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The history of information retrieval research
Get PDFThis paper describes a brief history of the research and development of information retrieval systems starting with the creation of electromechanical searching devices, through to the early adoption of computers to search for items that are relevant to a user's query. The advances achieved by information retrieval researchers from the 1950s through to the present day are detailed next, focusing on the process of locating relevant information. The paper closes with speculation on where the future of information retrieval lies
Interrogating spatial analogies relating to knowledge organization: Paul Otlet and others
Get PDFThe author provides an examination of how ideas about place and
space have been used in thinking about the organization of knowledge.
The spatial analogies of Paul Otlet (1868–1944) in relation to
his overall vision are traditional and conventional. Notions of space,
place, position, location, and movement are frequent in the work
of other leading innovators (Martin Schrettinger, Melvil Dewey, Wilhelm
Ostwald, Emanuel Goldberg, and Suzanne Briet) concerning
specific practical aspects of knowledge organization. Otlet’s spatial
imagery is more original and more ingenious when applied to technical
problems compared to his overall vision.published or submitted for publicationOpe
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