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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

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The Great Sea Change: Understanding and Responding to Changes in Information Seeking Behavior in the Age of AI
Friday, April 4, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Suzanne Wones is the UC Berkeley University Librarian.

AnnaLee Saxenian
Information Access Seminar: AnnaLee Saxenian
Friday, April 11, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT
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Information Access Seminar: Catherine Marshall
Friday, April 18, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Cathy Marshall is an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. 

Michael Buckland and Clifford Lynch in approximately 1991.
Looking Back Over 35 Years of the Information Access Seminar
Friday, May 2, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Michael Buckland and Clifford Lynch are retiring from the Friday afternoon Information Access Seminar after leading it for 69 consecutive semesters. In their final Information Access Seminar, the two look back over thirty-five years of the seminar.

Previous events

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The Human Sciences in STEM Worlds
Friday, March 11, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
The Practice of Stewardship as a Scholarly Discipline
Friday, March 4, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Of Rare Books and Research Datasets, and Stewardship Transitions as an Organizing Structure
Friday, February 26, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Anna Lauren Hoffmann
Information Justice Beyond Distributions: Exploring Social Justice, Information, and Access
Friday, February 19, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Relevance and Other Basic Problems
Friday, February 12, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Bibliography and the Sociology of Data
Friday, February 5, 2016, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Knowledge Makers Muddling Through: Conditions for Documentation and Report Writing in Extra-academic Research
Friday, January 29, 2016, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Ends of Reason: Documents, Evidence, and Powers
Friday, January 22, 2016, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Information Access: the last 25 years and the next 25 years
Friday, December 4, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Making Research Notes Accessible Online
Friday, November 20, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Reviving Joan
Friday, November 13, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Well-Behaved Pirates, Publishers, and Libraries: The Early Years
Friday, November 6, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Looking Inside the Library Knowledge Vault
Friday, October 30, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Behind the Scenes at the California Digital Library
Friday, October 23, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
A Domain Model for Digital Curation
Friday, October 16, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
"Creating a New Information School" and "Pervasive Failures and Bad Translations"
Friday, October 9, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Emulation as a Strategy for Digital Preservation
Friday, October 2, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Links, Meaning, and Contexts
Friday, September 25, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Archiving the Corporation: Managing Historical Information at Kaiser Permanente
Friday, September 18, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Imagining our Center for Technology, Society & Policy
Friday, September 11, 2015, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
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