MBIB4600 Interactive Information Retrieval Course description

This course on interactive information retrieval (IIR) focuses on users' use and interaction with information systems and the users' satisfaction with retrieved information. The course deals with central concepts and models as well as theoretical and methodical aspects of context-based evaluation of IIR. Emphasis is placed on the relations between users, information needs, information situations, relevance of retrieved information, and information seeking behaviour. In particular, the course focuses on methods and study designs (methodology) for how to study users' system interaction, their satisfaction with retrieved information, and information seeking behaviour.

In summary, the course covers:

• Conceptions of information need and relevance, as well as models of information searching, information seeking, and information behaviour.
• (I)IR evaluation approaches.
• Data collection methods and study design for (I)IR evaluation and user studies.

The teaching language is in English when there are foreign exchange students present.

The course presupposes knowledge about information searching and metadata-based information systems at bachelor level.

Det benyttes en intern og en ekstern sensor til sensurering av oppgavene.

The student should have the following learning outcomes upon successful completion of the course:

Knowledge

The student has

• advanced knowledge and insight about different IR evaluation approaches
• advanced knowledge about central concepts, models, and methods for IIR evaluation and user studies
• advanced knowledge about how to conduct IIR evaluation and user studies

Skills

The student can

• reflect on central models and methods for IIR evaluation and user studies
• assess relevant methods, and combinations of these, for IIR evaluation and user studies
• identify and compare key evaluation concepts for IIR evaluation and user studies
• use advanced knowledge on central concepts, models, and methods to conduct IIR evaluation and user studies

General competence

The student is able to

• disseminate and give an account of different IR evaluation approaches
• analytically assess relevant methods, and combinations of these, for IIR evaluation and user studies
• independently design, plan, and conduct different types of IIR evaluations and user studies

Du kan søke opptak til dette emnet utenom masterutdanningen.

Opptakskrav

Samme opptakskrav som til master i bibliotek- og informasjonsvitenskap, samt gjennomsnittskarakter C fra bachelorgraden.

The student conducts an empirical study based on the course (in the form of a pilot study).

The empirical study can be made individually, or in groups of 2-3 students.

I emnet gjennomgås teknologier, standarder og protokoller som ligger til grunn for moderne webbaserte informasjonstjenester. Viktige prinsipper, metoder og teknikker som benyttes ved utvikling av webbaserte tjenester og digitale bibliotek, blir også tatt opp:

• Kunnskap om sentrale tekniske webstandarder.
• Web- og tjenestearkitektur.
• Grunnleggende og generelle prinsipper for interoperabilitet.
• Ulike måter for å sikre interoperabilitet mellom metadataformater.
• Kunnskap om utbredte protokoller og standarder som understøtter interoperabilitet mellom informasjonssystemer.

Term paper: All written aids are allowed as long as the source reference rules are followed.

Oral examination: Texts from syllabus, course notes, and presentation notes are permitted at the oral exam.

Grading scale A - F

An internal and external examiner make the assessment of all exams.

Pia Borlund