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Some upcoming free events from our friends at Research Libraries UK -- Gayle Schechter, MSLIS | she/her/hers Program Associate 🍑 Based in Atlanta, GA (Mvskoke land<https://www.whose.land/en/>) The Digital Library Federation (DLF)<https://www.diglib.org/> Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR<http://clir.org/>) Alexandria, VA @CLIRDLF<https://twitter.com/CLIRDLF> | @akaGladys<https://twitter.com/akaGladys> My working day may not be your working day. Please don’t feel obliged to reply to this e-mail outside of your normal working hours. From: Matthew Greenhall <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 8:01 AM To: Gayle Schechter <[log in to unmask]>, "Clark, Jason" <[log in to unmask]>, "Mannheimer, Sara" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Data and Design: RLUK Digital Shift Forum (2 February) Dear Gayle, Jason and Sara, I thought that the below events might be of interest to the DDS, especially with the focus on data of the first seminar. These are free events and we’d certainly welcome DLF colleagues at these. With very best wishes, Matt RLUK Digital Shift Forum #RLUKDSF: February events RLUK’s Digital Shift Forum<https://bit.ly/RLUKDSF> is hosting two seminars during February. The first will feature Chris Speed (University of Edinburgh) and will include a lively and playful exploration of the relationship between data and design. Our second seminar will feature Catherine Devine (Microsoft) and will explore the ways in which information and cultural organisations are using developments such as artificial intelligence to enhance discoverability. Further details of both talks are below and please do follow the links to the RLUK DSF webpage to register. 2 February 2022, 14.00-15.00 (GMT) Design From/With/By Data Professor Chris Speed FRSE, Chair of Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh The design community have used qualitative and quantitative data to inform the development of products, services and systems for many years. From market analytics to observational analysis, and questionnaires to design probes, designers understand implicitly the need to watch, listen and learn from the data that is gathered by prototypes before, during and after the design process. However, whilst the methods for gathering data have grown to reflect research through design approaches, there has been little classification of the kinds of data that we are encountering in an age of large digital data sets, nor to frame how we design alongside them. The talk will reflect upon a framework for designers that was introduced in 2016 that reflected on methods of working with data, in order to anticipate its ability to transform design processes as its level of performativity increases. The framework aims to offer a means of organising both existing methods but also of anticipating emerging methods that recognise the increasing performative qualities of data. The provocation of the talk is that by acknowledging the fast-moving nature of data-driven technologies, there are many challenging aspects of being a contemporary design researcher within the Digital Shift agenda, and we need new literacies (including the ablative framework) in order that we retain a digital literacy and social values. Register for this event: here<https://bit.ly/RLUKDSF> 16 February 2022, 14.00-15.00 (GMT) Improving discoverability of knowledge leveraging modern technology Catherine Devine, Business Strategy Leader – Libraries and Museums, Microsoft In this session, we’ll explore the possibilities of improving discoverability of collections and information through the use of modern technologies, such as artificial intelligence. Digitizing collections and making them accessible is only scratching the surface of what is possible to understand and access about the world’s knowledge. We’ll paint a vision for the future and the possibilities for humanity that come from increased understanding and access to knowledge, and then drill down to reality and the present day to talk about the improvements to discoverability that can be realized now, building on existing systems and processes. Register for this event: here<https://bit.ly/RLUKDSF> Missed a seminar? See RLUK-DSF on demand<http://www.rluk.ac.uk/dsf-on-demand/> for the recordings of previous events. We hope to see you at one of these forthcoming events. With very best wishes, Matt Dr Matthew Greenhall Deputy Executive Director Research Libraries UK Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Office: 020 7862 8643 Mobile: 07432 768566 Website: www.rluk.ac.uk<http://www.rluk.ac.uk> Room 257 Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU Registered Company no: 2733294 Registered Charity no: 10265433 ######################################################################## to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit https://www.diglib.org/announce