn, F.: Wie Google für uns nach der ominösen Gluonenkraft stöbert : Software-Krabbler machen sich vor der Anfrage auf die Suche - Das Netz ist etwa fünfhundertmal größer als alles Durchforschte (2001) 0.00 
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    22. 6.2005 9:52:00
  15. Reinartz, B.: Zwei Augen der Erkenntnis : Gehirnforscher behaupten, das bewusste Ich als Zentrum der Persönlichkeit sei nur eine raffinierte Täuschung (2002) 0.00 
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  16. Bruce, H.: ¬The user's view of the Internet (2002) 0.00 
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    Footnote
    Chapter 2 (Technology and People) focuses an several theories of technological acceptance and diffusion. Unfortunately, Bruce's presentation is somewhat confusing as he moves from one theory to next, never quite connecting them into a logical sequence or coherent whole. Two theories are of particular interest to Bruce: the Theory of Diffusion of Innovations and the Theory of Planned Behavior. The Theory of Diffusion of Innovations is an "information-centric view of technology acceptance" in which technology adopters are placed in the information flows of society from which they learn about innovations and "drive innovation adoption decisions" (p. 20). The Theory of Planned Behavior maintains that the "performance of a behavior is a joint function of intentions and perceived behavioral control" (i.e., how muck control a person thinks they have) (pp. 22-23). Bruce combines these two theories to form the basis for the Technology Acceptance Model. This model posits that "an individual's acceptance of information technology is based an beliefs, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors" (p. 24). In all these theories and models echoes a recurring theme: "individual perceptions of the innovation or technology are critical" in terms of both its characteristics and its use (pp. 24-25). From these, in turn, Bruce derives a predictive theory of the role personal perceptions play in technology adoption: Personal Innovativeness of Information Technology Adoption (PIITA). Personal inventiveness is defined as "the willingness of an individual to try out any new information technology" (p. 26). In general, the PIITA theory predicts that information technology will be adopted by individuals that have a greater exposure to mass media, rely less an the evaluation of information technology by others, exhibit a greater ability to cope with uncertainty and take risks, and requires a less positive perception of an information technology prior to its adoption. Chapter 3 (A Focus an Usings) introduces the User-Centered Paradigm (UCP). The UCP is characteristic of the shift of emphasis from technology to users as the driving force behind technology and research agendas for Internet development [for a dissenting view, see Andrew Dillion's (2003) challenge to the utility of user-centerness for design guidance]. It entails the "broad acceptance of the user-oriented perspective across a range of disciplines and professional fields," such as business, education, cognitive engineering, and information science (p. 34).

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