Abstract. All search happens in a particular context—such as the particular collection of a digital library, its associated search tasks, and its associated users. Information re...
In order to evaluate the performance of information retrieval and extraction algorithms, we need test collections. A test collection consists of a set of documents, a clearly form...
In prior work we have demonstrated that search engine caches and archiving projects like the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine can be used to “lazily preserve” websites and...
Music retrieval systems for Western tonal music digital libraries have to consider rhythmic, timbral, melodic and harmonic information. Most existing retrieval systems only take i...
User-contributed tags have shown promise as a means of indexing multimedia collections by harnessing the combined efforts and enthusiasm of online communities. But tags are only o...