Julian Warner
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262013444
- eISBN:
- 9780262259262
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262013444.001.0001
- Subject:
- Information Science, Information Science
Information retrieval in the age of Internet search engines has become part of ordinary discourse and everyday practice: “Google” is a verb in common usage. Thus far, more attention has been given to ...
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Information retrieval in the age of Internet search engines has become part of ordinary discourse and everyday practice: “Google” is a verb in common usage. Thus far, more attention has been given to practical understanding of information retrieval than to a full theoretical account. This book offers a comprehensive overview of information retrieval, synthesizing theories from different disciplines (information and computer science, librarianship and indexing, and information society discourse) and incorporating such disparate systems as WorldCat and Google into a single theoretical framework. There is a need for such a theoretical treatment, it argues, one that reveals the structure and underlying patterns of this complex field while remaining congruent with everyday practice. The book presents a labor theoretic approach to information retrieval, building on previously formulated distinction between semantic and syntactic mental labor, arguing that the description and search labor of information retrieval can be understood as both semantic and syntactic in character. This information science approach is rooted in the humanities and the social sciences but informed by an understanding of information technology and information theory. The chapters offer a progressive exposition of the topic, with illustrative examples to explain the concepts presented.Less
Information retrieval in the age of Internet search engines has become part of ordinary discourse and everyday practice: “Google” is a verb in common usage. Thus far, more attention has been given to practical understanding of information retrieval than to a full theoretical account. This book offers a comprehensive overview of information retrieval, synthesizing theories from different disciplines (information and computer science, librarianship and indexing, and information society discourse) and incorporating such disparate systems as WorldCat and Google into a single theoretical framework. There is a need for such a theoretical treatment, it argues, one that reveals the structure and underlying patterns of this complex field while remaining congruent with everyday practice. The book presents a labor theoretic approach to information retrieval, building on previously formulated distinction between semantic and syntactic mental labor, arguing that the description and search labor of information retrieval can be understood as both semantic and syntactic in character. This information science approach is rooted in the humanities and the social sciences but informed by an understanding of information technology and information theory. The chapters offer a progressive exposition of the topic, with illustrative examples to explain the concepts presented.
Nicole Rafter
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199580231
- eISBN:
- 9780191702280
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199580231.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
This chapter presents Paul Rock's work on the 19th-century criminologist, Cesare Lombroso. It focuses on Lombroso's reception and reputation and how his contemporaries in North American understood ...
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This chapter presents Paul Rock's work on the 19th-century criminologist, Cesare Lombroso. It focuses on Lombroso's reception and reputation and how his contemporaries in North American understood his significance, how they interpreted criminal anthropology, and how they construed his work more generally. The chapter begins with a discussion on the reception of criminal anthropology. It then evaluates Lombroso's reception through publications of translations of Lombroso's main criminological works. It also identifies works by European followers that were published in the USA, other publications by Lombroso, and other relevant publications listed in WorldCat. Finally, it analyses eleven unpublished letters sent to Lombroso from the United States or from American citizens in Europe.Less
This chapter presents Paul Rock's work on the 19th-century criminologist, Cesare Lombroso. It focuses on Lombroso's reception and reputation and how his contemporaries in North American understood his significance, how they interpreted criminal anthropology, and how they construed his work more generally. The chapter begins with a discussion on the reception of criminal anthropology. It then evaluates Lombroso's reception through publications of translations of Lombroso's main criminological works. It also identifies works by European followers that were published in the USA, other publications by Lombroso, and other relevant publications listed in WorldCat. Finally, it analyses eleven unpublished letters sent to Lombroso from the United States or from American citizens in Europe.
