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Proposals for an investigation into the efficiency of various retrieval systems

Cleverdon, Cyril W. (1956)

ASLIB Cranfield Research Project: report on the first stage of an investigation into the comparative efficiency of indexing systems

Cleverdon, Cyril W. (College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, 1960-09)

It was in 1953 that the train of events started which brought about my participation in the investigation which is the subject of this report. R. G. Thorne, of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, and I had been closely ...

ASLIB Cranfield project - report on the first stage of a test on the Library catalogue of The English Electric Co. Ltd., Whetstone

Warburton, B.; Cleverdon, Cyril W.; Aitchison, Jean (Cranfield Institute of Technology, 1961-06)

At the request of the Director of the Aslib Cranfield Project, the Library of Engiish Electric Company at Whetstone agreed to allow the Project Staff to carry out a test on their catalogue. This was required in connection ...

Application for grant to the National Science Foundation, Washington [for] an investigation into the performance characteristics of descriptor languages

Cleverdon, Cyril W. (Cranfield Institute of Technology, 1961-11)

In 1956 the National Science Foundation made a grant to Aslib for the first stage of an investigation into the camparative efficiency of four indexing systems, This stage of the work continued until March, 1959, and a ...

Aslib Cranfield research project: report on the testing and analysis of an investigation into the comparative efficiency of indexing systems

Cleverdon, Cyril W. (1962-10)

This volume continues the account of the Aslib-Cranfield project as given in the "Final Report of the First Stage of an Investigation into the Comparative Efficiency of Indexing Systems". The major portion of the two years ...

Aslib Cranfield research project - A report on a test of the index of metallurgical literature of Western Reserve University

Aitchison, Jean; Cleverdon, Cyril W. (1963-10)

For many years the index to metallurgical literature at the Center for Documentation at Western Reserve University has been recognised as one of the most advanced indexing systems in use. It has been developed over many ...

Application for grant to the National Science Foundation, Washington [for] an investigation into the methodology of evaluation techniques based on a test of the MEDLARS system of the National Library of Medicine

Cleverdon, Cyril W. (1965-06)

A grant of $55,832 is requested by Aslib from the National Science Foundation over a period of two and a half years, for the purpose of the design and direction of an investigation into the methodology of evaluation of ...

Aslib Cranfield research project - Factors determining the performance of indexing systems; Volume 1, Design; Part 1, Text

Cleverdon, Cyril W.; Mills, Jack; Keen, Michael (1966)

Aslib Cranfield research project - Factors determining the performance of indexing systems; Volume 2, Test results

Cleverdon, Cyril W.; Keen, Michael (1966)

The test results are presented for a number of different index languages using various devices which affect recall or precision. Within the environment of this test, it is shown that the best performance was obtained with ...

Aslib Cranfield research project - Factors determining the performance of indexing systems; Volume 1, Design; Part 2, Appendices

Cleverdon, Cyril W.; Mills, Jack; Keen, Michael (1966)

The appendices which follow provide complete informationconcerning the collection of documents and the set of questions used in the investigation, and are included with the intention that it should be possible for anyone ...

The critical appraisal of information retrieval systems

Cleverdon, Cyril W. (1968-09)

The paper reviews one set of methods which can be used in the critical appraisal of various stages of an information retrieval system.

Interim report on an investigation on mechanised information retrieval service in a specialised subject area

Cleverdon, Cyril W.; Harding, P. (Cranfield Institute of Technology, 1970)

The report covers the work undertaken in establishing and operating for a period of six months an S.D.I. service in the field of precision engineering. The performance and costs of the system are given and the problems ...

The effect of variations in relevance assessments in comparative experimental tests of index languages

Cleverdon, Cyril W. (Cranfield University; Aslib, 1970-10)

It was desired to check whether the unexpected test results obtained in Cranfield II had been influenced by the relevance decisions. Three new sets of relevance decisions were therefore obtained, and the Cranfield II results ...

A comparative evaluation of searching by controlled language and natural language in experimental N.A.S.A. data base

Cleverdon, Cyril W. (European Space Agency, 1977-07)

An evaluation test was made of an experimental data-base prepared by the Space Documentation Service of the European Space Agency, consisting of some 44,000 items from NASA STAR for 1973 and 1974. With this data-base ...

BIODOC - the transition from research project to fully fledged service

Bevan, Simon J.; Evans, Janet; Harrington, John; Turner, Emma (UKSG, 1998-07)

This is the third in a series of papers describing BIODOC, a service now in its fourth year that addresses the access versus holdings debate in a University library. The main aims of the study were to evaluate the cost ...

Management of printed and electronic serials.

Woodward, Hazel (Ashgate Publishing, 1999)

Serial literature constitutes a major part of all academic libraries' collections, and typically accounts for more than half of their expenditure on library materials - often a great deal more than half. For many academic ...

The UK's National Electronic Site Licencing Initiative.

Woodward, Hazel (Haworth Press, 2001)

In 1998 the UK created the National Electronic Site Licensing Initiative (NESLI) to increase and improve access to electronic journals and to negotiate license agreements on behalf of academic libraries. The use of a model ...

Licencing e-journals: UK style

Woodward, Hazel (Haworth, 2002)

This presentation will describe the way in which academic libraries in the United Kingdom (UK) are licencing and accessing electronic journals (e-journals). This process is being facilitated by the higher and further (HE ...

The MAGiC Final Report

Needham, Paul A. S.; Sidwell, Katy; Bevan, Simon J.; Harrington, John (British Library Cooperation and Partnership Programme, 2002-12)

LibQUAL+ in the UK: a brief report on the SCONUL Pilot.

Lock, Selena A.; Town, J. Stephen (SCONUL, 2003-09)

Reports on the pilot year of LibQUAL+ in the UK adopted for trial by SCONUL Libraries. Discusses the implementation of LibQUAL+ and presents feedback from the UK participants. Concludes that the trial was a success and ...

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