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
“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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“Where All Roads Lead: Keeping the User at the Center” (April '18)
Speaker: Joan K. Lippincott
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Accessibility Task Force: Determining Compliance and Organizing Action (January '20)
Suzanne Wones, Harvard University
Claire DeMarco, Harvard University
Bringing Computational Access to Book-length Documents Via an ETD Pilot (January '20)
William Ingram, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Can We Talk? Adding a Smart Assistant Interface to Library Services (January '20)
Greg Davis, Iowa State University
Lisa Smith, Iowa State University
A Demonstration of Annotation Interoperability (January '20)
Sayeed Choudhury, Johns Hopkins University
Mark Patton, Johns Hopkins University
Developing a Community-Based Strategic Agenda for the Transformation of Archival Discovery and Delivery (January '20)
Mark A. Matienzo, Stanford University
Hillel Arnold, Rockefeller Archive Center
Tom Cramer, Stanford University
Audra Eagle Yun, University of California, Irvine
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Recent Videos
Ready or Not: Here Comes Voice Search (January '20)Carl Grant, University of Oklahoma View more information
3D Scanning and Augmented Reality as a Method to Deliver and Promote Digital Collections in Libraries & Museums (April '19)
Chad Hutchens, University of Wyoming
Tyler Kerr, University of Wyoming View more information
Responsible Stewardship, Technology Realities, and Renewing Collaborations (December '18)
Speaker: Clifford Lynch
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Blockchain: What’s Not To Like? (December '18)
David S. H. Rosenthal, Stanford University (retired) View more information
Hiding In Plain Sight: The Value of Machine-Processable Copyright Data (December '18)
John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania
Greg Cram, New York Public Library
Melissa Levine, University of Michigan 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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