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

Hollywood Goes Digital: How Technology is Changing the Movie Industry

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?

106th Birthday Celebration

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.

Letters from Tokyo, 1950–1956

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.

Branding Information

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”.

Experiences at the Office of Science and Technology Policy

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.

AI and Stewardship

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.

Competition “Inside” the Cloud?

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.

AI and Open Access

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

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

Information Access Seminar: Catherine Marshall

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.

Information Access Seminar: Suzanne Wones, University Librarian

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

Previous events

Genres of Library Service: Economics, Ideology, Technology, etc.

Friday, January 31, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Perhaps We Have Framed the Research Data Management Challenge Incorrectly?

Friday, January 24, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Demographics, Social Networks, and Mobile Phone Usage: Introduction and Take up of Community Cellular Networks in the Philippines

Friday, December 13, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Developments in Networked Information: Review and Prospects

Friday, December 6, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Two Reports: Deepfakes and Self-Driving Cars

Friday, November 22, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child, by Morgan G. Ames

Author Conversation on “The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child”

Friday, November 15, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Morgan Ames and LA Review of Books editor Michele Pridmore-Brown discuss the legacy of the One Laptop per Child project and our refusal to learn from its failure.

Two Talks: Incorporating Sense-making Into Descriptions of Information Systems and Scenarios and Issues in “Send Computation to the Data” Repository Models

Friday, November 8, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

ABCs of Information: Content, Context, Relevance, and other Challenges

Friday, November 1, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How could we evolve a more satisfactory tool-kit of concepts and terms as a stronger basis for information studies?

Intimate and Accountable Reconfigurations of Social Platforms

Friday, October 25, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How might online spaces be reconfigured against harassment and abuse?

Simplifying and Accelerating Data Exploration

Friday, October 18, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How could interactive data exploration tools be redesigned to give deeper insights more easily and quickly?

Howard Besser (photo by Dan Streible: http://flic.kr/p/7Wbqr8)

CANCELED: Archiving the Non-Organizational Born-Digital: The Challenges Posed by Material from Individuals, Communities, Social Movements, and Events

Friday, October 11, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How archives and special collections can address the transition from analog to digital creation and the digital deluge.

This School’s Social Mission: The Early Days

Friday, October 4, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

This School was founded in 1918 on a strong social agenda; Professor Buckland will review the past 101 years of its mission.

101st Birthday Celebration

Friday, September 27, 2019, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us to celebrate the 101st birthday and history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

Scaling Cybersecurity Support for Civil Society

Friday, September 20, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity’s Citizen Clinic is combating sophisticated attacks from governments, hate groups, terrorists, and multinational corporations.

Public Policy Initiatives That Might Improve Digital Stewardship

Friday, September 13, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Alternate policy approaches for stewardship of some classes of cultural materials in the current world.

Machine Learning, Archives and Special Collections

Friday, September 6, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

The most significant near-term applications for machine learning in archives and special collections.