Title
Stuff I've seen: a system for personal information retrieval and re-use
Abstract
Most information retrieval technologies are designed to facilitate information discovery. However, much knowledge work involves finding and re-using previously seen information. We describe the design and evaluation of a system, called Stuff I've Seen (SIS), that facilitates information re-use. This is accomplished in two ways. First, the system provides a unified index of information that a person has seen, whether it was seen as email, web page, document, appointment, etc. Second, because the information has been seen before, rich contextual cues can be used in the search interface. The system has been used internally by more than 230 employees. We report on both qualitative and quantitative aspects of system use. Initial findings show that time and people are important retrieval cues. Users find information more easily using SIS, and use other search tools less frequently after installation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1145/860435.860451
SIGIR Forum
Keywords
DocType
Volume
interactive information retrieval,personal information management,user studies,user interfaces
Conference
49
Issue
ISBN
Citations 
2
1-58113-646-3
330
PageRank 
References 
Authors
43.85
27
6
Search Limit
100330
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Susan Dumais1139482130.47
Ed Cutrell22731205.59
Jonathan J. Cadiz357870.75
Gavin Jancke462975.34
Raman Sarin577868.77
Daniel C. Robbins6942115.00