INFORUM 2011

Ecological Information Strategies – New Approach to Concept Modeling

Author

Jela Steinerová, Comenius University in Bratislava - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Library and Information Science, Slovakia

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Abstract

The paper presents new approaches to development of information strategies. Information strategies are considered as planning the seeking process often based on previous experience and intuition. Information strategies are connected with new methods of semantic, explorative and context retrieval. Backgound of these strategies based also on own research of information behavior and relevance judgments, Starting from cognitive and inteligent information retrieval examples of ecological information strategies will be stated. Principles of conceptual modeling with the emphasis on semantic relations, context, and visualization for semantic retrieval will be explained. As an example of improvement of the interactive intelligent digital interfaces for digital libraries in education a special tool – concept maps and dictionary – modelled in C-maps for library and information science students are presented. Implications for reshaping academic libraries and information professionals are derived. Keywords: information strategies, semantic searching, context, visualization, concept modeling, concept maps

Author's professional CV

Jela Steinerová is professor in Library and Information Science in Departmetn of LIS at Comenius University Bratislava. She deals with information behavior, information ecology and information seeking. Recently she published a textbook on informaiton strategies in the electronic environment. She is a head of a research project on information ecology of the academic information environment.