<div dir="ltr"><i>Please excuse any cross-postings.</i><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-162e5753-284f-1af6-026b-30f452125c0c"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Knowing that none of us is as strong or as smart as all of us together, OHIONET and OCLC are pleased to continue their discussion series, Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data.  Acting on this basic concept of collaboration, this series of free events aims to bring librarians of all types together to learn and chat about the broad issues that impact libraries and the work that we do.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">To bring this event to as many of our members as possible, OHIONET has created </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">TWO</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> ways for folks to participate--in-person or online.  So, even if you can’t make the drive to Lane Avenue, you don’t have to miss out.  For those that can and do make the drive to OHIONET’s offices, refreshments will be provided.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Consider joining us for either (or both!) of these upcoming discussions...</span></p>
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</span></p><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">“Big Data and the Cloud” with Mike Teets and Matt Goldner</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">We've been hearing a LOT lately about the concepts of 'big data' and 'linked data' and how these ideas may come to revolutionize how we understand and interact with each other.  In the latest installment of the Collective Insight series, Mike Teets and Matt Goldner, authors of "Libraries' Role in Curating and Exposing Big Data," will discuss OCLC's WorldCat database and how it is working to become a relevant and useful source in the Web of big data and cloud computing.  Attendees will hear how OCLC has begun work on the knowledge graph for this data and OCLC's active involvement with Schema.org in working to make this data useful throughout the Web.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><b>When</b>:  Thursday, Oct. 3rd, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Where</b>:  Attend in-person or online!</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Cost</b>: <b> $0</b></span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.ohionet.org/civicrm/event/info?id=162&reset=1" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">CLICK HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> for more information and registration options.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">“Clear Pictures from Complex Data” with Noah Iliinsky</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Data, data everywhere--but what do we *do* with it all.  Today we are swimming in data, more than ever, and it's only getting worse.  Rather than treating data like that big box of pictures and papers hiding in the closet--the one that's possibly full of gems but no one wants to slog through it to find them--learn how to use data to tell an effective story and spark insights.  In this installment of our Collective Insight series, attendees will hear from Noah Iliinsky, Visualization Expert at IBM's Center for Advanced Visualization, co-author of Designing Data Visualizations, and editor/contributor to Beautiful Visualization from O’Reilly Media about best practices in creating effective visualizations of your data and how to make the best use of your data's stories in intentionally crafted communications.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><b>When</b>:  Monday, Oct. 21st, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (Lunch will be provided!)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Where</b>:  Attend in-person or online!</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Cost</b>:<b>  $0</b></span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://ohionet.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=164" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">CLICK HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> for more information and registration options.</span></p>
<br><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span>If you have questions or suggestions about these or any of OHIONET's other CE options, please contact...<br>
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