Marcia Bates is Professor Emerita in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies. Over the course of a long career in both consulting and academia, Dr. Bates produced seminal work in user-centered information system design. Her paper on “berrypicking” as a user search strategy has been widely cited and is considered a foundational text in the field. In this conversation, we discuss search systems.Transcripthttps://theinformed.life/2023/01/01/episode-104-marcia-bates-on-search-systems/Show notesMarcia J. Bates Home PageMarcia J. Bates - WikipediaUCLA Department of Information StudiesThe Design of Browsing and Berrypicking TechniquesSelected Works Of Marcia J. Bates, Volume ISelected Works Of Marcia J. Bates, Volume IISelected Works Of Marcia J. Bates, Volume IIIThe Contemporary Thesaurus of Search Terms and Synonyms: A Guide for Natural Language Computer Searching, Second Edition, by Sarah KnappBoolean algebra - WikipediaCarol Kuhlthau - WikipediaU.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)Show notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.
