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Did you miss the library’s Information Literacy Series event on October 23? Don’t worry – we have audio for all the lightning talks that were given, as well as slides for some of them. Below you’ll see mp3 recordings of the talks, and slides or visuals as they become available to us. For more information about the event, click the link “Information Literacy Series event” above.

 

Jay Cooprider (CIS): Big Data Through a Technology Lens

• audio: http://atc.bentley.edu/stream.asp?url=//fall13/library/library_lightning_cooprider_10232013.mp3

Ian Cross (Marketing): John Wayne is Big Data

• audio: http://atc.bentley.edu/stream.asp?url=//fall13/library/library_lightning_cross_10232013.mp3
• slides: http://libguides.bentley.edu/loader.php?type=d&id=940801

Fred Ledley (NAS): If It Looks Like a Duck…

• audio: http://atc.bentley.edu/stream.asp?url=//fall13/library/library_lightning_ledley_10232013.mp3
• slides: http://libguides.bentley.edu/loader.php?type=d&id=935528

Nathaniel Lin (Mathematics): Is Big Data the New Oil?

• audio: http://atc.bentley.edu/stream.asp?url=//fall13/library/library_lightning_lin_10232013.mp3
• slides: http://libguides.bentley.edu/loader.php?type=d&id=935533

David Oury (Mathematics): Very Brief Introduction to Big Data Text Mining

• audio: http://atc.bentley.edu/stream.asp?url=//fall13/library/library_lightning_oury_10232013.mp3
• slides: http://libguides.bentley.edu/loader.php?type=d&id=940808

Mark-David McLaughlin (Mathematics): Visualization Techniques for Large Social Networks

• audio: http://atc.bentley.edu/stream.asp?url=//fall13/library/library_lightning_mclaughlin_10232013.mp3

slides: http://libguides.bentley.edu/loader.php?type=d&id=936747

 

Please join us on Wednesday, October 23, for the fourth event in the Bentley Library Information Literacy Series, “Lightning Talks About Big Data: Making Sense Out of Massive Amounts of Information.” Bentley faculty and alumni will present focused talks of 5-7 minutes on how they make sense out of big data in their disciplines.

Join us in the library’s Art Gallery during the following times.

3:00-3:35: Lightning Talks Round 1:

• Mark Frydenberg, CIS
• Ryan Norris ‘03
• M. Lynne Markus, IPM
• Jay Cooprider, CIS
• Ian Cross, Marketing

3:35-4:00: Reception outside Art Gallery with refreshments

4:00-4:35: Lightning Talks Round 2:

• Fred Ledley, NAS
• Nathaniel Lin, Mathematics
• David Oury, Mathematics
• Mark-David McLaughlin, Mathematics
• Dominique Haughton, Mathematics

This event is presented in conjunction with the library-produced exhibit “Making Visible the Invisible: Library Data Transformed,” which begins October 21.

About the Bentley Library Information Literacy Series:

Founded in 2011, the Bentley Library Information Literacy Series is a series of lectures, panel discussions, and other events featuring experts in the field of information literacy. The series is designed to bring together librarians and experts from other fields inside and outside academia in order to bridge gaps in knowledge and understanding, and to expand awareness and critical thinking about information literacy. The events in the series are aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members, librarians, and anyone with an interest in teaching and learning in an era of rapid change in information delivery and discovery.

Please join us on Wednesday, October 23, for the fourth event in the Bentley Library Information Literacy Series, “Lightning Talks About Big Data: Making Sense Out of Massive Amounts of Information.” Bentley faculty and alumni will present focused talks of 5-7 minutes on how they make sense out of big data in their disciplines.

 Image by Dominique Haughton and Mark-David McLaughlin

Join us in the library’s Art Gallery during the following times.

3:00-3:35: Lightning Talks Round 1:

• Mark Frydenberg, CIS
• Ryan Norris ‘03
• M. Lynne Markus, IPM
• Jay Cooprider, CIS
• Ian Cross, Marketing

3:35-4:00: Reception outside Art Gallery with refreshments

4:00-4:35: Lightning Talks Round 2:

• Fred Ledley, NAS
• Nathaniel Lin, Mathematics
• David Oury, Mathematics
• Mark-David McLaughlin, Mathematics
• Dominique Haughton, Mathematics

This event is presented in conjunction with the library-produced exhibit “Making Visible the Invisible: Library Data Transformed,” which begins October 21.

About the Bentley Library Information Literacy Series:

Founded in 2011, the Bentley Library Information Literacy Series is a series of lectures, panel discussions, and other events featuring experts in the field of information literacy. The series is designed to bring together librarians and experts from other fields inside and outside academia in order to bridge gaps in knowledge and understanding, and to expand awareness and critical thinking about information literacy. The events in the series are aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members, librarians, and anyone with an interest in teaching and learning in an era of rapid change in information delivery and discovery.