Publications

Balnaves, E. Butrini, L, Cox, A & Uzwyshyn, R. New Horizons in AI for Libraries (Editor). Open Access Online Version PDF , Print Cover Section Introduction: Projects in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing in Libraries (Proof) ( Glossary Proof). IFLA Publication Series. (Online Open Access Version ) Walter De Gruyter (GmbH): Berlin January 2025.

Technology Enhanced Learning Spaces . Special Issue of Trends and Issues In Library Technology (Editor, Article ). IFLA: The Hague Netherlands, January 2024.

Trends and Issues in Library Technology. Special Issue on Open Science, Agile and Cultural Heritage (Editor) . IFLA IT Section. January 2023.

Trends and Issues in Library Technology: Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence and Libraries (Editor). IFLA Information Technology Section, June 2022.

Trends and Issues in Library Technology: Special Issue on Big Data (Editor). IFLA Information Technology Section, January 2022.

How Four California Academic Theorists Rewrote the Rules on AI Ethics (Book Chapter). AI Leadership Series. Merits. (2026, Forthcoming).

Building Library AI Infrastructures: Research Data Repositories, Scholarly Ecosystems and AI Scaffolding (Draft). New Horizons in AI for Libraries . De Gruyter: Berlin, January 2025.

Choosing What Technology Goes Into a Learning Commons. In Lynn D. Lampert and Coleen Meyers-Martin (Eds.) . Creating a Learning Commons: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Ch. 6, pp. 75-90) . London: Rowman and Littlefield, 2019.

Academic Libraries and Technology: An Environmental Scan Towards Future Possibility , Proofs . In J. G. Holbrook (Ed.), Academic and Digital Libraries: Emerging Directions and Trends (pp. 63-86). New York: Nova Publishers, 2018.

Semi-Structured and Unstructured Information Systems: Information Visualization in Introduction to Information Science and Technology Medford: ITI, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-57387-423-6.

DIAGNOSTIC SYNTHESIS: Biomedical Research Data, Metadata, and Discovery Through Imaging, Genomics, Sensors, and AI. August 2026.

The Research Data Director — Biomedical Variant: A Persona-Based Agentic AI Architectural Blueprint for Biomedical Research Data, Metadata, Crosswalks, and Governed Publication. August 2026.

The Data Director Agentic AI Tool Blueprint. Open, technology-agnostic capabilities-based blueprint v0.1. Research Data Alliance Data Director Agentic AI Blueprint Working Group, convened by RDA in collaboration with Microsoft. Working Group Recommendation endorsed June 29, 2026. Contributor.

The Research Data Director: A Persona-Based Agentic AI Architectural Blueprint for Research Data, Metadata, Schema Creation and Data Repository Publication v08.2 . (Build Specification PDF , Technical MD File , Personas Doc. Prototypes Below in Programming Section) Based on Work from the Research Data Alliance and Microsoft International Working Group. Research Data Alliance. April-June, 2026 (Author).

Benchmarking Top Agentic AI Deep Research Models: The Jagged Topographic Frontier. UCR Orbach Science Library AI Literacy Series, May 2026

Open-Source and Local AI for the Other 95%. A Pragmatic Methodology for Academic Library-Led AI Literacy and Research Computing Infrastructure, PDF . ( Doc ). Research Computing for Smaller Institutions Conference: 2026 Proceedings. RCSI, National Science Foundation Sponsored. June 16-17, 2026.

Beyond Traditional AI IQ Metrics: Metacognition and Benchmarking for LLMs, AGI, and ASI . Journal of Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies , 2025.

Branham, R. Connolly, M. and Uzwyshyn, R. CloudSource is the Solution: New Paradigm Models, Analytic Methods and New Budgetary Possibilities. Proceedings of the Charleston Conference, 2024.

Developing Technologically Enhanced Learning Spaces for New Millennia Academic Libraries ( Word Preprint ). Proceedings of the International Federation of Library Associations World Libraries Information Congress. Netherlands: August 2023.

New Opportunities for Research Libraries: Open Source and Open Access Software and Digital Scholarly Ecosystems . Open Access to Knowledge and Research : Recent Achievements and Trends. Proceedings from the Eurasian Academic Library Associations, 2023.

From Research Data and Datasets to Artificial Intelligence and Discovery: Online Data Research Repositories and Digital Scholarly Ecosystems (PDF). IFLA World Libraries Information Congress 2022: Special Interest Group in Big Data Session. Dublin, Ireland. July, 2022

Frameworks for Long Term Digital Preservation Infrastructures . Computers in Libraries . September 2021. ( Draft ).

Open Digital Research Ecosystems: How to Build Them and Why (Feature Article). Computers in Libraries , (40) 8. November 2020. pp. 4-8.

