SP09Q2

Spring 2009 Question 2
Relevance has been a topic of research interest in information science for more than four decades. There are two major conflicting views in the debate: the system-centered perspective vs. the user-centered perspective. In your answer, •Define what is relevance from each perspective. •Discuss the implications for information retrieval and/or the design of services from each perspective. •Propose THREE strategies to help users in finding relevant information.

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