Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting
1992 Volume 29, Number
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 10
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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