Technological solutions for reproducibility and “showing of work”: a response to “Redundancy of Terms Is Not an Error but Plays a Positive Role in Composing Search Strategies”

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.936

Keywords:

Information Storage and Retrieval, Search Terms, Letters to the Editor

Abstract

Response to Schoones JW. Redundancy of terms is not an error but plays a positive role in composing search strategies [letter to the editor]. J Med Libr Assoc. 2020 Jan;108(1):118–9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.780. Comment on Salvador-Oliván JA, Marco-Cuenca G, Arquero-Avilés R. Errors in search strategies used in systematic reviews and their effects on information retrieval. J Med Libr Assoc. 2019 Apr;107(2):210–21. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.567.

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Salvador-Oliván JA, Marco-Cuenca G, Arquero-Avilés R. Response to “Redundancy of terms is not an error but plays a positive role in composing search strategies” [letter to the editor]. J Med Libr Assoc. 2020 Jan;108(1):118–9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.832.

Author Biography

Tony Russell-Rose, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of London; Director, UXLabs; and Founder, 2Dsearch, London

Tony joined Goldsmiths in September 2019 as senior lecturer in computer science. He is also director of UXLabs, a research and design consultancy specialising in complex search and information access applications, and founder of 2Dsearch, a start-up applying AI, natural language processin,g and data visualisation to create the next generation of professional search tools.

He has served as vice-chair of the BCS Information Retrieval group and chair of the CIEHF Human-Computer Interaction group. He is Honorary Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Interactive Systems Research, City University, London, and also holds the position of Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Cognitive Computing and AI at Essex University.

References

Salvador-Oliván JA, Marco-Cuenca G, Arquero-Avilés R. Response to “Redundancy of terms is not an error but plays a positive role in composing search strategies” [letter to the editor]. J Med Libr Assoc. 2020 Jan;108(1):118–9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.832.

Schoones JW. Redundancy of terms is not an error but plays a positive role in composing search strategies [letter to the editor]. J Med Libr Assoc. 2020 Jan;108(1):118–9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.780.

Russell-Rose T, Shokraneh F. Designing the structured search experience: rethinking the query-builder paradigm. Weave J Libr User Exp. 2020;3(1). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/weave.12535642.0003.102.

Salvador-Oliván JA, Marco-Cuenca G, Arquero-Avilés R. Errors in search strategies used in systematic reviews and their effects on information retrieval. J Med Libr Assoc. 2019 Apr;107(2):210–21. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.567.

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Published

2020-07-01

Issue

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2020): July 2020

Section

Letter to the Editor