theorywatch

and things that I wish I’d written, here is Tefko Saracevic’s magisterial review of relevance. I especially like this from page 22: “For a fleeting decade, relevance had its Camelot. It was in Syracuse. From about the mid-1980s until about the mid-1990s, a series of doctoral dissertations at the School of Informqtion Studies, Syracuse University, addressed various aspects of relevance, reflecting a vigorous research environment under the guiding spirit of Robert Taylor and Jeffrey Katzer.” Nothing like missing Camelot… twice, since I was there both before and after this decade. No wonder I find myself still fixating on relevance!