Collaborative query previews in digital libraries

• Main Authors: Fu, Lin, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Foo, Schubert
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Digital libraries and information portals
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93761; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7082; http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.108.6090
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A novel method named collaborative query previews (CQPs) to augment information seeking in digital libraries is proposed. CQPs aim to help users make better sense of the collection of a digital library from two perspectives: query previews and recommendations of past queries. Query previews generate overviews about a collection of documents through a set of aggregate information on selected attributes. As a user issues queries, related queries submitted previously by other users are recommended. By obtaining overview information and utilizing other user’s experiences in retrieving information, a user is expected to formulate queries that better meet information needs. A prototype work environment incorporating CQPs has been developed and described in this paper.