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)
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
The COVID Information Commons (December '20)
Florence Hudson, Columbia University
Jeremiah Trinidad-Christensen, Columbia University
Nora Garza, Laredo College
Sarah Bowman, University of Buffalo
Demonstrating PresQT Services for FAIR Software and Data Preservation (December '20)
Natalie Meyers, University of Notre Dame
Rick Johnson, University of Notre Dame
Digital Lending During a Pandemic: A Dual Approach to Secure Document Delivery on a Deadline (December '20)
Anthony Helm, Brown University
Joseph Rhoads, Brown University
Dismantling Racism in Collaborative Collections (December '20)
Shanee Murrain, Digital Public Library of America
Penelope Shumaker, State Library of Ohio
Leanne Finnigan, Temple University
Ann Hanlon, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Emulation In Action: Applying EaaSI for Research and Study (December '20)
Seth Anderson, Yale University
Ethan Gates, Yale University
Jessica Meyerson, Educopia Institute
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Recent Videos
Dismantling Racism in Collaborative Collections (December '20)Shanee Murrain, Digital Public Library of America
Penelope Shumaker, State Library of Ohio
Leanne Finnigan, Temple University
Ann Hanlon, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee View more information
Emulation In Action: Applying EaaSI for Research and Study (December '20)
Seth Anderson, Yale University
Ethan Gates, Yale University
Jessica Meyerson, Educopia Institute View more information
The FAIR Signposting Profile (December '20)
Herbert Van de Sompel, Data Archive and Networked Services
Martin Klein, Los Alamos National Laboratory View more information
Instructional Resilience: Leveraging an OER Initiative to Support Instruction in the Era of Covid-19 (December '20)
Mike Chee, University of Waterloo
Kari Weaver, University of Waterloo View more information
A Library’s Role in Times of COVID: Lessons Learned from the JHU Global COVID-19 Map (December '20)
Reina Murray, Johns Hopkins University
Mara Blake, Johns Hopkins 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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