Orthographic Error Patterns of Author Names in Catalog Searches

Authors

  • Renata Tagliacozzo
  • Manfred Kochen
  • Lawrence Rosenberg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v3i2.5245

Abstract

An investigation of error patterns in author names based on data from a survey of library catalog searches. Position of spelling errors was noted and related to length of name. Probability of a name having a spelling error was found to increase with length of name. Nearly half of the spelling mistakes were replacement errors; following, in order of decreasing frequency, were omission, addition, and transposition errors.

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Published

1970-06-01

How to Cite

Tagliacozzo, R., Kochen, M., & Rosenberg, L. (1970). Orthographic Error Patterns of Author Names in Catalog Searches. Information Technology and Libraries, 3(2), 93–101. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v3i2.5245