Bücher der Reihe Foundations and Trends (R) in Information Retrieval

Provides the first comprehensive survey of the vast new field of Music Information Retrieval (MIR). The book describes a number of issues which are peculiar to the language of music - including forms, formats, and dimensions of music - together with the typologies of users and their information needs.

Provides a foundation on which those new to Interactive Information Retrieval (IIR) can make more informed choices about how to design and conduct IIR evaluations with human subjects. The primary goal is to catalogue and compile material related to the IIR evaluation method into a single source.

Provides a comprehensive summary of lifelogging, to cover its research history, current technologies, and applications. To date, most of the lifelogging research has focused on visual lifelogging; hence the book maintains this focus. However, it also reflects on the challenges lifelogging poses for information access and retrieval in general.