Electrical Engineering
University of Zagreb, Croatia equivalent to B.S., 1957;
Case Western Reserve University, Information Science M.S., 1962; Case Western Reserve University, Ph.D., 1970. Dissertation: "On the concept of relevance in information science.".[4]
Career
Saracevic was a member of faculty at Case Western Reserve University, Matthew A. Baxter School of Information and Library Science School: 1962–64, assistant professor, 1964–66, U.S. Office of Education fellow, 1966–70, associate professor, 1970–74, professor 1974- 1985.
From 1985-1991 he was Professor and 1991– 2010 was Professor II at the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. In 2010 he was honored as Professor Emeritus. [5]
Professional associations and editing
1990-1991. President. American Society for Information Science and Technology.
2012. "Quality of Information: Considerations for library and information services in the networked world." Keynote address at the Tenth International Conference on University Libraries held in Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 7–10, 2012.
2010. "Digital natives. Digital immigrants. Libraries. The challenge faced by libraries in reaching out to borne digital." Presentation at the
Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, Spain. October 2010.
2003. "Human information behavior and digital Libraries." Information Behaviour in Digital Libraries,
Bratislava, Slovakia.
National Science Foundation, Bilateral Commissions for Cooperation in Information Science and Technology between the US and: (1) USSR in 1974, (2) Mexico in 1976 and (3) Egypt in 1976.
(2017). The Notion of Relevance in Information Science : Everybody Knows What Relevance Is. But, What Is It Really? Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
(2016). Saracevic, Tefko. "Chapter 8 Relevance: In Search of a Theoretical Foundation." Theory Development in the Information Sciences, edited by Diane H. Sonnenwald, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2016, pp. 141–163.
(2012). "Research on relevance in information science: A historical perspective." In; Carbo, T. & Bellardo Hahn, T. (Eds). Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2012 Preconference on the History of ASIS&T and Information Science and Technology. pp. 49–60.
(2008). "Effects of inconsistent relevance judgments on information retrieval test results: A historical perspective."
Library Trends, 56(4), 763–783.
(2006). "Relevance: A Review of the Literature and a Framework for Thinking on the Notion in Information Science." Advances in librarianship 30, 3-71.
(1997). "The stratified model of information retrieval interaction: Extension and applications." Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science, 34, 313–327.
(1995).“Evaluation of Evaluation in Information Retrieval.” In Annual ACM Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval: Proceedings of the 18th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval; 09-13 July 1995, 138–46.
(1986).“Processes and Problems in Information Consolidation.” Information Processing & Management 22, no. 1 (1986): 45–60.
(1981). Saracevic, Tefko, Judith B. Wood, and UNESCO. 1981. Consolidation of Information : A Handbook on Evaluation, Restructuring, and Repackaging of Scientific and Technical Information. Pilot ed. Paris: General Information Programme and UNISIST of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
(1975). "Relevance: A Review of and a framework for the thinking on the notion in information science." Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 26, (6), 321–343.
(1970). Introduction to Information Science. New York: R.R. Bowker Co.
References
^Hjørland , Birger. “The Foundation of the Concept of Relevance.” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 61, no. 2 (2010): 217–37.
^Winberry, Joseph, LaVerne Gray, Jean Hardy, Baheya Jaber, and Bharat Mehra. “Conceptualizing Relevance of Information as a Social Justice Issue: An Interactive Panel Discussion.” Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 58, no. 1 (2021): 667–72.
^"Tefko Saracevic." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2001. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000087063/BIC?u=tamp44898&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=e59d58e0. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024.
^Saracevic Tefko. 1970. “On the Concept of Relevance in Information Science.” Dissertation Saracevic. Case Western Reserve University.
^Cuadra, Carlos A. “Comments on: Five Years, Five Volumes and 2345 Pages of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology by Tefko Saracevic: Annual Review of Information Science and Technology.” Information Storage and Retrieval 7, no. 3 (1971): 141–46.