Developing an Open Source Digital Scholarship Ecosystem Color Preprint. ICEIT 2020 Conference Proceedings , St Anne's College, Oxford University. Oxford, United Kingdom, 2020. (Peer-reviewed, Indexed Scopus/Compendex ). ACM / IEEE B&W Preprints. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3383923.3383926

Online Research Data Repositories: The What, When, Why and How . Computers in Libraries . 36:3, April, 2016. pp. 18-21.

One Size May Not Fit All: Pragmatic Reflections on 3D Printers for Academic Learning Environments . Computers in Libraries . Special Issue on Innovation. 35:10, December 2015. pp. 4-8.

A Virtual Globally Dispersed Twenty-First Century Academic Library System , Preprint (Uzwyshyn, Smith, Coulter, Stevens & Hyland) RL (Peer-reviewed) 54:3 Summer 2013.

Risk Management and Disaster Recovery Planning for Online Libraries ( Draft ). American Journal of Emergency Management (Peer-reviewed). (November/December 2015).

The Evolving eTextbook Marketplace: Strategies, Platform, Innovation , Journal of Digital Media Management (Peer-reviewed), 1:1 Spring 2012.

"Repurposing Open Source Software for Agile Digital Image Library Development " Summary Briefing, D-Lib (Peer-reviewed) Sept./Oct. 2008, Vol. 14 Num 9/10, ISSN 1082-9873. Background

"Multimedia Visualization and Interactive Systems: Drawing Board Possibilities and Server Realities - A Cuban Rafter Paradigm Case". Library High Tech . (Peer-reviewed) Special Issue on 3D Information Visualization. 25:3 Winter, 2007.

Reimagining Education In the Age of AI: From Information Scarcity to Abundant Intelligence. ( CXO Print Edition ). Education Technology Insight. 2025.

Digital Scholarly Research Ecosystems in Online University Infrastructures: Enabling Faculty and Graduate Student Research in Online Education. Advances in Online Education . Summer 2024.

Agile Project Management: Special Issue of Trends and Issues in Library Technology . IFLA IT Section. Summer 2023

Can We Get Some Agile Here? The Application of Agile Management Principles for Library IT . ( Preprint ). IFLA Trends and Issues in Library Technology: Special Issue on Agile Project Management . Summer 2023.

From Open Science and Datasets to AI and Discovery . Trends and Issues in Library Technology : IFLA IT Section. January 2023.

Open Access Data Research Repositories: From Data and Research Ecosystems to Artificial Intelligence and New Discovery . Open Access to Knowledge and Research : Recent Achievements and Trends: Proceedings from the Eurasian Academic Library Associations, 2023.

Steps Towards Building Library AI Infrastructures: Research Data Repositories, Scholarly Research Ecosystems and AI Scaffolding (PDF). Proceedings for New Horizons for Artificial Intelligence in Libraries. IFLA WLIC 2022 Satellite Conference on Artificial Intelligence . Galway: National University of Ireland. July, 2022 .

AI in Libraries: Introduction and Editorial Overview for Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence and Libraries . Trends and Issues in Library Technology: International Federation of Library Associationss (IFLA) . Special Issue on AI . June, 2022. pp. 5-7.

Research Data Repositories and Global Scholarly Ecosystem Possibilities . Trends and Issues in Library Technology: International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA ). Special Issue on Big Data . January, 2022. pp. 10- 13.

The Cosmos of Libraries: From Alexandria to the Internet . Informed Librarian , January 2018.

Back to the Future: From Book Warehouse to Library Learning Commons . Informed Librarian , October 2016.

Sakai and its Competitors - Evolution, Online Learning and New Possibilities (Software Review). TrustRadius . September, 2015.

Thinking Beyond Project Completion: Analytics, Online Course Guides and Quality Assurance . Campus Technology : C-Level View Feature . 2/20/2013.

Review of The Idea of the Digital University: Ancient Traditions, Disruptive Technologies and the Battle for the Soul of Higher Education . JDMM . 1:4: 2013. 394-395.

Islands in the Stream: Academic Technology, Digital Copyright and the Teach Act , ( Draft ) Campus Technology, December 14, 2011.

Arbitrage Opportunities for Image Search: Changing Metaphors, Game Metadata and Gathering Common Sense (Final Draft). Published Version (PDF) . Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology : Special Issue on Visual Search and Retrieval ( Full Journal PDF ). June/July, 2009. 35:5. ISSN: 1550-8366.

" Teaching Vermeer in Miami: Interdisciplinarity, Visual Information and a Visual Thinking Strategies Institute " Books and Bytes: The University of Miami Libraries Journal . Volume 2, Issue 2, Winter, 2003.