Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data

Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data
31 May 2013 | 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

OCLC and Northwestern University Library invite you to join us on 31 May for an engaging symposium on the break-through opportunities and operational challenges of turning data into powerful analyses and purposeful action for academic libraries and the campuses they serve. We will explore how shared user, usage and collections data are changing academic libraries.

Our keynote speaker, Northwestern Professor Larry Birnbaum, will share his experience in translating data into meaningful stories. Big data can lead to greater insight; can artificial intelligence further process it to create narrative meaning?

Local academic librarians Dave Green, Deborah Blecic and Kim Armstrong will form a panel to discuss how they deploy shared library data: understanding user behaviors through the ERIAL project; analyzing the wealth of usage data to guide collecting and purchasing of electronic resources; and informing CIC’s work on shared print repositories.

Finally, Dorothea Salo from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will consider big data in libraries: Does it exist—and do we have it? How do we collect and share it? What skills and tools do we need to use it?

Throughout the day, you’ll have opportunities to ask questions, discuss these topics with your peers and brainstorm action items to pursue at your library. The event is free to attend, and OCLC will provide lunch and refreshments.

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Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data
5 June 2013 | 9:00 to Noon
MOBIUS Annual Conference
Capitol Plaza Hotel,  Jefferson City, MO

In recent years organizations have begun using data in new and exciting ways. Phrases like “linked data,” “big data” and “data visualization” have permeated these discussions, signaling a broader trend toward data-driven insight and integration of libraries into the wider Web. Data is increasingly an essential driver of success throughout the library. How can we share and use data within the library community and the information industry to gain greater insight into our collections, patrons, and resources? How do we utilize this data to reach out to our users on the Web? Join Heather Lea Moulaison, Assistant Professor, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, Felicity Dykas, Head of Cataloging, University of Missouri Libraries, and OCLC Member Services Consultants Eric Forte and Meryl Cinnamon in an extended conversation with attendees about the opportunities in areas such as linked library metadata, data for patron discovery of resources, and data to inform library collecting.

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Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data
21 June 2013 | 3:30 to 4:20 pm
Lindsey Wilson College
2013 AIKCU Technology Conference, Columbia, KY

In recent years organizations have begun using data in new and exciting ways. Phrases like “linked data,” “big data” and “data visualization” have permeated these discussions, signaling a broader trend toward data-driven insight and integration of libraries into the wider Web. Data is increasingly an essential driver of success throughout the library. How can we share and use data within the library community and the information industry to gain greater insight into our collections, patrons, and resources?  How do we utilize this data to reach out to our users on the Web? Join OCLC Member Services Consultant Meryl Cinnamon for an extended conversation about the opportunities in areas such as linked library metadata, data for patron discovery of resources, and data to inform library collecting.

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Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data
28 June 2013 | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, Central Time
OCLC Americas Member Meeting and Symposium at ALA Annual
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Prairie Room | Live-streaming Video

Join OCLC member-leaders and staff for updates on OCLC products and services, a Regional Council business meeting and the next keynote address in our "Collective Insight-Driven by Shared Data" series. This session will focus on the opportunity to examine shared data in new ways that help us make better decisions, learn about the information ecosystem and impact how we live. Libraries can play a compelling role in helping our communities make sense of that information in useful and innovative ways.

The OCLC Symposium on Culturomics will feature Jean-Baptiste Michel and Erez Lieberman Aiden. The Symposium will begin at 1:00 pm, Central Time.
 
Jean-Baptiste Michel, Visiting Scientist, Harvard University
Jean-Baptiste Michel is a French and Mauritian scientist at Harvard University. His research focuses on big data at the interface of biology and the social sciences. In 2012, Jean-Baptiste was named a TED Fellow and one of Forbes '30 under 30,' the brightest young minds in the sciences. He is an Engineer of Ecole Polytechnique, and received an MS in Applied Math and a PhD in Systems Biology from Harvard.
 
Erez Lieberman Aiden, Assistant Professor of Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine and of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Rice University
Erez Lieberman Aiden is Assistant Professor of Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine and of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Rice University. His research spans many disciplines and has won numerous awards, including the President's Early Career Award in Science and Engineering, which is the US government's highest honor for scientists in the early stages of their careers, a $2.5M NIH New Innovator Award; the GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists; the Lemelson-MIT prize for the best student inventor at MIT; and membership in Technology Review's 2009 TR35, recognizing the top 35 innovators under 35.

Together, Erez and Jean-Baptiste develop quantitative approaches to the study of history and culture that rely on computational analysis of a significant fraction of the historical record, an approach they call culturomics. Their work led to the creation of the Google Ngram Viewer, a website for browsing cultural trends that was visited over three million times in the 24 hours after its launch. Their research has been featured on the covers of Nature and Science and on the front page of the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and the Wall Street Journal. Their talk describing this work, at TED.com, has been viewed over one million times. They are the authors of the forthcoming book Uncharted: Big Data and an Emerging Science of Human History (Riverhead Books).

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Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data
15 August 2013 | 10:30 to 11:30 am
Pacific Northwest Library Association 2013 Annual Conference
Riverside Hotel, Boise, ID

In recent years organizations have begun utilizing data in new and exciting ways. Phrases like "linked data," "big data" and "data visualization" have permeated these discussions, signaling a broader trend toward data-driven insight and integration of libraries into the wider Web. Data is an essential driver of success. What do we know about our collections and resources, who uses them, and how? In this session, Eric Forte, OCLC Member Services Consultant, will discuss how we share and use data within the library community and the information industry to gain greater insight, and how we utilize this data to reach out to our users on the Web.

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Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data
27 September 2013 | 2:15 to 3:00 pm
VLA/VLACRL Annual Conference 2013
Williamsburg Hotel and Conference Center | Williamsburg, VA

Description: Organizations have begun utilizing data in new and exciting ways. Phrases like “linked data,” “big data” and “data visualization” have permeated discussions, signaling a broader trend toward data-driven insight and integration of libraries into the wider Web. Data is an essential driver of success. What do we know about our collections and resources, who uses them, and how? How do we share and use data within the library community and information industry to gain greater insight? How do we utilize this data to reach out to our users on the Web? Join OCLC Member Services Consultant, Meryl Cinnamon, and your colleagues for an interactive discussion about this important topic.

Registration information will be posted when it becomes available.