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
*A Collaborative Approach to Preserving At-Risk Open Access Journals (March '21)
Dominic Mitchell, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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Controlled Digital Lending for Libraries and Consortia (March '21)
Chris Freeland, Internet Archive
Jennie Rose Halperin, Library Futures
Jill Hurst-Wahl, Syracuse University
Charlie Barlow, Boston Library Consortium
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The Feasibility of Moving to Federated Authentication-Only: An Elsevier-Library Partnership (March '21)
Kelechi Okere, Elsevier
Emily McElroy, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Russell Palmer, University System of Georgia/GALILEO
*The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge (March '21)
Peter Kaufman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
*Toward Automating Collection of Article Data and Repository Content (March '21)
Steven Pryor, University of Missouri
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Recent Videos
*A Collaborative Approach to Preserving At-Risk Open Access Journals (March '21)Dominic Mitchell, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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Controlled Digital Lending for Libraries and Consortia (March '21)
Chris Freeland, Internet Archive
Jennie Rose Halperin, Library Futures
Jill Hurst-Wahl, Syracuse University
Charlie Barlow, Boston Library Consortium
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View more information
The Feasibility of Moving to Federated Authentication-Only: An Elsevier-Library Partnership (March '21)
Kelechi Okere, Elsevier
Emily McElroy, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Russell Palmer, University System of Georgia/GALILEO View more information
*The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge (March '21)
Peter Kaufman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology View more information
*Toward Automating Collection of Article Data and Repository Content (March '21)
Steven Pryor, University of Missouri 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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