<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">FYI.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font face="monospace, monospace">Hilton Gibson</font></b></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Stellenbosch University Library</span><br></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><font color="#0000ee"><u><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X</a></u></font><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">NPSIG IFLA</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:npsig.ifla@googlemail.com">npsig.ifla@googlemail.com</a>></span><br>Date: 23 June 2016 at 01:42<br>Subject: [IFLA-L] Recording & Slides: Free IFLA/ALA Webinar: “Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians” - June 15th, 2016<br>To: <a href="mailto:ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr">ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr</a>, <a href="mailto:npdg-l@infoserv.inist.fr">npdg-l@infoserv.inist.fr</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are happy to share with you t<font color="#000000">he recording and slides of the IFLA/ALA "New Librarians, Global Connection Webinar Series" about “<a href="https://npsig.wordpress.com/webinars-2/past-webinars/webinars-2016/" target="_blank">Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians</a>” that took place on June 15th.</font></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Please <a href="http://ala.adobeconnect.com/p4l91pkvdoo/" target="_blank">click here to access the recording</a> in Adobe Connect and find the slides from presentations below (you may click on the titles to access the PDF files):</font></font></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><a href="https://npsig.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/newlibgcwebinarjune2016.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Introduction
to the Webinar</span></a> by the New Professionals Special Interest Group<br></li><li><a href="https://npsig.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/webinar-ifla-june16-gps_def-1.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">“Clothes
don’t make people”: New opportunities for the new librarians</span></a> by Glòria Pérez-Salmerón<br></li><li><a href="https://npsig.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/hilbert_bigdataalawebinar.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Big Data:
definition, limitations and examples from everyday life</span></a> by Dr. Martin Hilbert<br></li><li><a href="https://npsig.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/ifla-talk-chen.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Data
Visualizations Meet Libraries: New Opportunities</span></a> by Dr. Michelle Chen<br></li><li><a href="https://npsig.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/bd-sig-wouter-klapwijk.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">The Library
(Big) Data scientist</span></a> by Wouter Klapwijk<br></li></ul><p></p>
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</div><div>Thank you for your participation and your interest in these materials.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://npsig.wordpress.com/webinars-2/upcoming-webinars/" target="_blank">Stay tuned</a> for our next webinars!</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Maria Violeta Bertolini</div><div>NPSIG Convenor</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">NPSIG IFLA</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:npsig.ifla@googlemail.com" target="_blank">npsig.ifla@googlemail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:17 PM<br>Subject: Free IFLA/ALA Webinar: “Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians” - June 15th, 2016<br>To: <a href="mailto:npdg-l@infoserv.inist.fr" target="_blank">npdg-l@infoserv.inist.fr</a>, <a href="mailto:ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr" target="_blank">ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px">Dear colleagues, </span><br><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">We are proud to present the next session of the 2016 webinar series “<a href="https://npsig.wordpress.com/webinars-2/" style="color:rgb(17,133,215);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations</a>”.<br></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">For the fifth consecutive year, IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group are partnering with the American Library Association to present a series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians, library associations and library schools, library-decision makers, and all library workers. The webinars are a great opportunity for membership participation via a worldwide online programming.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">The topic of the next webinar will be “<span style="font-weight:700">Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians”. </span>There is constant buzz about data science, data management, data analysis, data visualizations. How are librarians taking advantage of their skills and learning new ones for this new challenge? How are #newlibrarians becoming #datalibrarians, or even #datascientists? what Davenport (2012) has called: “<a href="https://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century/" style="color:rgb(17,133,215);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century</a>“? What is the edge for the new generation of librarians in the big data world?</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Below, the date and time of the next webinar. <span style="font-weight:700">Save the date!</span></p><h3 style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(40,61,75);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span><font size="4">June 15th, 2016</font></span></h3><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px">2:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time – CDT (Chicago)</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px">3:00 p.m. East Daylight Time – EDT (New York)</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px">9:00 p.m. Central European Time – CET (The Hague)</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px">Check out the <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160615T15&p1=179&p2=64&p3=136&p4=240&p5=56&p6=8&p7=771&p8=131&p9=31&p10=101&p11=195&p12=217" style="color:rgb(17,133,215);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">time of the webinar in different parts of the world</a>!</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">World Clock <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/" style="color:rgb(17,133,215);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/</a></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><span style="font-weight:700">Link to access the virtual meeting room: </span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">To join the meeting: <a href="http://ala.adobeconnect.com/r4y0fmza6ck" target="_blank">http://ala.adobeconnect.com/r4y0fmza6ck</a></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">***</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Test your connection: <a 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Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Webinar length: one hour and 15 minutes.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">***</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:700">Keynote Speaker</span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><span style="font-weight:700"><img src="https://npsig.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/gloria.png?w=700" alt="Gloria" width="344" height="355" style="border:0px;max-width:100%;vertical-align:middle;display:inline;float:left;margin-right:2em">Glòria Pérez-Salmerón</span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Theme: <i>“Clothes don’t make people”: New opportunities for the new librarians</i></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Currently IFLA President Elect and President of the Spanish Federation of Archivist, Librarianship, Documentation and Museums Associations (FESABID). She has as a Bachelor’s degree in Documentation University of Barcelona and in Librarianship and Documentation from the prestigious <i>Escola Universitària Jordi Rubió i Balaguer de Barcelona</i>. Master Degree: “Management of Libraries” from the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona (UPF) ; and Master in “Government and Public Administration in the Information Society, Electronic Government”. In her long and varied professional career, she has been involved in library services and management at all levels, from setting up and managing a local public library to holding Spain’s highest position as director of the National Library, the Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) (2010-2013). During her period as director of the National Library of Spain, she launched the Biblioteca Digital del Patrimonio Iberoamericano (Latin-American Digital Heritage Portal) and also oversaw the incorporation of the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica into the World Digital Library, and similarly, the National Library catalogue entry into OCLC’s WorldCat.