INL 210 Information Seeking and Retrieval - Theme 9 Flashcards

Detailed fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering the concepts, history, varieties, and challenges of alerting services and information monitoring as presented in Theme 9 of INL 210.

Alerting Services, Current Awareness Services (CAS) and __________ services have been used by libraries for many years to keep users informed.

Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)

Traditional methods of alerting services include book displays, personal notification, and the circulation of __________ of journals.

tables of content

With the introduction of computerised databases in the early 1970's, alerting services were often available through systems like __________.

Dialog

Databases have been available on CD-ROM since the year __________.

$$1985$$

Fourie ($1999$) defines CAS via the WWW as a selection of systems that provide notification of the existence of __________ added to the system's database.

new entities

Fourie ($2006$) prefers the term __________ because it focuses on the need to be alert to the possibility of taking action.

alerting services

In an academic context, the act of using alerting services to keep up with developments is often referred to as __________.

information monitoring

One reason for using alerting services is to keep track of new documents added to specific databases, such as the __________ database.

ERIC

Wilson ($1993$) noted that in some environments, the cost of __________ turns out not to be too great, and bluffing may work nicely.

ignorance

A website specialising in alerting services specifically for library and information professionals is __________.

Informed Librarian Online

A membership for a library student to the Informed Librarian Online costs __________ per year.

$$20$$

The content alerting service __________ covers journals from different publishers and allows users to track five journal titles for free.

Ingenta Connect

RSS stands for RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary, or __________.

Really Simple Syndication

RSS utilizes a/an __________ tag that allows headlines to be pulled automatically into other web pages or onto a desktop.

XML

Services that allow participants to post status messages, links, and videos in a rapid sharing format are known as __________.

social awareness streams

The automated tracking tools __________ and TracerLock can be used to monitor when new information is posted on a website.

ChangeDetection

One of the criteria for selecting an alerting service is the __________ of use, as it should be easy to integrate.

convenience

A major problem that can be experienced with alerting services, requiring personal information management solutions, is __________.

information overload

A barrier to using commercial alerting services like Proquest or ScienceDirect is often a lack of __________.

funding

In organizational contexts, alerting services can be specifically linked to the practice of __________ scanning.

environmental