Hall, M., Fernando, S., Clough, P. et al. (3 more authors) (2014) Evaluating hierarchical organisation structures for exploring digital libraries. Information Retrieval, 17 (4). 351 - 379. ISSN 1386-4564
Abstract
Search boxes providing simple keyword-based search are insufficient when users have complex information needs or are unfamiliar with a collection, for example in large digital libraries. Browsing hierarchies can support these richer interactions, but many collections do not have a suitable hierarchy available. In this paper we present a number of approaches for automatically creating hierarchies and mapping items into them, including a novel technique which automatically adapts a Wikipedia-based taxonomy to the target collection. These approaches are applied to a large collection of cultural heritage items which is formed through the aggregation of other collections and for which no unified hierarchy is available. We investigate a number of novel user-evaluated metrics to quantify the hierarchies’ quality and performance, showing that the proposed technique is preferred by users. From this we draw a number of conclusions as to what makes a hierarchy useful to the user.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Information Retrieval. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Evaluation; Hierarchical structures; Exploratory search; Interactive information retrieval; Browsing |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2016 16:41 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2016 23:40 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10791-014-9242-y |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10791-014-9242-y |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91910 |