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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Please consider submitting an abstract to the call for papers for the IFLA pre-conference Big Data satellite meeting to be held in Frankfurt, 22 – 23 August. One week remains to the close for call
for papers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">IFLA WLIC Preconference Satellite Meeting</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Deutsche Nationalbibliothek – German National Library, Frankfurt, Germany</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">22 & 23 August 2019</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://2019.ifla.org/cfp-calls/big-data-sig"><span style="color:#954F72">https://2019.ifla.org/cfp-calls/big-data-sig</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Data intelligence in libraries: the actual and artificial perspectives</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">There is a growing urgency for library professionals to explore the underlying considerations for administering scholarly, scientific and business data in libraries. From an actual or real-world perspective, library managers
have a requirement for timely and insightful management information derived from library data generated by the use of online resources and library services. Library professionals need to continuously develop their data skills to enable themselves to be smarter
in the use, wrangling, visualization and application of data.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Likewise, from an artificial perspective, machine agents are dependent on good quality data to be capable to infer and learn from it through a process of knowledge engineering. Libraries should leverage opportunities to
implement interventions that could facilitate optimal access to reputable scientific data, thereby fostering the knowledge process by making data findable and available to information agents.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We are seeking proposals for papers on topics including but not limited to the following:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Collection and analysis of library operations data (facilities usage, IoT devices, building sensors)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Programs which provide access to big data in science projects or government databases</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Projects that mine the long tail of scholarly data</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Collections as data projects, such as curated heritage and special collections</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Data literacy programs and/or data science training initiatives</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">The professional issues around data science and data librarianship</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Infrastructure, frameworks, and applications on which data gathering, cleaning, analysis and visualization can be done</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We invite you to submit abstracts in MS-Word or PDF format by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>15 April 2019</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to Cory Lampert<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:cory.lampert@unlv.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">cory.lampert@unlv.edu</span></a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">and
Wouter Klapwijk<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:wklap@sun.ac.za"><span style="color:#954F72">wklap@sun.ac.za</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">.
All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee and submitters will be notified by 3 May 2019. Full papers of accepted abstracts must be submitted no later than July 15, 2019.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">For the full call for papers please refer to the attached document with submission guidelines and important dates, or visit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://2019.ifla.org/cfp-calls/big-data-sig"><span style="color:#954F72">https://2019.ifla.org/cfp-calls/big-data-sig</span></a>.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#941651;letter-spacing:.3pt">Wouter Klapwijk<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:gray;letter-spacing:.3pt">Deputy Director: IT and Digital Services | Adjunkdirekteur: IT en Digitale Dienste<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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