The Tony Kent Strix Award - Annual Memorial Lecture 2021 - 9th December 2021
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09/12/2021
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When:
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Thursday 9th December 2021
2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
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Where:
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Zoom Virtual Meeting
United Kingdom
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Presenter:
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Ian Ruthven, Professor of Information Seeking and Retrieval, University of Strathclyde
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Contact:
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Gary Horrocks
info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk
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The Tony Kent Strix Award - Annual Memorial Lecture 2021
Thursday, 9th December 2021 - 2 pm to 4.30 pm
The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is pleased to announce that the 7th Tony Kent Strix Annual Memorial Lecture 2021 is to be delivered by Ian Ruthven, Professor of Information Seeking and Retrieval at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde.
The Award is given in recognition of an outstanding practical innovation or achievement in the field of information retrieval.
Title: Google’s what you use when Alexa doesn’t know the answer, Uncle Ian
Abstract: Search is now a pervasive online activity. The ability to successfully interact with the information tools we have available to us is a key life skill, one that forms part of what is often seen as essential information literacy. However, even though we may not be able to imagine everyday life without these tools, they are a staggeringly recent phenomenon. Key to their success has been the interfaces and interaction models that underpin these information tools. Interactive search has been the site of rich study and experimentation and this research has taught us much about how we work with information and how information systems can support our interactions with information. In this presentation, I shall look at some of the history of interactive searching, discuss why some of the tools we use now are more successful than others, and look forward to how we might be interacting with information in the future.
Full Programme
• 2.00 Login to Zoom Waiting Room
• 2.15 Douglas Veal (Strix) and David Ball (UKeiG) – Chairs’ welcome – an overview of the Strix award
• 2.30 Introductory presentation – Thomas D. Wilson (Professor Emeritus, University
of Sheffield, UK) – winner of the 2020 Farradane Award, given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the library and information profession
Title: Managing information to serve the information user
Professor Wilson will address two key elements of his research to date: the essential link and convergence between information management and information behaviour. He asks the fundamental question: how can we manage information effectively if we don't know how people seek and use information?
• 3.00 Questions & Discussion
• 3.15 The 7th Tony Kent Strix Annual Memorial Lecture: Ian Ruthven. Google’s what you use when Alexa doesn’t know the answer, Uncle Ian
• 4.00 Questions, discussion,
announcements
• 4.30 Meeting closes
Booking and payment
If you require information about booking please contact Gary Horrocks at info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk.
Speakers
Thomas D. Wilson (Professor Emeritus, University of Sheffield, UK) and Ian Ruthven, Professor of Information Seeking and Retrieval at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde
Ticket Information
This is a free afternoon of presentations open to members and non-members.
If you require information about booking please contact Gary Horrocks at info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk
Venue Details
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