“Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians”

June 15th, 2016

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Best Practices, Models and Recommendations

Presented by:IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section (CPDWL)

IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG)

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Best Practices, Models and Recommendations

• 5th consecutive year!• Worldwide series of free quarterly webinars.• Issues of interest to new librarians, library associations and library schools, library-decision makers, and all library workers.

• Opportunity for membership participation via new worldwide online programming.

The topics for the 2016 webinars were compiled in a worldwide survey during

October & November 2015.

Best Practices, Models and Recommendations

• Big Data• Information Literacy• Public Policies• Partnerships

The 4 most voted topics

were:

NPSIG Webinars Coordinators:

Webinar Series Coordinator:

Maria Violeta BertoliniNPSIG Convenor

Milan VasiljevićNPSIG Co-Convenor

Loida Garcia-FeboNPSIG Founder & IFLA

Governing Board Member

“Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians”

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: “The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century”?

• What is the edge for the new generation of librarians in the big data world?

Keynote speaker:

“Clothes don’t makepeople”:

New Opportunities forthe New Librarians

GLÒRIA PÉREZ-SALMERÓNCurrently 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 Escola Universitària Jordi Rubió i Balaguerde Barcelona. 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).

Speaker:MARTIN HILBERT

Big Data: Definition, Limitations and Examples from

Everyday Life

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 “Big Data for Development: A Review of Promises and Challenges” published in Development Policy Review in January 2016.

Data Visualizations Meet Libraries:

New Opportunities

Speaker:MICHELLE CHENAssistant 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.

The Library (Big) Data Scientist

Speaker:WOUTER KLAPWIJKDeputy 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).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.

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