tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post2207810678919936394..comments2022-10-04T14:31:41.219+01:00Comments on The Arcadia Project Blog: Context and meaning in searchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-25599461535668280752010-07-18T22:11:35.345+01:002010-07-18T22:11:35.345+01:00Thanks Emma! The more I think about it the more I ...Thanks Emma! The more I think about it the more I wonder whether "search" is the right mechanism for context-driven delivery - in fact maybe "delivery" might be a better place to start than "discovery" ...Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131103052135978643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-22010173247286600252010-07-16T13:07:54.230+01:002010-07-16T13:07:54.230+01:00Sounds like your son is playing the Fort/Da game -...Sounds like your son is playing the Fort/Da game - so you can add Freud into the list along with Lorcan and Wittgenstein :) (http://www.cas.buffalo.edu/classes/eng/willbern/BestSellers/Catcher/FortDa.htm)<br /><br />This is a great post, and ties in with stuff I think about every time I go through a search with someone on a big, cross-disciplinary db like Scopus. Does 'cycle' relate to an interative process or a form of transport? Or the other way around - and more subtly - does 'recidivism' give you the same context as 'reoffending'?<br /><br />Most recently, I saw a sign saying 'COSMOS' and immediately wanted a drink ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-45919287456419427282010-07-08T12:33:36.305+01:002010-07-08T12:33:36.305+01:00I think you'd either have one interface that d...I think you'd either have one interface that did both - i.e. provided unfiltered results accompanied by "suggestions" based on you and what you're searching for a la Amazon<br />OR<br />Have totally separate interfaces for context based searching<br /><br />The problems probably arise when people don't know that context is being taken into account ...<br /><br />Though of course the underlying mechanisms of search already make a range of assumptions which put us firmly in the context of a "library searcher"!Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131103052135978643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-80168877317672656502010-07-08T09:53:50.603+01:002010-07-08T09:53:50.603+01:00I think this is such an interesting area. Especial...I think this is such an interesting area. Especially as it's true, libraries (potentially) already hold so much useful information to allow them to provide context for searches.<br /><br />I do worry about the issue of what you call "second-guessing" though, not so much getting it wrong but more limiting what people find. Sometimes context can be too restrictive or omit things that actually might be of use/interest. So there also needs to be the option to turn context off in some way. Perhaps less an issue for undergraduates, but definitely once we're talking about research. Otherwise there's a risk of creating closed off categories that only point within themselves and do not create links or connections to things outside. Often the most interesting ideas come from combining things that live in different defined "subject" areas (faculties, classification numbers, undergraduate courses, however you define it).<br /><br />CelineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-78319304672821356192010-07-08T09:16:49.510+01:002010-07-08T09:16:49.510+01:00Not only that - you also come before him in the li...Not only that - you also come before him in the list!Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131103052135978643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-65379788029413133392010-07-07T23:31:39.367+01:002010-07-07T23:31:39.367+01:00Probably the only time I'll appear in a list w...Probably the only time I'll appear in a list with Wittgenstein ;-)Lorcan Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06397088087991889879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-42452751087461999602010-07-07T17:45:06.828+01:002010-07-07T17:45:06.828+01:00Yes, indeed! Are you in Cam anytime soon?Yes, indeed! Are you in Cam anytime soon?Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131103052135978643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-38752457953603466932010-07-07T17:27:18.060+01:002010-07-07T17:27:18.060+01:00For some time, I've been wondering whether or ...For some time, I've been wondering whether or note it would be possible to use a contextual or behavioural adserver to server not ads, but links to relevant teaching content or learning resources...<br /><br />Fancy having a brainstrom around this one day, and maybe trying to hack a few demos/proofs of concept. Eg I've wondered whether OpenX might be appropriate?Tony Hirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192476380420213082noreply@blogger.com