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Currently Playing...Kathryn La BarreKathryn La BarreKathryn La Barre (Illinois, Library and Information Science) - Bootstrapping facets by revisiting the heritage of early document retrieval systems (March 26, 2008)note: Playback requires the Apple Quicktime Player--> Right-Click or Option-Click to download the media file Click to view/download the presentation Program Description: Facets and facet analysis are an increasingly common part of the contemporary discourse surrounding access and discovery systems. These intuitively adaptable structures are often integrated into browsing and searching tools for e-commerce sites, digital museum portals, and online library catalogs. References to the heritage of early document retrieval systems, like the Universal Decimal Classification, and the indexing systems that were tested as part of the Cranfield studies, are rarely part of this discussion. This omission obscures the fact that facets as an information retrieval construct necessarily arise from practice, from observation, and from use. Robust and fully faceted information infrastructures require clearly articulated principles that are anchored in lessons drawn from the success and failures of early implementations.
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