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Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

1992 Volume 29, Number

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Number of articles: 10

  1. An Investigation of the Role of Navigation for Information Retrieval

    Gregory B. Newby

    Presents a theoretical framework for navigation in information retrieval systems and describes a prototype retrieval system that was developed to investigate navigation. The use of a visual... More

    pp. 20-25

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  2. Managers and Information Technology: A Case Study of Organizational Change in County Government

    Howard Rosenbaum

    Discussion of the interrelationship of information technology, managers, and users, and the structure of public sector organizations focuses on a case study that examined the organizational changes... More

    pp. 55-66

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  3. Intergroup Communication in Design: A Pilot Study

    Diane H. Sonnenwald

    Reports on a pilot study in which a proposed design model was developed to characterize intergroup communication among designers, developers, and users. Design roles, themes, and networks based on ... More

    pp. 86-92

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  4. Referencing Norms in Computer Mediated Communication: An Exploratory Study of Computer Conferencing

    Herbert Snyder

    Describes an exploratory study of the referencing norms used in computer conferencing and considers the applicability of bibliometric techniques for computer-mediated communication (CMC). The... More

    pp. 93-97

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  5. Computer Networks in the X-USSR: Technology, Uses and Social Effects

    Bob Travica & Matthew Hogan

    Describes a study of the current state of computer networks in the countries of the former Soviet Union (X-USSR). Four wide area networks are described; network uses and services are examined;... More

    pp. 120-35

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  6. From Vision to Reality: Implementing the Distributed Electronic Library

    Denise A. Troll & Barbara G. Richards

    Describes the design and development of the Mercury Electronic Library Project at Carnegie Mellon University that resulted in a library information system that provides access to the library's... More

    pp. 144-49

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  7. Why Online Legal Retrieval Misses Conceptually Relevant Documents

    Deborah L. Gillaspie

    Discusses a study in progress that is analyzing retrieval failures in two full-text computer-assisted legal research (CALR) systems, LEXIS and WESTLAW. Computer searching by experts is compared... More

    pp. 256-59

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  8. Making a Library Catalog Adaptive

    Michael K. Buckland

    Describes the design of a prototype adaptive online catalog that was implemented as a transparent workstation-based front end system to MELVYL, the online catalog for the University of California... More

    pp. 260-63

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  9. Knowledge Engineering: The Interplay between Information and Historical Sciences in the Study of Change

    Lawrence J. McCrank

    Discusses trends in the fields of knowledge engineering and historical sciences to speculate about possibilities of converging interests and applications. Topics addressed include artificial... More

    pp. 277-87

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  10. Abstracts of SIG Sessions

    Presents abstracts of 38 special interest group (SIG) sessions. Topics addressed include data models for historical information; managing information in biomedical research; electronic information ... More

    pp. 293-351

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