Information Access Seminar

The Friday afternoon Information Access Seminar explores topics relating to digital libraries, with special emphasis on access to networked resources, use of two or more resources in conjunction, combined use of two or more retrieval systems (e.g., use of pre- or post-processing to enhance the capabilities), and the redesign of library services.

The seminar is hosted by Clifford Lynch and Michael Buckland and can be taken for credit as Info 296A. Information Access.

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Upcoming Events

Wayne de Fremery

Innovation and Relevance: Toward a Theory of the Problems

Sep 29, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Comparing the difficulty in measuring “relevance” in information science and “innovation” in economics.

Paul Duguid

From Whitewashing to Greenwashing: PR’s Approach to Climate Science

Oct 6, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Greenpeace recently declared that we are living in “the golden age of greenwashing.” Paul Duguid looks at how we got there.

Cybersecurity Futures 2030: Global Insights to Anticipate and Address Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity Challenges

Oct 20, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Cybersecurity Futures 2030 is a foresight-focused scenario-planning exercise considering how cybersecurity is set to transform over the next five to seven years.

Previous Events

"...Relevant, usable, and accessible to all...". On Documentation Ideals for Extra-Academic Research, the Case of Development-led Archaeology

Apr 10, 2015, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Privacy in the World of Analytics, with Emphasis on the Higher Education Environment

Apr 3, 2015, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

There is a Thin Line Between Speaking 30 Languages and Gibberish: Semantic and Multilingual Access in Europeana

Mar 20, 2015, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Making the Most of a Pile of DiRT (Digital Research Tools)

Mar 13, 2015, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Who owns your Facebook content?

Mar 6, 2015, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Cultural Data in the Age of Experience

Feb 27, 2015, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Alternative Strategic Future for iSchools

Feb 20, 2015, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Intellectual Property and Other Information Policies in a Small Country

Feb 13, 2015, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

“The Hsing Yun Wen Ji Application Project” and “Privacy and Data Protection by Design”

Feb 6, 2015, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Improved Access to Humanities Scholars' Work and to Selected Primary Sources

Jan 30, 2015, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Stewardship Transitions

Jan 23, 2015, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Social Media and the Political Right in India: An analysis of Narendra Modi's Tweeting

Dec 19, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Camp Kinnect: A Sports-Based Youth Development Program.

Dec 5, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Preserving News and Stewardship Changes

Nov 21, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Moovit!

Nov 14, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:10 pm

Special Friday afternoon seminar for California Library Association attendees

Nov 7, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Ontology Mapping: A concept hub for storing mapping data and linguistic methods for producing mappings

Oct 24, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:10 pm

Reader Privacy and the Flow of Information about Who is Reading What

Oct 17, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Scaling Cognitive Modeling in Digital Education

Oct 10, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

California Digital Library: Calculating Scholarly Journal Value

Oct 3, 2014, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

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