Biography
Dr. Raya Fidel's expertise is in the fields of information seeking behavior, information storage and retrieval, and knowledge organization.
Education
- Ph D, University of Maryland, 1982
- MLS, Hebrew University, 1976
- BSC, Tel Aviv University, 1970
Awards
- Best Information Science Book - Association for Information Science and Technology, 2013
Publications and Contributions
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Book, Scholarly-New
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewApproaches to investigating information interaction and behaviour (2011)Interactive information seeking and retrieval
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Journal Article, Academic JournalAre we there yet? Mixed methods research in library and information science (2008)Library & Information Science Research, 30(4), pp. 265-272
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Conference PaperChoices and challenges in e-Government field force automation projects: Insights from case studies (2007)pp. 1-8
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Conference PaperE-Gov field force automation: Promises, challenges, and stakeholders (2007)4656(Unknown Issue), pp. 127-142
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Conference PaperFully Mobile Wirelessly Connected Technology Applications: Organizational Communication, Social, and Information Challenges (2007)ASIS&T Annual Meeting
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Conference PaperManaging aging workforce: Filling the gap between what we know and what is in the system (2007)pp. 121-128
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Conference PaperMobile Government Fieldwork: A Preliminary Study of Technological, Organizational, and Social Challenges (2007)
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Journal Article, Professional JournalAn Ecological Approach to the Design of Information Systems (2006)Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology,
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewCognitive Work Analysis (2005)Theories of information behavior: A researcher's guide
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Journal Article, Academic JournalA multidimensional approach to the study of human-information interaction: A case study of collaborative information retrieval (2004)Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 55(11), pp. 939-953
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Journal Article, Academic JournalFrom Information Behavior Research to the Design of Information Systems: the Cognitive Work Analysis Framework. (2004)Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 10(1)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalThe many faces of accessibility: engineers’ perception of information sources (2004)Information Processing and Management, 40(Unknown Issue), pp. 563–581
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Journal Article, Academic JournalA comparison of the collaborative information retrieval of two design teams (2003)The New Review of Information Behavior Research, pp. 139-153
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Conference Position PaperInformation Seeking and Sharing in Design Teams (2003)Proceedings of the 2003 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work, pp. 239-247
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Book Editor, ScholarlyEmerging frameworks and methods: Proceedings of the fourth international conference on conceptions of library and information science (CoLIS4) (2002)Editors: Harry Bruce, Raya Fidel, P Ingwersen, P Vakkari
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewConceptual frameworks in information behavior (2001)Annual Review of Information Science & Technology, 35(Unknown Issue), pp. 43-78
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Journal Article, Academic JournalCollaborative Information Retrieval (CIR) (2000)New Review of Information Behaviour Research: Studies of Information Seeking in Context, 1(1), pp. 235-247
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Conference PosterThe effect of query type on subject searching behavior of image databases: An exploratory study (2000)Proceedings of the 23rd annual international ACM SIGIR conference on Research and development in information retrieval
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewThe user-centered approach: How we got here (2000)Saving the time of the library user through subject access innovation : papers in honor of Pauline Atherton Cochrane, pp. 78-98
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Conference PaperA Use Centered Framework for Evaluation of the Web (1999)Proceedings of SIGIR 1999 Workshop on Evaluation of Web Document Retrieval
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Journal Article, Academic JournalA visit to the information mall: Web searching behavior of high school students (1999)Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50(1), pp. 24-37
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Technical ReportA Framework for Work-Centered Evaluation and Design: A Case Study of IR on the Web (1998)Report for MIRA Workshop
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewThe role of subject access in information filtering (1998)Visualizing Subject Access for 21st Century, pp. 16-27
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Journal Article, Academic JournalThe image retrieval task: implications for the design and evaluation of image databases (1997)The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 3(Unknown Issue), pp. 181-199
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Conference PaperUsers’ perception of the performance of a filtering system (1997)Proceedings of the 20th Annual International ACM/SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, pp. 198-205
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Journal Article, Academic JournalTerminological knowledge structure for intermediary expert systems (1995)Information Processing & Management, 31(1), pp. 15-27
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Journal Article, Academic JournalUser-centered indexing (1994)Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 48(8), pp. 572-576
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Journal Article, Academic JournalQualitative methods in information retrieval research (1993)Library and Information Science Research, 15(3), pp. 219-247
