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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

Friday, September 20, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Digital technologies have reshaped the movie industry. What are the implications for the industry’s future?

Friday, September 27, 2024, 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm

In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to celebrate the 106th birthday and history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

Friday, October 4, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

The recent discovery of hundreds of letters from our alumnus Robert Gitler ’31 sheds new light on his experiences in founding the Japan Library School in 1951.

Friday, October 11, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

How the economics of trademarks contributed to the spread of modern notions of “information”.

Friday, October 18, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Deirdre K. Mulligan served for the past year in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy as deputy U.S. chief technology officer for policy.

Friday, October 25, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Clifford Lynch explores the problems and questions AI poses for preserving the digital cultural record.

Friday, November 1, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Do economies of scale render cloud services inherently monopolistic? Nick Merrill’s new research suggests otherwise.

Friday, November 8, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Günter Waibel is associate vice provost & executive director of the California Digital Library.

Friday, November 15, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

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

Friday, November 22, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Previous events

Friday, February 10, 2012, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, February 3, 2012, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, January 20, 2012, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, November 4, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Nineteenth-century information-access techniques (indexing, cataloging, classification), implemented successfully in the 20th century (online catalogs, Medline, OCLC, etc.), now seem outmoded and irrelevant in the Web 2.0 era. Are today's techniques just old wine in new bottles? Or really new and different?
Friday, October 28, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Three doctoral students present research projects about information systems and Chinese migrant workers, the politics of information sharing in disaster relief, and what happens when online communities meet in real life.
Friday, October 21, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, October 14, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
A report on "Editorial Practices and the Web", a two-year Mellon Foundation–supported project to move the editors' notes into digital form and make them openly accessible.
Friday, October 7, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, September 30, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, September 16, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Information Access Seminar, with Clifford Lynch & Michael Buckland
Friday, September 9, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Information Access Seminar, with Dave Lester, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)
Friday, April 29, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, March 11, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm