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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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Previous events

Friday, October 26, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, October 19, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How librarians can support digital privacy practices in their communities.

Friday, October 12, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Threats to information sharing, users, and free speech

Friday, October 5, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Zachary Bleemer is director of the University of California ClioMetric History Project.

Friday, September 28, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Marcia J. Bates is professor emerita in the UCLA Department of Information Studies.

Friday, September 21, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, September 14, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, September 7, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, August 24, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How recent developments that are rapidly destabilizing the cultural record, and what we can do.

Friday, May 4, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Sebastian Benthall is a security scientist working at the intersection of computer science, economics, law, and philosophy.

Friday, April 27, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

How might we develop a unified framework for the description, indexing, and discovery of all kinds of evidence resources?

Friday, March 16, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

The Internet of Things will be tethered, blurring the lines between physical goods, digital goods, and digital services.

Friday, March 9, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Cultural preservation is a form of communication with the future. So how can we measure its success?

Friday, March 9, 2018, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

The challenge of cultural stewardship when everyone is a content producer.

Friday, March 2, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, February 23, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Joshua Blumenstock uses novel data and methods to understand the economic lives of the poor.

Friday, February 16, 2018, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Preliminary research results about companies’s internal research practices in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and behavioral analytics.