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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black" size="4">The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology, together with the Simmons College Student Chapter, invite you to join us at our 2014 Winter
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="4" color="black"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Big Data & You: Preparing Current & Future Information Specialists</b></span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><b>When:</b></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif"> Tuesday, January 14, 2014 from 8:15am to 12:30pm</font></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><b>Where:</b></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif"> MIT Pappalardo Room (Bldg 4-349) Cambridge, MA</font></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><b>RSVP: </b></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-data-you-preparing-current-future-information-specialists-tickets-9600478289" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a></font></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><b>More Information:</b></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif"> </font><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://neasist.org/events/" target="_blank">NEASIST.org</a></font></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black">Big Data is rapidly changing the way researchers, scientists and businesses learn, compete and adapt in digital data-driven environments. The conversation is not just about
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black" size="3">We now ask what librarians, data scientists and researchers need to know in order to prepare for the challenges of Big Data over the next 10 years. Our panelists are leading
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="4" color="#222222"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Program</b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black"><b>Sands Fish, </b></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black"><b><i>Senior Software Engineer--MIT Libraries</i></b></font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3">: </font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black">"Knowing
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black"><b>Bradley Strauss, Senior </b></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black"><b><i>Data Engineer--Chitika, Inc.</i></b></font><font face="Times New Roman,serif">: </font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black">"Is
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black"><b>Christopher Erdmann,</b></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black"><b><i> Head Librarian--Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics</i></b></font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3">:</font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black">"New
Approaches to Library Data Services from an Astrophysics Perspective"</font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black"><b>Panel Discussion with Michael Leach, </b></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black"><b><i>Head of Collection Development--Harvard University Cabot
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