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
Bryan Gee, University of Texas at Austin
Michael Shensky, University of Texas at Austin
HBS Knowledge: Building a Foundation for Artificial Intelligence-Driven Discovery (March '25)
David Nuñez, Harvard Business School
Erin Wise, Harvard Business School
Reconsidering Digital Ecosystems for Curation (March '25)
Lindsey Memory, Brigham Young University
Andy Spackman, Brigham Young University
Reed Jones, University at Buffalo
Adam Strohm, Illinois Institute of Technology
Safeguarding Audiovisual Data (March '25)
Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive
Peter Kaufman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Rowntree, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Why Open Library Metadata? (March '25)
Tom Cramer, Stanford University
Rochelle Lundy, Stanford University
Simeon Warner, Cornell University
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Recent Videos
Developing Scalable Library Research Training (May '25)Jeffery Loo, University of California, San Diego View more information
Unlocking Web Archives Using Retrieval Augmented Generation (May '25)
Corey Davis, University of Victoria View more information
The Role of Research Software and Addressing Its Challenges (January '25)
Daniel S. Katz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign View more information
Enhancing Library Services with Conversational Artificial Intelligence (August '24)
Hannah Moutran, University of Texas at Austin View more information
Accessibility in Research: HTML Papers on arXiv (February '24)
Shamsi Brinn, arXiv
A. Jonathan R. Godfrey, Massey University of New Zealand 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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