Address

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Department of Information
Finkenau 35
22081 Hamburg
Germany
Room 270

Contact Information

Call: +49.40.428 75-3642

Email: sonja.vonmach@haw-hamburg.de

Sonja von Mach

Research Assistant

Sonja von Mach M.A. is a research assistant at the Department of Information at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Already during her studies she was interested in search engines and the information needs of those searching.

After several years working in public libraries, she is now part of the RAT team and is responsible for the design of research studies.

Publications

Articles in refereed journals

Schultheiß, S.; Lewandowski, D.; von Mach, S.; Yagci, N. (2023). Query sampler: generating query sets for analyzing search engines using keyword research tools. PeerJ Computer Science. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.1421

Lewandowski, D.; Drechsler, J.; von Mach, S. (2012). Deriving query intents from web engine queries. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 63(9), 1773–1788. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.22706

Book chapters

Guratzsch, K.; von Mach, S.; Otte, J.; Pientok, J. (2008): Untersuchung der Qualität der Antworten bei Lycos iQ und deren Einbindung in die algorithmische Suche. In: D. Lewandowski, C. Maass(Hrsg.): Web-2.0-Dienste als Ergänzung zu algorithmischen Suchmaschinen, 83—128. http://eprints.rclis.org/12505/1/Qualiaet_der_Antworten_Lewandowski-Maass.pdf

Education

  1. 2011

    Master of Arts Information Sciene and Services

    Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
  2. 2008

    Bachelor of Arts Library and Information Science

    Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

Professional Experience

  1. since 2013
    Information and Subject Librarian
    Public Library Bremen
  2. 2012 - 2013
    Library advisor
    Büchereizentrale Niedersachen