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Conference PaperThesaurus requirements for an intermediary expert system (1992)Classification Research for Knowledge Representation and Organization: Proceedings of the 5th International Study Conference on Classification Research, FID Publication 698(Unknown Issue), pp. 209-213
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Journal Article, Academic JournalWho needs controlled vocabulary? (1992)Special Libraries, 83(1), pp. 1-9
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewResearch on Information Access (1991)Information Technology: Design and Applications, pp. 245-266
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Journal Article, Academic JournalSearchers' selection of search keys: I. The Selection Routine (1991)Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(7), pp. 490-500
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Journal Article, Academic JournalSearchers' selection of search keys: II. Controlled vocabulary or free-text searching (1991)Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(7), pp. 501-514
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Journal Article, Academic JournalSearchers' selection of search keys: III. Searching styles (1991)Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(7), pp. 515-527
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Conference PaperOnline searching styles (1990)ASIS '90: Proceedings of the 53rd ASIS Annual Meeting, 27(Unknown Issue), pp. 98-103
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewThe case study method: A case study (1990)Qualitative Research in Information Management
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewThe selection of search keys (1990)Expert Systems in Libraries, pp. 155-169
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewWhat is missing in research about online searching behaviour? (1990)The Online Searcher
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Journal Article, Academic JournalFitting reality into a database mold: Rules for data collection (1989)Information Systems, 14(2), pp. 141-149
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Conference PaperFactors affecting the selection of search keys (1988)ASIS '88: Proceedings of the 51st ASIS Annual Meeting, 25(Unknown Issue), pp. 76-79
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Conference PaperNew directions for research in online public access catalogs (1988)Proceedings of the International Symposium on New Techniques and Applications in Libraries, pp. 189-196
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Journal Article, Academic JournalOnline searching styles: A case-study-based model of searching behavior (1988)Joho Kanri, 31(9), pp. 757-771
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewOrganizing, indexing, and retrieving of information (1988)Rethinking the Library in the Information Age—Issues in Library Research: Proposals for the 1990s, II(Unknown Issue), pp. 135-156
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Journal Article, Academic JournalThe AACR2 as a design schema for bibliographic databases (1988)The Library Quarterly, 58(2), pp. 123-142
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Conference PaperControlled vocabulary and free-text searching: searchers' selection of search keys (1987)ASIS '87: Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting, 24(Unknown Issue), pp. 71-73
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Journal Article, Academic JournalLibrarianship and human-computer interaction (1987)Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 27(4), pp. 297-298
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Journal Article, Academic JournalWhat is missing in research about online searching behaviour? (1987)Canadian Journal of Information Science, 12(3/4), pp. 54-61
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Journal Article, Academic JournalThe possible effect of abstracting guidelines on retrieval performance (1986)Information Processing and Management, 22(4), pp. 309-316
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Journal Article, Academic JournalToward expert systems for the selection of search keys (1986)Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 37(1), pp. 37-44
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Journal Article, Academic JournalWriting abstracts for free-text searching (1986)Journal of Documentation, 42(1), pp. 11-21
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Conference PaperIndividual variability in online searching behavior (1985)ASIS '85: Proceedings of the 48th ASIS Annual Meeting, 22(Unknown Issue), pp. 69-72
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Journal Article, Academic JournalMoves in online searching (1985)Online Review, 9(1), pp. 61-74
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Journal Article, Academic JournalOnline searching styles: A case-study-based model of searching behavior (1984)Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 35(4), pp. 211-221
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Conference PaperRequest-related criteria for the selection of search keys (1984)1984: Challenges to an Information Society : Proceedings of the 47th ASIS Annual Meeting, 21(Unknown Issue), pp. 141-143
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Journal Article, Academic JournalThe case study method: A case study (1984)Library and Information Science Research, 6(3), pp. 273-288
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Conference PaperDo user charges affect online searching behavior? (1983)Productivity in the Information Age: Proceedings of the 46th ASIS Annual Meeting, 20(Unknown Issue), pp. 132-134
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Journal Article, Academic JournalFactors affecting online bibliographic retrieval: A conceptual framework for research (1983)Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 34(3), pp. 163-180
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewSubject analysis (1982)Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 17(Unknown Issue), pp. 123-157
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Conference PaperOperationalist and conceptualist searchers: A case-study-based model of online searching styles (1981)The Information Community--An Alliance for Progress: Proceedings of the 44th ASIS Annual Meeting, 18(Unknown Issue), pp. 68-70