Information Retrieval Facility was created in 2006.

Calvin Northrup Mooers coined the term "information retrieval"

J. A. Boon has written:

'User evaluation of information retrieval systems' -- subject(s): Evaluation, Information retrieval, Information storage and retrieval systems

a field of study on managing and processing information and automatic retrieval information is

J. Dennis Omlor has written:

'An efficiency analysis for file organization and information retrieval' -- subject(s): Information retrieval, Information storage and retrieval systems