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

Stewardship in the Digital Age (Continued)

Apr 7, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Thoughts on stewardship of the scholarly and cultural record from adjunct professor Clifford Lynch.

Stewardship in the Digital Age (Continued)

Apr 14, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Thoughts on stewardship of the scholarly and cultural record from adjunct professor Clifford Lynch.

Short Reports

Apr 21, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Short research presentations and updates.

Priorities for Shrinking Academic Research Libraries

Apr 28, 2023, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Funding for academic research libraries has been declining for at least two decades. Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason presents critical choices facing research libraries.

Previous Events

Goodbye Melvyl. Hello UC Library Search.

Oct 29, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

How and why the University of California migrated its ten campuses, two regional library facilities, and California Digital Library to a single centralized catalog system.

Whiplash: Library & Education Public Policy in the Covid Era

Oct 22, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Alan Inouye discusses how policy-making has evolved in the library & education sectors during the pandemic and possible future directions.

Short Reports

Oct 15, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Short reports on various topics, including JCDL, SNAC, information science history, relevance theory, and more.

103rd Birthday Celebration

Oct 8, 2021, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to celebrate the 103rd birthday and history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

Appropriate Behavior: Social Norms, Morality, and Decision-Making

Oct 1, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Leonardo Bursztyn is an economist at the University of Chicago whose research uses field experiments to understand people’s decision-making.

Applied Trustworthy Digital Repositories and Risk Assessment

Sep 24, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Leslie Johnston is director of digital preservation at the U.S. National Archives.

Relevance and Creativity

Sep 17, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Wayne de Fremery and Michael Buckland explore the idea that relevance can be understood as creative opportunity.

Policy and Strategic Issues in Managing the Flood of Video in Universities

Sep 10, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Vast amounts of video are being produced by colleges and universities today. What management and preservation challenges should institutions be addressing?

Why “Web Archiving” Is No Longer a Useful Concept or Phrase

Aug 27, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

On the web’s 30th birthday, Clifford Lynch describes how the concept of “web archiving” has outlived its usefulness.

Higher Education Planning Assumptions and Strategies Emerging from the Pandemic

Apr 30, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

“Living Document”: from Mimesis to Indexicality, from Documentation to Documentality

Apr 23, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Rob Day explores the concept of the “living document” as joining knowledge and experience, science and literature.

Two Talks: The Elsevier Agreement and Stewardship of the Cultural Record

Apr 16, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Cliff Lynch discusses cultural stewardship & “cancel culture” and Ivy Anderson of CDL discusses UC’s landmark open access contract with Elsevier.

Local to Global: E-Reserves at UC Berkeley

Apr 9, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

How Berkeley’s University Library rose to the challenge of providing course materials to all students in a fully virtual global environment.

How to Care About Information

Apr 2, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Ryan Shaw is an associate professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Applied Trustworthy Digital Repositories and Risk Assessment

Mar 19, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Leslie Johnston is director of digital preservation at the U.S. National Archives.

Post-Covid Issues

Mar 12, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Information Seeking Research: A State of the Art

Mar 5, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

An overview of the last 50 years of information science research on information seeking and transfer.

Context and Relevance

Feb 26, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Information access seminar, with Wayne de Fremery and Michael Buckland

Prediction Games: Using Evidence and Data-based Forecasting to Pique Interest in Complex Topics and Real-world Events

Feb 19, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Prediction games pit players against one another as they use open data and news stories to forecast the outcome of real-world events.

Information: A Historical Companion. Edited by Ann Blair, Paul Duguid, Anja-Silvia Goeing, and Anthony Grafton

Historicizing Information

Feb 12, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Paul Duguid discusses his new book, Information: A Historical Companion, a landmark history that traces the creation, management, and sharing of information through six centuries.

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