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.

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.

The Data Director Agentic AI Tool Blueprint. (Open, Technology-Agnostic Blueprint v0.1, Capabilities Based Model). Final Draft PDF , Doc ). Research Data Alliancece Global Agentic AI Initiative (Microsoft/RDA Sponsored). Forthcoming, July 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. Protoypes Below in Programming Section) Based on Work from the Research Data Alliancece and Microsoft International Working Group. Research Data Alliancece. 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.