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
AMPlifying AV: Next Steps for the Audiovisual Metadata Platform (March '22)
Jon Dunn, Indiana University Bloomington
Shawn Averkamp, AVP
Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project (March '22)
Boaz Nadav Manes, Lehigh University
Todd Carpenter, National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Sebastian Hammer, Index Data
Collections as Data: Part to Whole — Lessons Learned and Next Steps (March '22)
Thomas Padilla, Center for Research Libraries
Yasmeen Shorish, James Madison University
Shan Sutton, University of Arizona
Megan Senseney, University of Arizona
Veronica Reyes-Escudero, University of Arizona
Alana Varner, University of Arizona
Experimenting with JSTOR as Open Infrastructure for Primary Source Collections (March '22)
Bruce Heterick, ITHAKA
Clifford Anderson, Vanderbilt University
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Recent Videos
Building the Unicorn: Or How to Balance Magic and Practicality in Research Information Systems (July '22)Dan Coughlin, Pennsylvania State University
Cynthia Hudson Vitale, Association of Research Libraries View more information View video
The American Congress Digital Archives Portal Project (April '22)
Danielle Emerling, West Virginia University View more information View video
AMPlifying AV: Next Steps for the Audiovisual Metadata Platform (March '22)
Jon Dunn, Indiana University Bloomington
Shawn Averkamp, AVP View more information
Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project (March '22)
Boaz Nadav Manes, Lehigh University
Todd Carpenter, National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Sebastian Hammer, Index Data View more information
Collections as Data: Part to Whole — Lessons Learned and Next Steps (March '22)
Thomas Padilla, Center for Research Libraries
Yasmeen Shorish, James Madison University 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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