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Subject: Numeric and Geospatial Data Interest Group ALA Meeting
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:46:28 +0000
From: Mooney, Hailey <[log in to unmask]>


Please join the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Numeric and Geospatial Data Interest Group (DIG) at ALA Annual.

ALA Annual Conference 2012, Anaheim
Saturday, June 23, 2012
4:00-5:30pm
Disneyland Hotel, Disneyland Grand Ballroom North

Brief Agenda


I.                 Welcome and Introductions

a.      Review of purpose: To bring together ACRL members who are
actively engaged in the planning for, oversight of, and/or provision of
data services within academic libraries. Providing patron support in the
acquisition, storage and use of numeric and geospatial data is fast
becoming an expected add-on to public and technical services in academic
and research libraries. The responsibility of this group to provide a
forum by which librarians and academic library staff engaged in these
services can provide/receive insight into, examples of, and training on
how data services are developed and delivered. This group may also serve
as a bridge between other professional associations dedicated to the
provision of data services in research environments (e.g. IASSIST and APDU).

II.               Conveners

III.              Review of initial group activity

IV.              Open Discussion (Potential topics from steering committee)

a.      How are data librarians' jobs changing?

b.      How are other librarians (e.g. subject specialists)
responsibilities changing with the growth of digital "data deluge"?
Relationship between those with numeric and spatial data responsibilities?

c.      How are data librarians collaborating with other colleagues
internally and is there any sort of internal training/outreach is being
offered?

d.      New data products or resources?

e.      American Factfinder 2

V.               Wrap-Up and Other Business
Full Agenda posted at http://connect.ala.org/node/180338


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Hailey Mooney
Data Services and Reference Librarian
Liaison to Human Development & Family Studies, Social Work, Sociology
Michigan State University Libraries
366 W. Circle Drive
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-884-0857
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http://staff.lib.msu.edu/mooneyh/