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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, January 31, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Clifford Lynch is the director of the Coalition for Networked Information and an adjunct professor at the School of Information.

Friday, February 7, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

The Chips Act subsidizes US and Taiwanese chip manufacturers to locate new facilities in the United States. What are the prospects for success?

Friday, February 14, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Paul Duguid recently retired as an adjunct professor at the School of Information.

Friday, March 7, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST
Friday, April 4, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Previous events

Friday, August 28, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

An inside look at the US National Academies committee and their report

Friday, May 1, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

The history and theory of copying and of copies

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

Student reports on e-commerce marketing, AI, and cloud information systems.

Friday, April 17, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How the UC Berkeley Library is digitizing its rare and special historical collections.

Friday, April 10, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Deirdre Mulligan is an associate professor at the School of Information and the associate dean and Head of School

Friday, April 3, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

An informal discussion of women in the history and heritage of the School.

Friday, March 13, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Rob Sanderson is a semantic architect at the J. Paul Getty Trust and a passionate advocate for open culture, linked open data, and the digitization of cultural heritage.

Friday, March 6, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

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

Friday, February 28, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, February 21, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

A 2009 report was highly critical of many forensic practices. This is the first thorough analysis of the purportedly distinct patterns on the seams of denim pants.

Friday, February 14, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne is the assistant city manager of Palo Alto.

Friday, February 7, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Social media users are generally averse to archiving their posts, but what can we learn from the the 1940 US Census?

Friday, January 31, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, December 6, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, November 22, 2019, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
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.

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?