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">In addition, she served as a board member and Vice-President of the European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), also as a member of IFLA’s Governing Board, working on both the Finances Committee and the Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP) and member of the IFLA Public Libraries Standing Committee. Prior to this, she had held the position of Head of the Barcelona Council,<i> Diputació de Barcelona</i> e-Government Office. In previous years she had worked in senior positions within governmental-coordinated library services: as Director of Library Cooperation of Catalonia’s Autonomous Government, Generalitat de Catalunya, coordinator of the Catalan Library System; and technical director of Public Libraries Network. Currently she works as a senior consultant for library issues at the Barcelona Council, Diputació de Barcelona.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:700">Speakers</span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><span style="font-weight:700"><img src="https://npsig.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/martin.png?w=700" alt="Martin.png" width="313" height="313" style="border:0px;max-width:100%;vertical-align:middle;display:inline;float:left;margin-right:2em"></span><span style="font-weight:700">Dr. Martin Hilbert</span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Theme: <i>Big Data: definition, limitations and examples from everyday life</i></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Martin Hilbert holds doctorates in Communication, and in Economics and Social Sciences and a faculty position at the University of California. He pursues a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the role of information, communication and knowledge in human development, be it from a social, economic, psychological or political perspective. He is particularly interested in role of the data revolution in complex social systems, and shares the gained insights through publications and hands-on technical assistance (mainly in developing countries). One of his most recent articles is “<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dpr.12142/abstract" style="color:rgb(17,133,215);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Big Data for Development: A Review of Promises and Challenges</a>” published in Development Policy Review in January 2016. More information about his extensive research, professional, and academic experience can be found in:<a href="http://www.martinhilbert.net/" style="color:rgb(17,133,215);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">http://www.martinhilbert.net/</a></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"> </p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><span style="font-weight:700"><img src="https://npsig.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/michelle.png?w=700" alt="Michelle" width="296" height="298" style="border:0px;max-width:100%;vertical-align:middle;display:inline;float:left;margin-right:2em">Dr. Michelle Chen</span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Theme: <i>Data Visualizations Meet Libraries: New Opportunities</i></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Assistant Professor at the School of Information at San José State University, and Program Coordinator of SJSU iSchool’s Certificate in Big Data. Prior to joining the SJSU iSchool, she taught in several different universities, including the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Connecticut and the University of San Francisco. Her primary areas of research and teaching interests include information visualization, data mining, social network analysis, and online user behavior. In particular, she is interested in studying the value of virtual platforms as informational and social media and the role of today’s networked environment on shaping user behavior.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"> <br><span style="font-weight:700"><img src="https://npsig.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/wouter.png?w=700" alt="Wouter" width="263" height="330" style="border:0px;max-width:100%;vertical-align:middle;display:inline;float:left;margin-right:2em"></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><span style="font-weight:700">Wouter Klapwijk</span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Theme: <i>The Library (Big) Data scientist</i></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px">Deputy Director (IT and Digital Services) at the Stellenbosch University Library and Information Services department, South Africa. He is convenor of the IFLA Big Data Special Interest Group (SIG) which was recently formed after WLIC 2015 in Cape Town. He is a qualified librarian and IT professional with a strong educational background in business administration (BBA). He started his career in library and information science in 1991 at the National Library of South Africa, and from there held numerous IT positions in both the private and educational sectors. In his current position he is responsible for library infrastructure projects, the operations management of the IT and Digital Services division, and implementing library ICT research support services at Stellenbosch University.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"> </p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><em>The topics for the 2016 webinars were compiled in a <a href="https://npsig.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/help-us-identify-topics-for-the-2016-iflaala-newlibgc-free-webinars/" style="color:rgb(17,133,215);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">worldwide survey</a> during October and November 2015. The most voted topics were: Information Literacy, Public Policies, Partnerships, and Big Data.</em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;line-height:28px"><em style="font-size:20px">The <a href="http://npsig.wordpress.com/webinars/" target="_blank">webinars</a> are archived, therefore you can join them, ask questions and participate in conversations with international colleagues live, or you can listen to them later, anywhere at any time. </em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;line-height:28px"><em style="font-size:20px"><br></em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><span>Questions and requests for information:</span></p><ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Gentium Basic',Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:20px;line-height:28px"><li><span>Maria Violeta Bertolini and Milan Vasiljevic, </span><span>NPSIG #newlibgc Webinars Coordinators (</span><span><a href="mailto:npsig.ifla@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,133,215);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">npsig.ifla@gmail.com</a>)</span></li><li><span>Loida Garcia-Febo, </span><span>#newlibgc Series Coordinator (</span><span><a href="mailto:loidagarciafebo@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,133,215);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">loidagarciafebo@gmail.com</a>)</span></li></ul><div><font color="#444444" face="Gentium Basic, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="Gentium Basic, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="Gentium Basic, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="Gentium Basic, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px">Check out the <a href="https://npsig.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/free-iflaala-webinar-big-data-new-roles-and-opportunities-for-new-librarians-june-15th-2016/" target="_blank">NPSIG Blog</a> and <a href="http://www.ifla.org/node/10477" target="_blank">NPSIG IFLA Webpage</a> to access more information.</span></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="Gentium Basic, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="Gentium Basic, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px">Follow the NPSIG in <a href="http://twitter.com/npsig" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/npsig" target="_blank">Facebook</a>!</span></font></div></div>
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