Information Access Seminar

The Friday afternoon Information Access Seminar explores topics relating to digital libraries, with special emphasis on access to networked resources, use of two or more resources in conjunction, combined use of two or more retrieval systems (e.g., use of pre- or post-processing to enhance the capabilities), and the redesign of library services.

The seminar is hosted by Clifford Lynch and Michael Buckland and can be taken for credit as Info 296A. Information Access.

Upcoming events

Information Access Seminar: Clifford Lynch

Friday, December 6, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Clifford Lynch is the director of the Coalition for Networked Information and an adjunct professor at the School of Information.

Previous events

Information Access Old and New

Friday, November 4, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Nineteenth-century information-access techniques (indexing, cataloging, classification), implemented successfully in the 20th century (online catalogs, Medline, OCLC, etc.), now seem outmoded and irrelevant in the Web 2.0 era. Are today's techniques just old wine in new bottles? Or really new and different?

Three Social Studies

Friday, October 28, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Three doctoral students present research projects about information systems and Chinese migrant workers, the politics of information sharing in disaster relief, and what happens when online communities meet in real life.

Nuclear Forensics: A Scientific Search Problem

Friday, October 21, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Editors' Notes and Humanities Scholarship

Friday, October 14, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

A report on "Editorial Practices and the Web", a two-year Mellon Foundation–supported project to move the editors' notes into digital form and make them openly accessible.

Names and Lives In the Cultural Record

Friday, October 7, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm