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	Information retrieval - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Information retrieval (IR) is the art and science of searching for information in documents, searching for documents themselves, searching for metadata which describe documents, or searching within databases, whether relational stand alone databases or hypertext networked databases such as the Internet or intranets, for text, sound, images or data.
		There is a common confusion, however, between data retrieval, document retrieval, information retrieval, and text retrieval, and each of these have their own bodies of literature, theory, praxis and technologies.
		Automated information retrieval (IR) systems were originally used to manage information explosion in scientific literature in the last few decades.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Information_retrieval (673 words)

	Information explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		New London School Explosion Information page about the explosion that killed nearly 300 teachers and students on March 18, 1937.
		Points of Interest - Winter Quarters Explosion Information about the May, 1900 Winter Quarters coal mine explosion which took the lives of 200 miners and information about the planned commemoration and rededication scheduled for May of 2000.
		Explosion Proof Air Conditioning Manufacturer of explosion proof air conditioning equipment for hazardous locations.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Information_explosion.html (381 words)

	EXPLOSION - Definition
		The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.
		A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.
		Hearing the sound of a loud explosion, but you did not see it means that your troubles will soon be replaced with tranquility after you have overcome some small obstacle.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/explosion (264 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Information Superhighway, term popularly used to refer to the availability and use of advanced information services by means of a variety of high-capacity data transport facilities, especially computers and computer networks.
		The concept of an information superhighway remains abstract and has been superseded somewhat by the concept of a national, or global, information infrastructure, which is less focused on the notion of just a single, publicly owned means of information transport.
		Although many people speak of the advent of the "information age," the "information society," and information technologies, and even though information science and computer science are often in the spotlight, the word "information" is often used without careful consideration of the various meanings it has come to acquire.
	fusionanomaly.net /information.html (4230 words)

	The information explosion in veterinary medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		We are living in an era in which new information of all kinds is being generated at an ever accelerating rate.
		The increase in information in science is particularly pervasive.
		It is said that the doubling time of scientific information, i.e., the time required to double all information, is on the order of 20 months.
	www.neosoft.com /~iaep/pages/vetcare/vetcareer/infoexplosion.html (368 words)

	The Information Explosion
		Flowing information is that which is transmitted over the airwaves, on the internet, and on through the telephone.
		So, even in recent years, the production of information has increased to the extent that we are now seen to be in the midst of an information explosion.
		This explosion has implications to the environment in which we live, to the workplace, the academic world, and our own peace of mind.
	www.slais.ubc.ca /courses/libr500/03-04-wt2/www/K_Woods/vol1.htm (224 words)

	Hunting and Gathering in an Information Explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The job of the public school was to put children in touch with information about the world beyond their neighborhood or village and to inculcate in them skills needed to engage with and acquire that information.
		Turning to the information explosion and the digital future, note that the paperless office predicted in 1980 is nowhere to be found.
		To support information access for the frightened, the reluctant, and the disinterested, the process must be so easy that every faint glimmer of curiosity and willingness is reinforced with positive results.
	academics.keene.edu /tstavely/edozarticles/21stcentlib.html (2957 words)

	Information Architecture
		He sees an information architect especially as one who can abstract the essentials from a complex situation or body of information and present those essentials in a clear and esthetically pleasing manner to a user.
		In short, librarians have long understood and practiced the principles that Wurman has labeled as "information architecture." Nevertheless, his fresh, innovative, and artistic exposition of the ideas of information architecture is welcome and should be studied by LIS professionals.
		This lesson has provided information about various ideas associated with the term "information architecture" and has endeavored to show you how information architecture is closely related to, and embodies most of, the long-standing principles of library and information science.
	www.gslis.utexas.edu /~l38613dw/readings/InfoArchitecture.html (3217 words)

	Technological Change and the Information Technology Explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The advent of information technology (IT), which really began to take off in the 1980's and has exploded in the 1990's, has strongly impacted employment in nearly all economic sectors.
		At the heart of what many refer to as the "new economy", built on information and knowledge, is the microprocessor which combined with clever software and accessed through the personal computer has formed a powerful tool for a growing list of work-related applications.
		The accelerating speed with which information technology is advancing is pointing to the need for workers of the future to be in a perpetual learning mode, acquiring new and different skills to keep up with new technologies which have a direct bearing on their working lives.
	www.aved.gov.bc.ca /labourmarketinfo/chgngskills/content/page21.htm (364 words)

