[Sigia-l] [Fwd: Thesis Defense for Jason Morrison (IAKM): Information Retrieval Effectiveness of Folksonomies on the World Wide Web]

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Subject: Thesis Defense for Jason Morrison (IAKM): Information Retrieval
Effectiveness of Folksonomies on the World Wide Web From:    "FROEHLICH,
THOMAS" <tfroehli at kent.edu>
Date:    Wed, March 21, 2007 3:50 pm
To:      "sigia-l" <Sigia-l at asis.org>
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Thesis Defense for Jason Morrison (Information Architecture and Knowledge
Management)

Kent State University
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
10:00 am -12:00 noon
318 Library --- Kent, OH

Public Attendance is Welcome!

Title:
Information Retrieval Effectiveness of Folksonomies on the World Wide Web

Research Questions:
(1)  Do web sites that employ folksonomies return relevant results to
users performing information retrieval tasks, specifically searching?
(2) Do folksonomies perform as well as subject directories and search
engines?

David Robins
Assistant Professor
Kent State University
Information Architecture & Knowledge Management
316 Library
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001
Office: LIB 310K
Office Phone: 330-672-5852