Masked by trust : bias in library discovery
2019
Book
"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.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781634000833
- 1634000838
Description: viii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-190) and index.
Contents:
- Algorithms
- Search engines
- Library discovery
- What is bias?
- Bias in library discovery
- Moving forward
LCCN: 2019010995
Control Number: 3293695
Publisher: Sacramento, CA : Litwin Books, 2019.Subjects: