We would be interested at Boston College, thanks for sending out this call. ------------------- Emily Singley Head Librarian, Systems & Applications, O'Neill Library Boston College 140 Commonwealth Ave. | Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3801 617-552-2918 [log in to unmask] On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 11:48 AM Jenn C <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > > >