Amanda Spink and Charles Cole (Eds.), (2005). New Directions in
Cognitive Information Retrieval. Springer:
New Directions in Cognitive Information Retrieval, co-edited
by Amanda Spink and Charles Cole, presents an exciting new direction for research
into cognitive oriented information retrieval (IR) research, a direction based
on an analysis of the user’s problem situation and cognitive behavior when
using the IR system. This contrasts with the current dominant IR research
paradigm which concentrates on improving IR system matching performance.
The
book’s chapters describe the leading edge concepts and models of cognitive IR
that explore the nexus between human cognition, information and the social
conditions that drive humans to seek information using IR systems. Chapter
topics include:
·
Polyrepresentation, cognitive
overlap and the boomerang effect,
·
Multitasking while conducting the
search,
·
Knowledge Diagram Visualizations
of the topic space to facilitate user assimilation of information,
·
Task, relevance, selection state,
knowledge need and knowledge behavior, search training built into the search,
children’s collaboration for school projects, and other cognitive perspectives
on IR concepts and issues.
This
book is directly relevant to information scientists, librarians, social
scientists and computer scientists interested in Human Computer Interaction
(HCI) usability issues. Undergraduate and graduate students, academics and
information professionals interested in usability issues in IR system design
will find this book of particular benefit.