Information retrieval is a fundamental component of human information behavior. The ability
to extract useful information from large electronic resources not only is one of the main …

We examine a knowledge management (KM) success model that incorporates the quality of
available knowledge and KM systems built to share and reuse knowledge such as …

Knowledge management systems (KMSs) facilitate the efficient and effective sharing of a
firm's intellectual resources. However, sifting through the myriad of content available through …

Purpose–The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive literature review on the
utilisation of intelligent agent technology in the library environment. Design/methodology …

Library catalogs have represented stagnant technology for close to twenty years. Moving
toward a next-generation catalog, North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries …

Jane, a 10th grader, is writing a report on ancient Greek religious figures for her classical
history class. She enters the word" Nike" into the Google search engine in an attempt to find …

Implicit relevance feedback (IRF) is the process by which a search system unobtrusively
gathers evidence on searcher interests from their interaction with the system. IRF is a new …

This paper analyzes the results of transaction logs at California State University, Los
Angeles (CSULA) and studies the effects of implementing a Web-based OPAC along with …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to report a study of how the test instrument of a
simulated work task situation is used in empirical evaluations of interactive information …

Searchers can face problems finding the information they seek. One reason for this is that
they may have difficulty devising queries to express their information needs. In this article …