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

Documentary Film: Emanuel Goldberg and the First Search Engine

Apr 7, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Join Michael Buckland for the North American premiere of a documentary about Emanuel Goldberg, the forgotten developer of the first electronic search engine.

Documenting "Algorithms"

Mar 24, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

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

Ofer Bergman (photo by Ephrat Beloosesky)

The Science of Managing Our Digital Stuff

Mar 17, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Ofer Bergman is an associate professor in the information science department at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

New Developments in Research IT Services

Mar 10, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Teaching Information Retrieval as a Game

Mar 3, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Rob Sanderson (photo: Sarah Waldorf/Getty Center)

Every Identity, its Ontology

Feb 24, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Rob Sanderson is a semantic architect at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, and a passionate advocate for open culture, linked open data, and the digitization of cultural heritage.

The Center for Technology, Society & Policy

Feb 10, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Where Does the Study of Information Lead?

Feb 3, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

What if we take the central concept of information science and see where it leads?

Reading Analytics and the Emerging Calculus of Reader Privacy

Jan 27, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Reading analytics are a relatively new development but are being deployed in many contexts and at a variety of scales.

Why Library Catalog Design is Obsolete

Jan 20, 2017, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Library and bibliographical practices for discovery and access are based on now-obsolete assumptions that pre-date digital networks. So we need to go back to basics and build more useful designs based on contemporary assumptions.

Stewardship V: Stewardship Transitions & Failures, Conclusions, and Future Directions; and Max Boisot’s Information Space and Economic Systems

Dec 2, 2016, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Stewardship IV: Stewardship Failures and Transitions

Nov 18, 2016, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Information, Documentation or....? Do Paradigms (or Labels) Matter?

Nov 4, 2016, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Experience with Open Source Linguistic Data and Tools for Analysis of Chinese Text

Oct 28, 2016, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Stewardship III: Legal and Policy Issues.

Oct 21, 2016, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Stewardship II. The Cultural Record and Its evolution in the digital age

Oct 7, 2016, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm