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
International Tensions and “Science Nationalism” in a Networked World: Strategies and Implications (January '21)View Report View more information
“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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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Federal Public Access Requirements, Repositories, and the Year of Open Science (March '23)
Martin Halbert, U.S. National Science Foundation
Louis Barbier, NASA Office of the Chief
How to Provide Access . . . When Access is Changing (March '23)
Tracy Tolliver, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kenneth Klingenstein, Internet2
Palace Project for Academics Program Update: Partnerships Working to Demystify Complexity (March '23)
James English, LYRASIS
Peter Brantley, University of California, Davis
Workshop Report Out: National Infrastructure for Public Access Usage and Impact Reporting (March '23)
Christina Drummond, University of North Texas
Charles Watkinson, University of Michigan
Niels Stern, OAPEN & Directory of Open Access Books
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Big Collection: What We’re Building (November '22)
Maurice York, Big Ten Academic Alliance
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Recent Videos
Federal Public Access Requirements, Repositories, and the Year of Open Science (March '23)Martin Halbert, U.S. National Science Foundation
Louis Barbier, NASA Office of the Chief View more information
How to Provide Access . . . When Access is Changing (March '23)
Tracy Tolliver, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kenneth Klingenstein, Internet2 View more information
Palace Project for Academics Program Update: Partnerships Working to Demystify Complexity (March '23)
James English, LYRASIS
Peter Brantley, University of California, Davis View more information
Workshop Report Out: National Infrastructure for Public Access Usage and Impact Reporting (March '23)
Christina Drummond, University of North Texas
Charles Watkinson, University of Michigan
Niels Stern, OAPEN & Directory of Open Access Books View more information
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Big Collection: What We’re Building (November '22)
Maurice York, Big Ten Academic Alliance 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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