We’ve just published the Summer 2009 edition of Informer, which is the quarterly newsletter of the BCS IRSG. This edition features the following articles:
- Editorial by Tony Russell-Rose
- Conference Review: 31st European Conference on Information Retrieval by Deirdre Lungley
- Book Reviews:
- “Rethinking knowledge management” reviewed by Jennifer Smith and Ben Summers
- “Safeguards in a world of ambient intelligence” reviewed by Christina Lioma
- “Search engines, link analysis ans users web behaviour” reviewed by Zheng Zhu
- Events listing edited by Andy MacFarlane
- Industry News, Featured Jobs, Contacts, etc.
We also reveal the lineup for the upcoming Search Solutions event, to be held at BCS HQ on October 1st.
Informer is free to download from the IRSG website. Enjoy!


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