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  1. Allen, B.; Reser, D.: Content analysis in library and information science research (1990) 0.01
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    Source
    Library and information science research. 12(1990) no.3, S.251-262
  2. Allen, B.: Information needs : a person-in-situation approach (1997) 0.01
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    Abstract
    Considers 4 approaches that have been idetified for studying information needs: cognitive; social; social cognition; and organizational; using a problem solving model. Identifies individual and situational variables that influence how individuals and groups experience information needs and shows how research into the information needs of users and the design of user centred information systems and services can be guided by an integrated understanding of how individual and situational variables affect normal behaviour
    Source
    Information seeking in context: Proceedings of an International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts, 14-16 August 1996, Tampere, Finland. Ed.: P. Vakkari u.a
  3. Allen, B.: Cognitive research in information science : implications for design (1991) 0.01
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    Abstract
    Traces the history and development of cognitive research techniques in information science and surveys current research that relies on the cognitive aspect. Examines information systems that make use of the insights of cognitive research, including experimental and proposed systems. Examples include systems that are designed to make appropriate demands on user cognitive processing. Points out that cognitive research in information science has focused primarily on users of information systems and to a lesser extent on information intermediaries. Design initiatives deriving from this research have been directed toward developing information technology that can adapt to the knowledge abilities, and styles of individual users and that make efficient use of the knowledge base and cognitive process of groups of users
    Source
    Annual review of information science and technology. 26(1991), S.3-37
  4. Allen, B.: Cognitive abilities and information system usability (1994) 0.01
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    Abstract
    Two experiments were undertaken to determine how cognitive abilities of users of information systems and specific design features that might be implemented in information technology combine to create system usabiblity. In one case, an interaction was found to combine with system characteristics in a non-uniform manner. The existence of this interaction between user characteristics and system features is interpreted as an opportunity for incorporating user-selectable options in an information retrieval system. In the other case, there was no interaction between perceptual speed and the way index terms were presented in browsable displays. This suggests that user characteristics and system features combined uniformly to create system usability. This uniformity is interpreted as indicating that information system designers have a relatively simple choice between forms of browsable displays
    Source
    Information processing and management. 30(1994) no.2, S.177-191
  5. Qin, J.; Lancaster, F.W.; Allen, B.: Types and levels of collaboration in interdisciplinary research in the sciences (1997) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Reports on a study which collected a sample of 846 scientific research papers published in 1992 and tests 3 hypotheses on the relationship between research collaboration and interdisciplinarity. Results showed significant differences in degrees of interdisciplinarity among different levels of collaboration and among different disciplines. Collaboration contributed significantly to the degree of interdisciplinarity in some disciplines and not in others. Uses a survey that asked authors about their form of collaboration, channels of communication and use of information. The survey provides some qualitative explanation for the bibliometrics findings. Discusses the perspective of scientist-scientist interaction, scientist-information interaction and information-information interaction
    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 48(1997) no.10, S.893-916
  6. Allen, B.: Knowledge organization in an information retrieval task (1990) 0.00
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    Abstract
    1 characteristic that may affect the way users interest with information systems is the way they organise their knowledge of the topic to be searched. An experiment was conducted to determine the extent and nature of this effect. Subjects who were given different advance organisers read texts and responded to questions about the topics in the texts. These questions were presented in an information retrieval context, on simulated pre-search forms. It was found that different organising structures affected responses to questions in 1 topic of the 3 that were investigated. This demonstrates a complex interaction between the topic of the search, the organising structure employed by users, and questions asked by intermediaries. Because the way users organise their knowledge has an impact on their interaction with information systems, these organising structures may be candidates for inclusion in cognitive models of users
    Source
    Information processing and management. 26(1990) no.4, S.535-542
  7. Allen, B.: Cognitive differences in end user searching of a CD-ROM index (1992) 0.00
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    Source
    SIGIR'92: the 15th International Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. Proceedings. Ed.: N.J. Belkin, P. Ingwersen u. A.M. Pejtersen
  8. Allen, B.: Topic knowledge and online catalog search formulation (1991) 0.00
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    Abstract
    This research investigated the ways in which different levels of knowledge about a topic can affect searching for information on that topic in a library online catalog. It was found that people with high levels of knowledge use more search expressions, including more general and nonproductive expressions, than low-knowledge users. It was also found that high-knowledge users employed more search expressions that had not been contained in their statements of information need than low-knowledge users. These differences in vocabulary use and search expression formulation may be of interest to designers of online catalogs as they attempt to increase the responsiveness of catalog systems to the needs of individual users
  9. Allen, B.: Logical reasoning and retrieval performance (1993) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Tests the logical reasoning ability of end users of a CD-ROM index and assesses associations between different levels of this ability and aspects of retrieval performance. Users' selection of vocabulary and their selection of citations for further examination are both influenced by this ability. The designs of information systems should address the effects of logical reasoning on search behaviour. People with lower levels of logical reasoning ability may experience difficulty using systems in which user selectivity plays an important role. Other systems, such as those with ranked output, may decrease the need for users to make selections and would be easier to use for people with lower levels of logical reasoning ability
    Source
    Library and information science research. 15(1993) no.1, S.93-105
  10. Allen, B.: Improved browsable displays : an experimental test (1993) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Browse searching of online catalogs and electronic indexes is a popular means of retrieving information, but some subject heading lists are so extensive that browsing them can be difficult and time-consuming. This resaerch tested one way of presenting a browse interface to reduce the amount of scanning of subject headings required. It found that a hierarchical presentation of headings reduced the amount of scanning required by more than 50% without any reduction in the effectiveness of the search. Better browsable displays of this sort can improve the efficiency of searching but appear not to alter effectivenenss
    Source
    Information technology and libraries. 12(1993) no.2, S.203-208
  11. Allen, B.; Allen, G.: Cognitive abilities of academic librarians and their patrons (1993) 0.00
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    Abstract
    "Librarians should be careful to distinguish between their own abilities and those of their patrons when designing information systems, bibliographic instruction programs, and similar library services. The abilities of professionals may lead to preferences for sophisticated interfaces, complex instructional programs, or services that assumehigh levels of cognitive abilities, while their library patrons may find browse interfaces, simple point-of-need instruction, and basic services to be more appropriate to their levels of cognitive abilities
  12. Lancaster, F.W.; Ulvila, J.W.; Humphrey, S.M.; Smith, L.C.; Allen, B.; Herner, S.: Evaluation of interactive knowledge-based systems : overview and design for empirical testing (1996) 0.00
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 47(1996) no.1, S.57-69