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Masked by trust : bias in library discovery / Matthew Reidsma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reidsma, Matthew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information retrieval--Social aspects.
- Information retrieval.
- Search engines--Programming.
- Search engines.
- Online library catalogs.
- Information storage and retrieval systems.
- Filter bubbles (Information filtering).
- Electronic information resource searching.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sacramento, CA : Litwin Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Examines library discovery systems to show how the algorithms that power them are not the neutral and unbiased systems that they are claimed to be, but are affected by the human biases of programmers and the commercial influences of their production"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-190) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781634000833
- 1634000838
- OCLC:
- 1099546571
- Publisher Number:
- 99981332806
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