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
“Managing the Cultural Record in the Information Warfare Era” (October '18)Author: Clifford A. Lynch View more information
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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Responding to the Move of Content to the Cloud (February '18)
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“Stewardship in the ‘Age of Algorithms’” (December '17)
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
AMP: An Audiovisual Metadata Platform to Support Mass Description (March '18)
Jon W. Dunn, Indiana University
Chris Lacinak, AVP
Crafting an Active Collection for the Research Library (March '18)
Rebecca L. Lubas, Claremont Colleges
Sarah Pickle, Claremont Colleges
Creating a FOLIO-based Integrated Library System (March '18)
Dean B. Krafft, Cornell University
Sebastian Hammer, Index Data
A Data Architecture Framework for Library Collections (March '18)
Greg Colati, University of Connecticut
Patrick L. Carr, University of Connecticut
Distributed Digital Assets: Digital Humanities & the Future Direction of SHARE (March '18)
Cynthia Hudson-Vitale, Washington University St. Louis
Judy Ruttenberg, Association of Research Libraries
Rick Johnson, University of Notre Dame
Jeffrey Spies, University of Virginia
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Recent Videos
“Where All Roads Lead: Keeping the User at the Center” (April '18)Speaker: Joan K. Lippincott
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Heard of DevOps? Find Out How this Methodology Can Accelerate Your Ability to Launch New and More Engaging Library/Museum Exhibitions (March '18)
Carl Grant, University of Oklahoma
Twila Camp, University of Oklahoma View more information
Libraries, Information Equity, and Economic Justice (March '18)
Char Booth, California State University San Marcos View more information
Making Library Contributions Visible: The “Grants Menu” at UVic Libraries (March '18)
Lisa Goddard, University of Victoria View more information
Neural Networks: Machine Vision for the Visual Archive (March '18)
Peter Leonard, Yale University View more information
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Recent Podcasts
Big Data, the Cloud and Academic Research (October '18) Speaker: Clifford A. LynchListen to the Talk
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Facing Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation: The Research Library’s Role and Georgetown University’s Experience (December '17) K. Matthew Dames, Georgetown University
Melissa Levine, University of Michigan View more information
Bibliographic Framework Initiative: Process and Expectations (March '13) Roberta Shaffer, Library of Congress
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