<div dir="ltr"><div><div><i>Please excuse cross-postings.</i><br><br></div>The next session in our on-going Collective Insight Series, "Big Data and the Cloud" with Mike Teets and Matt Goldner, is just under a week away<font> and will cover <span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">topics we've been hearing a lot about lately in the library world:  big data and linked data.  Scheduled for next Thursday afternoon (Oct. 1), our event kicks off at 2:00 PM with a live-streaming session where the presenters, </span></font><font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"><font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">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></font><font> </font><br><br></span></font></div><div><font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">After the livestreaming event concludes, attendees will discuss implications of the presenters' remarks for their own institutions and how </span></font><font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"><font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">these ideas may come to revolutionize how we understand 
and interact with each other. </span></font></span></font></div><div><br><font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span></font><font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">To bring this event to as many of our members as possible, OHIONET has created </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">TWO</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">
 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></font><font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span></font></div>
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<font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"><b>When</b>:  Thursday, Oct. 3rd, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM</span></font></p>
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<div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br>If you have questions or suggestions about any of OHIONET's CE offerings, please contact....<br>Shelly S. Miller<br>

        Continuing Education Coordinator<br>OHIONET<br>
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        1500 West Lane Avenue</div>
Columbus, OH 43221-3975<br>
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        Voice: (614) 484-1063<br>Toll-Free: (800) 686-8975 x37<br>Fax: (614) 486-1527<br><br></div>
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