INLS 180 Day 16 Notes
Main Points
Overviews of collections can
improve search
Structure influences
semantics; presentation influences quality (judgments)
Quality judgments are
influenced by others; a social phenomenon; popularity influences quality
judgments
Questions
How will these tools (e.g, RB) change the field?
Are we becoming tool makers [pathfinders, catalogs]
Are reference jobs going to
go away? [consider demographics, consider the nature
of the job]
Will people accept more
active engagement?
Other
interface examples? Commercial apps? Adoption?
Would result sets be better
if people are facile with SQL?
How to scale up RB? Millions of objects?
Do users always need to be
involved in the reference process?
Do different interfaces with
new capabilities lead to new kinds of queries?
[yes and changes the expectations]
Would google/yahoo users be willing to put with a more interactive retrieval interface like relationship browser or facet browser?
Applications
of ILS outside of academe?
UI trends and screen
limitations?
If we say that many individual judgments of quality form a collective objective judgment, how is that like a tyranny of the majority? And sometimes, isn't the result just a lowest common denominator?
2. Discuss Reeves & Nass
3. One-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class
with today?