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.

Upcoming events

A Tribute to Clifford Lynch

Friday, May 2, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Clifford Lynch passed away on April 10. A series of short reports by colleagues and friends illuminate his many and varied contributions.

Previous events

Towards a Revolution in Publishing: Thoughts on a More Sustainable Future; and Methodology in Information Studies

Friday, February 28, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Mindtools: Why tools mean as much as data for information literacy.

Friday, February 21, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Daniel Russell is Google’s Über Tech Lead for Search Quality and User Happiness

Social Networks and Archival Context: from R&D Project to Cooperative Program.

Friday, February 14, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

"A lot has happened on Facebook since you last logged in": Speculations about the long-term fate of social media

Friday, February 7, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Transitions of Stewardship

Friday, January 31, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:10 pm

Redesigning Reference Works

Friday, January 24, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

OCLC Research Library Partnership: Registering Researchers in Authority Files

Friday, December 6, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Alternative Visions of Internet-like Connectivity

Friday, December 6, 2013, 2:10 pm - 3:00 pm

Investigating What Makes 3D Visualizations Difficult

Friday, November 22, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information Access Seminar, with Marilyn Tremaine

“Alternative Visions of Internet Connectivity” and “The Failure of Stewardship Organizations and the Transfer or Conservation of Cultural Materials”

Friday, November 15, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information access seminar, with Nick Merrill and Clifford Lynch

From Farm to Farmville: Circulation, Adoption, and Use of ICT between Urban and Rural China

Friday, November 1, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Elisa Oreglia presents her doctoral dissertation research on the role of migrant Chinese workers in the spread of technology, based on in-depth ethnographic studies in three small Chinese villages.

Indexing it All: The Subject in the Age of Documentation, Information, and Data

Friday, October 11, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information Access Seminar

Ark.com: Organizing the world’s social information

Friday, October 4, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information Access Seminar, with Patrick Riley

Dated Data: Presentism and California Trademarks

Friday, September 20, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information Access Seminar, with Paul Duguid

Mutual Recursion: What Happens When Politics Becomes Code?

Friday, September 13, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information Access Seminar, with Warren Sack of UC Santa Cruz