• Academic Librarians in Data Information Literacy Instruction: A Case Study in Meteorology 

      Frank, Emily P.; Pharo, Nils (College & Research Libraries;77(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-07)
      E-science has reshaped meteorology due to the rate data is generated, collected, analyzed, and stored and brought data skills to a new prominence. Data information literacy—the skills needed to understand, use, manage, ...
    • Bibliografier, baser og brukere: 70 år med referanseundervisning 

      Berget, Gerd; Holter, Jofrid (Krysspeilinger: Perspektiver på bibliotek- og informasjonsvitenskap;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2012)
    • Context Matters: An Analysis of assessments of XML Documents 

      Pharo, Nils; Nordlie, Ragnar (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)
      The paper analyses searchers’ assessments of usefulness and specificity on different levels of granularity in XML-coded documents. Documents are assessed on 10 usefulness/specificity combinations and on the granularity ...
    • Decentralized subject indexing of television programs: the effects of using a semi-controlled indexing language 

      Søbak, Veslemøy D.B.; Pharo, Nils (Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-06-13)
      We have performed an exploratory case study to understand how subject indexing performed by television production staff using a semi-controlled vocabulary affects indexing quality. In the study, we used triangulation, ...
    • Do User (Browse and Click) Sessions Relate to Their Questions in a Domain-Specific Collection? 

      Steinhauer, Jeremy; Delcambre, Lois M.L.; Lykke, Marianne; Ådland, Marit Kristine (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;8092, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      We seek to improve information retrieval in a domain-specific collection by clustering user sessions from a click log and then classifying later user sessions in real-time. As a preliminary step, we explore the main ...
    • The effect of task type on preferred element types in an XML‐based retrieval system 

      Pharo, Nils; Krahn, Astrid (Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology;62 (9), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-07-05)
      This article examines the influence of task type on the users' preferred level of document elements (full articles, sections, or subsections) during interaction with an XML-version of Wikipedia. We found that in general ...
    • EPUB as Publication Format in Open Access Journals: Tools and Workflow 

      Eikebrokk, Trude; Dahl, Tor Arne; Kessel, Siri (Code4Lib Journal;(24), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-04-16)
      In this article, we present a case study of how the main publishing format of an Open Access journal was changed from PDF to EPUB by designing a new workflow using JATS as the basic XML source format. We state the reasons ...
    • Evaluating (linked) metadata transformations across cultural heritage domains 

      Tallerås, Kim; Massey, David; Husevåg, Anne-Stine Ruud; Preminger, Michael; Pharo, Nils (Communications in Computer and Information Science;478, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-11)
      This paper describes an approach to the evaluation of different aspects in the transformation of existing metadata into Linked data-compliant knowledge bases. At Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, ...
    • The information practices of business PhD students 

      Bøyum, Idunn; Aabø, Svanhild (New Library World;116(3/4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to investigate how PhD students discover, choose and use information and literature for their research. Design/methodology/approach – Eight PhD students at the Norwegian Business ...
    • 'Irrational' searchers and IR-rational researchers 

      Pharo, Nils; Järvelin, Kalervo (Journal of The American Society For Information Science And Technology, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)
      In this article we look at the prescriptions advocated by Web search textbooks in the light of a selection of empirical data of real Web information search processes. We use the strategy of disjointed incrementalism, which ...
    • OUC's participation in the 2009 INEX Book Track 

      Preminger, Michael; Nordlie, Ragnar; Pharo, Nils (Lecture Notes in Computer Science = Lecture notes in artificial intelligence;6203, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      In this article we describe the Oslo University College's participation in the INEX 2009 Book track. This year's tasks have been featuring complex topics, containing aspects. These lend themselves to use in both the book ...
    • OUC's participation in the 2010 INEX Book Track 

      Preminger, Michael; Nordlie, Ragnar (Lecture Notes in Computer Science = Lecture notes in artificial intelligence;6932, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      In this article we describe the Oslo University College’s participation in the INEX 2010 Book track. The OUC has submitted retrieval results for the “prove it” task with traditional relevance detection combined with some ...
    • Overview of the INEX 2009 Interactive Track 

      Pharo, Nils; Nordlie, Ragnar; Fuhr, Norbert; Beckers, Thomas; Fachry, Khairun Nisa (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;6203, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      In the paper we present the organization of the INEX 2009 interactive track. For the 2009 experiments the iTrack has gathered data on user search behavior in a collection consisting of book metadata taken from the online ...
    • Overview of the INEX 2010 Interactive Track 

      Pharo, Nils; Beckers, Thomas; Nordlie, Ragnar; Fuhr, Norbert (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;6932, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      In the paper we present the organization of the INEX 2010 interactive track. For the 2010 experiments the iTrack has gathered data on user search behavior in a collection consisting of book metadata taken from the online ...
    • Quality information on the internet: Norwegian library students on the search 

      Sveum, Tor (New Library World;107 (7/8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)
      Purpose In the autumn of 2006, two groups of students from the Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science at Oslo University College participated in a cooperative project with the Norwegian online reference ...
    • Search Transition as a Measure of Effort in Information Retrieval Interaction 

      Nordlie, Ragnar; Pharo, Nils (Proceedings of the ASIS annual meeting;(50), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      In this article we introduce the concept of search transitions as a unit for measuring the effort invested by searchers in information retrieval interaction. The concept is discussed and compared to traditional measures ...
    • Undervisning i klassifikasjon og indeksering i bibliotekarutdanningen 

      Olsen, Heidi Kristin; Ådland, Marit Kristine (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2015-12)
    • Using semantic web technologies to collaboratively collect and share user-generated content in order to enrich the presentation of bibliographic records 

      Holgersen, Ragnhild; Preminger, Michael; Massey, David (Code4Lib Journal;17, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
    • When Trustworthy Information Becomes Inaccessible: The Search Behaviour of Users with Dyslexia in an Online Encyclopedia 

      Kvikne, Birgit; Berget, Gerd (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The ability to search for trustworthy information has become increasingly important. Access to information is key for a democratic, inclusive society. However, poorly designed search user interfaces exclude certain user ...