[Asis-l] meeting on Big Data-November 14th at Bucks County Community College

[Patricia Dawson]

****Please excuse cross-posting***
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*BIG DATA: HOW IT IS USED BY ORGANIZATIONS*

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Join SLA Philadelphia and SLA Princeton-Trenton Chapters for a Joint 
Meeting on "Big Data: How It is Used by Organizations".   The program 
will feature a panel discussion about the practical ways that 
businesses, academia and research groups are using analytics to improve 
their business or practice.  Speakers include individuals from Rutgers 
(Dan O'Connor,Associate Professor in the Department of Library and 
Information Science), Drexel (Michelle Rogers**is assistant professor in 
the College of Computing and Information and Penn State Hershey (Elaine 
H. Dean, Reference and Instruction Librarian at the Penn State Hershey 
George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library).  A facilitated discussion 
will follow the panel presentations.

In addition to hearing about the practical application of analytics, 
this joint meeting is an opportunity to mix and mingle with your 
colleagues and make new friends!

*When:*
Thursday, November 14, 2013
5:00 - 6:00 PM - Arrival and Check-in; Networking
6:00 - 7:00 PM - Buffet of sandwiches, soft drinks, cookies and coffee/tea
7:00 - 9:00 PM - Program
9:00 PM - Event ends

*Where:*
Bucks County Community College
Tyler Hall, Room 128
275 Swamp Road
Newtown, PA

*REGISTER HERE: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MLDJJHC*

*REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, November 7 at 5 PM*


*SPONSOR:* We appreciate the generous sponsorship of IEEE at the Bronze 
level which makes this joint event possible at a reasonable cost to SLA 
members.

*Registration fees:*

$15 - SLA Members (subsidized)

$15 - Bring-A-Friend Potential Member (subsidized)

$10 - Retired and in-transition SLA members (subsidized)

$10 - Students - SLA Student Members or Library/Info Science students 
(subsidized)

$20 - Member of another library association (subsidized)

$25 - Non-member (Full Cost)

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Please join us for this informative evening and the opportunity to 
network with members of another area chapter.

-- 
Patricia H. Dawson, MLS, MS (Microbiology)
Associate Professor-Librarian
Moore Library, Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099
www.rider.edu/faculty/patricia-dawson

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