Information Access & Retrieval
Locating information on the Internet is simple or complex, depending on your point of view. Search engines such as Google are popular ways to quickly find information on the Web but they may lack precision. Sophisticated searching systems of subject databases or library catalogs may provide precision but apply to a limited universe of content. Understanding how to develop search mechanisms that are useful to a wide array of users with differing needs, in many different subject areas, continues to be a challenge. New types of searching, using visualization or semantics, are also being tested. CNI keeps the community informed of developments in this area.
Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff
“Machine Learning, Archives and Special Collections” (October '19)Author: Clifford A. Lynch
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Responsible Stewardship, Technology Realities, and Renewing Collaborations (December '18)
Speaker: Clifford Lynch
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“Managing the Cultural Record in the Information Warfare Era” (October '18)
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Big Data, the Cloud and Academic Research (October '18)
Speaker: Clifford A. Lynch
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“Where All Roads Lead: Keeping the User at the Center” (April '18)
Speaker: Joan K. Lippincott
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Chad Hutchens, University of Wyoming
Tyler Kerr, University of Wyoming
Building Systems Interoperability for User Discovery of High-Density Storage Collections (April '19)
Bob Fox, University of Louisville
Bruce Keisling, University of Louisville
Jeff Carrico, Georgia Institute of Technology
Coordinating Preservation, Description, Discovery, and Access: The University of Illinois Experience (April '19)
Chris Prom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Heidi Imker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cuban Digitization Database: Tools for Managing a Collaborative Cross-Institutional Digitization Effort (April '19)
Todd Digby, University of Florida
Developing an Open Source Digital Collections Management System Using Scrum (April '19)
Kathryn Michaelis, Georgia State University
Jonathan Bodnar, Georgia State University
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Recent Videos
3D Scanning and Augmented Reality as a Method to Deliver and Promote Digital Collections in Libraries & Museums (April '19)Chad Hutchens, University of Wyoming
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Responsible Stewardship, Technology Realities, and Renewing Collaborations (December '18)
Speaker: Clifford Lynch
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Blockchain: What’s Not To Like? (December '18)
David S. H. Rosenthal, Stanford University (retired) View more information
Hiding In Plain Sight: The Value of Machine-Processable Copyright Data (December '18)
John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania
Greg Cram, New York Public Library
Melissa Levine, University of Michigan View more information
Moore-Sloan Data Science Environments Project Update (December '18)
Micaela Parker, Moore-Sloan Data Science Environments View more information
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Recent Podcasts
Facing Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation: The Research Library’s Role and Georgetown University’s Experience (December '17) K. Matthew Dames, Georgetown UniversityMelissa Levine, University of Michigan View more information
Bibliographic Framework Initiative: Process and Expectations (March '13) Roberta Shaffer, Library of Congress
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