"A picture is worth a thousand words": Reverse image lookup and digital library assessment. (20th June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thompson, Santi; Reilly, Michele
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Volume 68:Number 9(2017:Sep.)
• Page Start: 2264
• Page End: 2266
• Publication Date: 2017-06-20
• Subjects: Information science -- Periodicals; Information technology -- Periodicals; 020.5
• DOI: 10.1002/asi.23847
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2330-1635

Abstract

Abstract : This brief communication builds on the application of content‐based image retrieval (CBIR) and reverse image lookup (RIL), a graduated form of CBIR, as assessment tools for digital library image reuse. It combines literature on the definition, history, usefulness, and limitations of RIL and includes a brief analysis of the 4 published digital library image reuse assessment case studies. In its conclusion, the communication paper proposes that RIL offers benefits for digital library managers in the assessment of their collections.