Information Access Seminar

Belief and Misbelief in Context

Friday, April 19, 2024
3:10 pm to 5:00 pm PDT

Michael Buckland

The genesis and spread of belief and misbelief can be represented by extending an explanatory model of relationships between contexts, documents, relevance and communication.

This continues the February 2 Seminar discussion.


This seminar will be held both online & in person. You are welcome to join us either in South Hall or via Zoom.

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Michael Buckland is emeritus professor in the School of Information and co-director of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative. He grew up in England and studied history at Oxford and librarianship at Sheffield University. He trained at the Bodleian Library in Oxford and moved to the University of Lancaster Library in 1965. In 1972, Buckland moved to the United States to be Assistant Director of Libraries for Technical Services at Purdue University Libraries before becoming Dean of the School of Library and Information Studies at Berkeley from 1976 to 1984. He served from 1983 to 1987 as Assistant Vice President for Library Plans and Policies for the nine campuses of the University of California. Professor Buckland’s interests include bibliography, library services, search and discovery, cultural heritage, and the history and theory of documentation.

Michael Buckland
Michael Buckland

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Michael Buckland
Michael Buckland
Professor Emeritus
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Last updated:

April 3, 2024