Dear LIS-LINK,
APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING
Registration is now open for our most important event in the calendar
year, OCLC EMEA Regional Council 2013. The next Meeting will be held in
Strasbourg on 26 and 27 February.
The Meeting provides us with a chance to meet and seek opinions from a
large group of leaders in our region. And, we hope it also provides
those who attend with an opportunity to impress upon our governance,
where we need to focus our attentions, particularly in the areas of
research and advocacy.
In Europe, Middle East and Africa, we use our Regional Council Meeting
to conduct both the business of OCLC governance AND provide a conference
programme around which we can stimulate meaningful discussion. We aim
every year to bring speakers from around the world to talk about topics
of relevance for the strategic direction of libraries. This year, Erez
Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel of Harvard University will talk
about the digital humanities research they carried out in collaboration
with Google, through analysing the text of millions of digitised books.
The theme of the Meeting is Dynamic Data: a world of possibilities. A
programme which we hope will inspire thoughts around what can be done
with large aggregations of data. As mashing, linking, mining, augmenting
and visualising are just a few of the ways that we are now bringing
library data to life and realising its full potential.
Any library can attend it is not restricted to membership. We also have
opportunities for libraries to get involved, as we are offering poster
sessions this year, where we are inviting libraries to come and talk
about their own innovations with data. Submissions are open and can be
here: www.oclc.org/go/emea2013/poster-act.html
In 2013, we also have open positions to stand for Global Council,
representing UK libraries. To find out more about running for a
position on OCLC's Global Council, go here:
http://oclc.org/content/go/en/EMEANominations_2012_2013.html
To find out more about our 2013 Meeting and register, visit:
http://www.oclc.org/go/emea2013.html
Best wishes.
Fiona Leslie
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