Relevance as Process: Judgements in the Context of Scholarly Research

Autor/in	Anderson, Theresa Dirndorfer
Titel	Relevance as Process: Judgements in the Context of Scholarly Research
Quelle	In: Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 10 (2005) 2, (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-1613
Schlagwörter	Interaction; Longitudinal Studies; Ethnography; Decision Making; Scholarship; Researchers; Qualitative Research; Logical Thinking; Research Methodology; Goal Orientation; Information Seeking; Information Retrieval; College Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interaktion; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ethnografie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Scholarships; Stipendium; Researcher; Forscher; Qualitative Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Informationserschließung; Fakultät
Abstract	Introduction: This paper discusses how exploring the research process in-depth and over time contributes to a fuller understanding of interactions with various representations of information. Method. A longitudinal ethnographic study explored decisions made by two informants involved in scholarly research. Relevance assessment and information seeking were observed as part of informants' own ongoing research projects. Fieldwork used methods of discovery that allowed informants to shape the exploration of the practices surrounding the evolving understandings of their topics. Analysis: Inductive analysis was carried out on the qualitative data collected over a two-year period of judgements observed on a document-by-document basis. The paper introduces broad categories that point to the variability and richness of the ways that informants used representations of information resources to make relevance judgements. Results: Relevance judgements appear to be drivers of the search and research processes informants moved through during the observations. Focusing on research goals rather than on retrieval tasks brings us to a fuller understanding of the relationship between ultimate research goals and the articulation of those goals in interactions with information systems. Conclusion: Relevance assessment is a process that unfolds in the doing of a search, the making of judgements and the using of texts and representations of information. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Thomas D. Wilson. 9 Broomfield Road, Broomhill, Sheffield, S10 2SE, UK. Web site: http://informationr.net/ir
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01