	Information Literacy Instruction in Higher Education: Trends and Issues. ERIC Digest.
		Students today face a daily explosion of information resources and the challenge of using these resources effectively and responsibly.
		Information literacy instruction (ILI) requires a shift in focus from teaching specific information resources to a set of critical thinking skills involving the use of information.
		A more multi-disciplinary approach to information literacy research and instruction will create opportunities for more substantial, curriculum-integrated and long-lasting instructional experiences that will benefit students throughout and beyond their academic careers.
	www.ericdigests.org /2003-1/information.htm (1588 words)

	Ryongchon, DPRK
		Additional information, both from the North Korean government and other sources indicate that the cause of the explosion was not a result of trains carrying fuel, but was instead caused by the detonation of explosives that the trains were carrying.
		According to the report, the blast was caused by "the electrical contact caused by carelessness during the shunting of wagons loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer and tank wagons".
		According to a KCNA release, the radius of the damage caused by the explosion was 2 km, with the most serious damage concentrated within the radius of 1.5 km.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/dprk/ryongchon-imagery.htm (784 words)

	Many find information explosion overwhelming
		In just one field, global climate data, the volume of recorded information is expected to zoom from 2 billion gigabytes in the year 2000 to 15 billion gigabytes in 2010.
		The volume of printed information grew by 36 percent from 1999 to 2002, the last year of the study, but electronic records ballooned by 80 percent.
		If all that information were divided equally, each person in the world -- that's 6 billion -- would need a 30-foot shelf of books to store the output of the year 2002 on paper.
	www.freep.com /news/nw/inform19_20040219.htm (810 words)

	Harnessing the Information Explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Meanwhile, information and data continue to grow at phenomenal rates, creating an environment where disciplined management is no longer a luxury; it is a necessity for competitive survival.
		Information is a company's most important capital asset.
		By seeking a solution that supports these usability requirements as well as the general product features, organizations will be a step ahead of the competition, will provide a framework for long-term storage management and will be able to intelligently plan for future storage needs.
	www.dmreview.com /article_sub.cfm?articleId=5007 (1567 words)

	An explosion of information \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Scientists keeping tabs on the restless rumblings of Mount St. Helens this week are better prepared to collect, analyze and communicate critical information than researchers a quarter-century ago.
		The cataclysmic eruption of the mountain in 1980 that killed 57 people coincided with the emergence of the high-tech age that led to a revolution in volcano science.
		As in the 1980 eruption and the current quake episode at Mount St. Helens, scientists usually obtain their first clues to a volcano's stirrings from seismographs on or around the mountain.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041006/news_1c6helens.html (847 words)

	Data explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In this chapter, I examine the tremendous growth in information being collected on individuals.
		Having so much sensitive information available makes it even more difficult for other organizations to release information that are effectively anonymous.
		This measure provides a means for characterizing the amount of disk drive storage that could be used to store information on individuals.
	privacy.cs.cmu.edu /people/sweeney/explosion.html (239 words)

	FT.com - An information explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Database information provider LexisNexis expects its business in China to more than double every year, driven by demand from a growing pool of legal professionals, according to the company's top executive.
		Andrew Prozes, global CEO of New York-based LexisNexis Group, says even though the firm's present China business is very limited, the market over the long term could become as important to the company as the US, which accounts for about two-thirds of revenues.
		Mr Prozes told the Financial Times that Asia ac-counts for less than a tenth of revenues but its China business is expected to expand exponentially over the next 15 years, by which time China could have as many lawyers as the US.
	us.ft.com /ftsuperpage/superpage.php?news_id=fto090620051233118558&... (155 words)

	ALA \| Intro to Info Lit
		Information Literacy is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information.
		This data smog is produced by the amount of information, the speed at which it comes to us from all directions, the need to make fast decisions, and the feeling of anxiety that we are making decisions without having ALL the information that is available or that we need.
		Information Literacy is, in fact, the basis of a sound democracy.
	www.ala.org /ala/acrl/acrlissues/acrlinfolit/infolitoverview/introtoinfolit/introinfolit.htm (780 words)

	broadband » News » Information Explosion - Berkeley researchers study data output
		An interesting study from Berkeley suggests there were 5 exabytes of new information created via print, film, magnetic, and optical storage media in 2002.
		The researchers note that this is about twice the data generated in 1999, and information creation has been increasing at about thirty percent each year.
		Information exists in far more diverse forms that digital data that is on the internet.
	www.dslreports.com /shownews/34957 (2636 words)

	Global Convergence and Local Divergence: Implications of Online Information Explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The negative impacts of information explosion are well known: David Lewis of the International Stress Management Association originated the phrase "information fatigue syndrome." The barrage of data to which we are constantly exposed carries a cost, both physically and mentally.
		Ultimately, filtering the vast pool of information available online to actual needs on the ground is the most critical in overcoming some of the problems associated with information overload.
		Access to a broader and deeper range of information worldwide facilitates convergence of concepts, visions and ideas at the global level; but also a divergence of approaches based on how information is interpreted and used at the local level.
	www.gdrc.org /kmgmt/output-3.html (473 words)

