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)
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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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“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
AMP Project Update: Leveraging Machine Learning and Human Expertise for AV Collections Access (March '20)
Jon W. Dunn, Indiana University
Shawn Averkamp, AVP
Building and Using Collections as Data: Using Machine Learning to Identify Jim Crow Laws (March '20)
Amanda Henley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lorin Bruckner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kimber Thomas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
But Where Can I Find It?: A Look at the Collaborative Evolution of Access to IIT’s TechNews (March '20)
Kristen Weischedel, Illinois Institute of Technology
Tim Fluhr, Illinois Institute of Technology
Christine Fruin, Atla
Kevin Kochanski, Notch8
Jonathan Wheeler, University of New Mexico
Minh Pham, University of Missouri, Columbia
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Recent Videos
Accessibility Task Force: Determining Compliance and Organizing Action (January '20)Suzanne Wones, Harvard University
Claire DeMarco, Harvard University View more information
Can We Talk? Adding a Smart Assistant Interface to Library Services (January '20)
Greg Davis, Iowa State University
Lisa Smith, Iowa State University View more information
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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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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