Interested as well! jenn Jennifer Colt Metadata Operations Librarian Cornell University Library Ithaca, NY 14853 On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 11:41 AM Pikas, Christina K. < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm interested and would attend a DC area meeting. > Christina > > ------ > Christina K. Pikas, BS, MLS, PhD > Librarian > The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory > Baltimore: 443.778.4812 > D.C.: 240.228.4812 > [log in to unmask] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Eric > Lease Morgan > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 11:07 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] natural language processing, text mining, and machine > learning at the university of notre dame > > The library here at the University of Notre Dame has been awarded a grant > from the IMLS on the topic of natural language processing, text mining, and > machine learning, and in the end we will be looking for possible > partnerships with others who want to exploit these same technologies. > > Here is a blurb describing our planning grant: > > Investigating the national need for library based topic modeling > discovery systems [1] > > The University of Notre Dame is seeking an IMLS planning grant to > convene a diverse community during the 2019 calendar year that > will contribute to conceptualization of digital tools that > support the creation and dissemination of cross-disciplinary > research. The grant would enable us to conduct a series of > workshops as venues for the collaboration of domain experts, > librarians, and computer science specialists. > > The goals are to understand their unique current practices and to > identify possibilities to use topic modeling and NLP to enhance > or augment current library classification in order to meet > current cross-disciplinary research needs. The target community > includes small and large and public and academic libraries and > institutions. > > To accomplish our goals we will be hosting four regional, day-long > meetings in Notre Dame, Palo Alto, New York City, and Washington, DC during > the next six to nine months. Each meeting will be attended by: 1) content > experts from any number of different domains (political science, economics, > history, etc.), 2) computer scientists, 3) and librarians. The meetings > will be a combination of show & tell, discussions, and hands-on activities. > By the end of each meeting we hope to answer two questions. To what degree > do you think things like NLP can be used to better facilitate > cross-disciplinary research? And if so, then what set of prioritized > features/functions do think are desirable? > > We will then write the obligatory white paper, do our best to disseminate > the results, and if successful, look for partners who would like to help > create the desirable system. > > Watch this space for further details, but if you think you might want to > participate or have any suggestions, then please do not hesitate to drop me > a line. > > [1] a complete description of the grant is available from the IMLS - > https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-72-18-0221-18 > > -- > Eric Lease Morgan > Digital Initiatives Librarian, Navari Family Center for Digital > Scholarship Hesburgh Libraries > > University of Notre Dame > 250E Hesburgh Library > Notre Dame, IN 46556 > o: 574-631-8604 > e: [log in to unmask] > w: cds.library.nd.edu >