	Information explosion - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The management matrix: technology explosion and the changing role of MIS.
		Never a dull moment: an explosion of cheese varieties, flavors and functionalities boosts excitement in refrigerated and frozen foods.(NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT)...
		The Information explosion: The new electronic media in Japan and Europe
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /information_explosion.htm (192 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Information Anxiety 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Information architect Richard Saul Wurman swept the field clear in 1989 with his groundbreaking book that foresaw the problems of data clutter and proposed a radical new means of organizing and presenting knowledge humanistically; for the new century, he has revised it substantially as Information Anxiety 2.
		Wurman identifies a special ailment of this age of communicationsso-called "information anxiety," caused, in his view, by an overwhelming flood of data, much of it from computers and much of it unintelligible.
		Ten years ago RSW said that data was the source of "Information Anxiety"; he went on to explain ways for people to put data into meaningful displays.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789724103?v=glance (1879 words)

	ELMESS - Service Offers: Information / Explosion Protection, Ex-Heaters
		In order to exclude the danger of explosion by ignition sources, you have to use operating equipment with explosion protection, if required.
		The responsible co-operation of the planner, the plant constructor and the owner is essential for the successful explosion protection.
		By repeated inspections of the operating equipment and the plant, the proper condition of the explosion protection can be maintained.
	www.elmess.de /e_serv_ie.htm (423 words)

	EMC: News Release: "Fixed Content" Marks Next Explosion of Information Growth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Hal Varian, one of the world's foremost authorities on information and Dean of the School of Information Management, University of California at Berkeley, said, "The recent economic slowdown is a tiny blip relative to the overall information growth trend.
		Information continues to double every year, and the vast majority of all new digital information is what we call fixed content."
		This leading driver of growth in information storage capacities will be reference information in its various forms." According to the study respondents, reference information – which is synonymous with fixed content – will represent 51% of new corporate and government information by 2004.
	www.emc.com /news/press_releases/viewUS.jsp?id=1253&printtest123=PRINTABLE (633 words)

	Business America: Data processing services: managing the information explosion
		In this information age, data processing services are crucial to individuals and to the operations of businesses, governments and educational organizations.
		Data processing is used in delivering millions of payroll and social security checks, authorizing credit card purchases and subsequently preparing the monthly statements, and maintaining vital records such as birth and death certificates, and telephone bills.
		Information on these and other international marketing programs can be obtained from industry specialists in the Information Industries Division, Office of Service Industries, and from U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service District Offices.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1052/is_v8/ai_3770471 (983 words)

	Information explosion or junk
		A common refrain from the research community concerns the relative "information immaturity" or the inability of many users to discern between poor and good quality stuff.
		Their information markets are segregated, segmented and classified into a bewildering array of products and services.
		Readers who use this information for any purpose (including trading or investing) clearly understand and accept that it is their sole decision, and that the risk is entirely theirs.
	www.valuenotes.com /et03/jun01.asp?ArtCd=32992 (1326 words)

	Learning-Org May 2003: Pathology of Information Explosion LO302
		So much can be done with all the information on so many topics available.
		information have become too much to be interconnected anymore.
		of the information explosion is considered, it usually called the
	www.learning-org.com /03.05/0072.html (847 words)

	Information_Explosion
		Now, information is everywhere – available through community agencies, special interest groups, the media, and of course, the Internet.
		This current “explosion” of information raises new challenges for librarians, because, in supporting the learning and research needs of their parent institutions, they must now contend with an enormous information base in a multitude of formats – graphical, aural, and textual (
		While one of the greatest strengths of the Internet is that anyone can post information and thus contribute to the world’s wealth of knowledge, one of its greatest weaknesses is that anyone can post information, since they don’t have to pass through any type of fact-checking or editorial revision.
	www.slais.ubc.ca /courses/libr500/03-04-wt2/www/M_Fowler/explosion.htm (259 words)

	Airline Industry Information: EXPLOSION FORCES CONTINENTAL MICRONESIA FLIGHT TO LAND@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		$EXPLOSION FORCES CONTINENTAL MICRONESIA FLIGHT TO LAND #An explosion aboard a Continental Micronesia flight bound for Honolulu forced the aircraft to return to Guam last week.
		This material is published under license from the publisher through ProQuest Information and Learning Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
		All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:15012160&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (119 words)

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