The Department of Library Science at Clarion University is offering a winter intersession special topics three credit class (Dec. 15, 2014-Jan. 14, 2015) entitled #Linked Big Data. The focus of the course centers on the library’s role in shaping how big data can be organized, structured, and linked via semantic web technologies. The nature and complexities of big data for various disciplines are examined along with the implications that semantic web technologies will have on library systems. Graduate students from other university programs are welcome.
If SLAIS students are interested in enrolling in the course please talk to your faculty adviser.
Please visit http://clarion.edu/admissions/graduate/nondegree-and-transient-applicants/index.html for application instructions. The course information is: LS576 Special Topics in Librarianship, #Linked Big Data, class number 1070, instructor Dr. Janice M. Krueger. If you have any questions, please contact the department’s administrative assistant, Lois Dulavitch, at ldulavitch@clarion.edu<mailto:ldulavitch@clarion.edu> or 814-393-2271.
