Innovations in Information Retrieval: Perspectives for Theory and Practice

New information retrieval (IR) technologies like Tag clouds give libraries and other information organizations groundbreaking opportunities for mass documentation, digitization, and information recording in many forms. Innovations in Information Retrieval provides an up-to-date look at key developments in the field. Chapters cover cultural documentation and terminological problems; innovations in IR in relation to organizational and cultural contexts; IR in relation to media types; museums and tagging; browsing the Tag Cloud; IR, fiction, and the Web; the future of IR as a facilitator of creativity; tools and semantics; and classification in the digital age. This thought-provoking book is essential reading for all LIS professionals and students.