^“ASIS Award of Merit: Saracevic Accepts ASIS’ Highest Honor.” American Society for Information Science. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science 22, no. 3 (1996): 19–21
Electrical Engineering
University of Zagreb, Croatia equivalent to B.S., 1957;
Case Western Reserve University, Information Science M.S., 1962; Case Western Reserve University, Ph.D., 1970. Dissertation: "On the concept of relevance in information science.".[4]
Career
Saracevic was a member of faculty at Case Western Reserve University, Matthew A. Baxter School of Information and Library Science School: 1962–64, assistant professor, 1964–66, U.S. Office of Education fellow, 1966–70, associate professor, 1970–74, professor 1974- 1985.
From 1985-1991 he was Professor and 1991– 2010 was Professor II at the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. In 2010 he was honored as Professor Emeritus. [5]
Professional associations and editing
1990-1991. President. American Society for Information Science and Technology.
2012. "Quality of Information: Considerations for library and information services in the networked world." Keynote address at the Tenth International Conference on University Libraries held in Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 7–10, 2012.
2010. "Digital natives. Digital immigrants. Libraries. The challenge faced by libraries in reaching out to borne digital." Presentation at the
Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, Spain. October 2010.
2003. "Human information behavior and digital Libraries." Information Behaviour in Digital Libraries,
Bratislava, Slovakia.
National Science Foundation, Bilateral Commissions for Cooperation in Information Science and Technology between the US and: (1) USSR in 1974, (2) Mexico in 1976 and (3) Egypt in 1976.
(2017). The Notion of Relevance in Information Science : Everybody Knows What Relevance Is. But, What Is It Really? Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
(2016). Saracevic, Tefko. "Chapter 8 Relevance: In Search of a Theoretical Foundation." Theory Development in the Information Sciences, edited by Diane H. Sonnenwald, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2016, pp. 141–163.
(2012). "Research on relevance in information science: A historical perspective." In; Carbo, T. & Bellardo Hahn, T. (Eds). Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2012 Preconference on the History of ASIS&T and Information Science and Technology. pp. 49–60.
(2008). "Effects of inconsistent relevance judgments on information retrieval test results: A historical perspective."
Library Trends, 56(4), 763–783.
(2006). "Relevance: A Review of the Literature and a Framework for Thinking on the Notion in Information Science." Advances in librarianship 30, 3-71.
(1997). "The stratified model of information retrieval interaction: Extension and applications." Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science, 34, 313–327.
(1995).“Evaluation of Evaluation in Information Retrieval.” In Annual ACM Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval: Proceedings of the 18th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval; 09-13 July 1995, 138–46.
(1986).“Processes and Problems in Information Consolidation.” Information Processing & Management 22, no. 1 (1986): 45–60.
(1981). Saracevic, Tefko, Judith B. Wood, and UNESCO. 1981. Consolidation of Information : A Handbook on Evaluation, Restructuring, and Repackaging of Scientific and Technical Information. Pilot ed. Paris: General Information Programme and UNISIST of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
(1975). "Relevance: A Review of and a framework for the thinking on the notion in information science." Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 26, (6), 321–343.
(1970). Introduction to Information Science. New York: R.R. Bowker Co.
References
^Hjørland , Birger. “The Foundation of the Concept of Relevance.” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 61, no. 2 (2010): 217–37.
^Winberry, Joseph, LaVerne Gray, Jean Hardy, Baheya Jaber, and Bharat Mehra. “Conceptualizing Relevance of Information as a Social Justice Issue: An Interactive Panel Discussion.” Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 58, no. 1 (2021): 667–72.
^"Tefko Saracevic." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2001. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000087063/BIC?u=tamp44898&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=e59d58e0. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024.
^Saracevic Tefko. 1970. “On the Concept of Relevance in Information Science.” Dissertation Saracevic. Case Western Reserve University.
^Cuadra, Carlos A. “Comments on: Five Years, Five Volumes and 2345 Pages of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology by Tefko Saracevic: Annual Review of Information Science and Technology.” Information Storage and Retrieval 7, no. 3 (1971): 141–46.
^“ASIS Award of Merit: Saracevic Accepts ASIS’ Highest Honor.” American Society for Information Science. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science 22, no. 3 (1996): 19–21