Selected Thoughts on Modern Discovery and Access

1. @michael_smit
Selected
Thoughts
on
Modern
Discovery
and
Access
Mike
Smit
School
of
Informa3on
Management
Faculty
of
Management

2. @michael_smit
• What
does
discovery
and
access
mean
to
Jill
Q.
Public?

4. @michael_smit
Google
has
set
our
discovery
expecta<ons
• Single
star3ng
point
• Usability
• Query-­‐driven
informa3on
seeking
• Personaliza3on

5. @michael_smit
Single
star<ng
point
• 84%
of
online
informa3on
seekers
began
their
search
using
a
web
search
engine
(DeRosa
et
al.,
2011)
• 91%
of
adult
search
engine
users
reported
that
they
“always”
or
“almost
always”
found
the
informa3on
they
were
looking
for
using
search
engines
(Purcell,
Brenner
&
Rainie,
2012)

6. @michael_smit
But…
• Lots
of
content
is
not
indexed
by
Google!
– “Deep
Web”

7. @michael_smit
Usability
• The
single
textbox
search
• More
importantly:
deep
understanding
of
how
users
interact
with
the
web.

8. @michael_smit
Query-­‐driven
Informa<on
Seeking

9. @michael_smit
Personaliza<on

10. @michael_smit
So,
are
public
informa<on
resources
present
where
people
are
looking?
Nope.

11. @michael_smit
Hiding
the
good
stuff!
!

12. @michael_smit
Public
Libraries
and
Search
Engines
• Zoe
Dickinson’s
thesis
work
• RQ1:
What
factors
mo3vate
libraries
to
address
search
engine
visibility
issues?
• RQ2:
What
barriers
stand
between
Canadian
public
library
informa3on
resources
and
search
engine
visibility?

13. !

14. @michael_smit
What
about
LAC?

21. @michael_smit
Bridging
the
Gap
• Should
I
be
able
to
Google
Documentary
Heritage?
• My
answer?
Yes.
Yours?

22. @michael_smit
Benefits
of
Peninsular
Life
• Increased
relevance
• Easier
to
access
than
an
island,
and
thus
more
traffic
• S3ll
dis3nct
from
the
main
landmass
• Affords
some
control
over
access

23. @michael_smit
Benefits
of
Peninsular
Life
• Increased
relevance
• Easier
to
access
than
an
island,
and
thus
more
traffic
• S3ll
dis3nct
from
the
main
landmass
• Affords
some
control
over
access

24. @michael_smit
Things
to
Watch
in
Discovery
&
Access

25. Importance
of
Place

26. @michael_smit
There
is
no
subs<tute
for
human
aYen<on
But
some3mes
we
have
too
much
data
and
not
enough
humans!

27. Google’s
Knowledge
Graph

29. 29
Cogni<ve
Compu<ng

35. Historic
Flood
Database:
A
Big
Data
Approach
• Automa3cally
processing
newspaper
ar3cles
to
produce
open
datasets
describing
geo-­‐
located
floods
in
Nova
Sco3a.
• Visual
interface

36. 36
Increased
Demand
for
Summarized
Informa<on

37. @michael_smit
Growth
of
Raw
Data

38. @michael_smit

39. Skills
Gap
• Predicted
for
US
in
2018
by
McKinsey
Global
Ins3tute
Posi%ons:(
465k(
Workforce:(
300k(
Deep$Analy*cs$Skills$

40. Posi%ons:(
4m(
Workforce:(
2.5m(
Deep$Analy*cs$Skills$ Data1savvy$

41. Data
Literacy
• The
ability
to
create,
comprehend,
and
communicate
data.
• The
ability
to
collect,
manage,
evaluate,
and
apply
data,
in
a
cri3cal
manner.
• Spans
disciplines,
sectors,
universi3es,
…

42. @michael_smit
Ques<ons
/
Discussion
Welcome!
• Mike.Smit@dal.ca
• @michael_smit

43. @michael_smit
Image
Credits
(1)
• hnp://www.scien3ficamerican.com/media/inline/blog/Image/wisdom.jpg
• hnp://rudyloans.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/2013/11/Arrow-­‐Up-­‐4.jpg
• hnp://www.mrwallpaper.com/cat-­‐and-­‐dog-­‐cuddle-­‐wallpaper/
• hnp://ponermore.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Gryffindor
• hnp://ponermore.wikia.com/wiki/File:Slytherin_mark.png
• hnp://daverobertsfilm.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/media-­‐studies-­‐key-­‐debates/
• hnp://www.themobilityresource.com/wearable-­‐technology-­‐and-­‐how-­‐it-­‐affects-­‐
people-­‐with-­‐disabili3es/
• Original
source
unknown;
available
• hnp://adpaascu.wordpress.com/tag/global-­‐ci3zens/
• hnps://www.torproject.org/
• hnp://www.gnupg.org/
• hnp://www.iden3tyfinder.com/
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44. @michael_smit
Image
Credits
(2)
• hnp://www.gartner.com/technology/research/hype-­‐cycles/
• hnp://blog.udacity.com/2013/07/new-­‐course-­‐design-­‐of-­‐everyday-­‐things.html
• Screenshot
from
hnp://pennystocks.la/internet-­‐in-­‐real-­‐3me/
• hnp://www.officeimaging.com/
• hnp://www.clipartbest.com/gradua3on-­‐caps-­‐clip-­‐art
• Cost
per
GB
from
hnp://www.mkomo.com/cost-­‐per-­‐gigabyte-­‐update
• Images
on
slides
47,
57,
58
are
©
Mike
Smit,
2014.
• Slide
35:
screenshot
of
personal
laptop
&
cell
phone
• Slide
37:
Vancouver
Archives,
hnp://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/power-­‐lines-­‐
and-­‐suppor3ng-­‐structure-­‐in-­‐lane-­‐west-­‐of-­‐main-­‐street-­‐at-­‐pender-­‐street
• Slide
43:
Screenshot
of
Watson
User
Modeling.
Made
from
my
own
copy
of
their
demo
applica3on,
but
also
available
publicly
at
hnp://watson-­‐um-­‐
demo.mybluemix.net/
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45. @michael_smit
Image
Credits
(3)
• All
graphs
were
created
for
the
purpose
of
this
presenta3on
• Logos
on
slide
38
are
from
the
respec3ve
websites
• Images
on
slide
39:
– Bonom
lew:
Thalmic
Labs
via
TechCrunch
hnp://techcrunch.com/2013/06/05/thalmic-­‐labs-­‐raises-­‐14-­‐5m-­‐to-­‐
make-­‐the-­‐myo-­‐armband-­‐the-­‐next-­‐big-­‐thing-­‐in-­‐gesture-­‐control/
– Top
lew:
Apple.com
– Top
right:
fitbit.com
– Bonom
right:
hnps://www.google.ca/glass/start/
• Slide
41:
hnp://www.geekwire.com/2013/ibm-­‐takes-­‐watson-­‐cloud/
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