INLS 180 Day 14 Notes

10/09/02

1. one-min papers
1. Point

Informetrics & bibliometrics aim to quantify information flow

Although various models with human behavior are not perfect, they illustrate trends

2. Questions

Is every link equally weighted?

What does the visualization add that could not be shown mathematically?

Could we apply bibliometrics to relate universities?

What are the cybermaps used for?

Note: caveat: CiteSeer is limited to web documents!

2. Discuss Readings

Harter [Leach]

Schamber et al. [Lazorchak]

Amento et al. [[Kemp]

3. One-minute paper concept

What was the big point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?