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
Analyzing Faculty Activity Reporting at the University of Arizona: What Does the Data Tell Us? (December '18)
Maliaca Oxnam, University of Arizona
Blockchain Can Not Be Used To Verify Replayed Archived Web Pages (December '18)
Michael L. Nelson, Old Dominion University
Blockchain: What’s Not To Like? (December '18)
David S. H. Rosenthal, Stanford University (retired)
Building Infrastructure and Services for Open Access to Research (December '18)
Jefferson Bailey, Internet Archive
Jason Priem, Impactstory
Joseph McArthur, SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
The Challenge of Hidden Big Data Collections: Making Digital Congressional Papers Available for Scholarly Research (December '18)
Nathan Gerth, University of Nevada, Reno
Emily Boss, University of Nevada, Reno
Jessica Tapia, West Virginia University
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Recent Videos
Public Access to Research Data: Report from the AAU APLU Public Access Working Group Workshop (December '18)Mary Lee Kennedy, Association of Research Libraries
Kacy Redd, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Katie Steen, Association of American Universities
Tyler Walters, Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University View more information
“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
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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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