Dr. Sam's talk this Thursday, Sept. 27th, at the LISSA/ASIS&T colloquium

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Hello SLIS list,

This is a reminder that Dr. Sam will be speaking this Thursday, the 27th, at 6PM in Davis 216. Her talk is titled, 3-D Image Retrieval: What do we do with the Z axis? This, and the upcoming colloquia are opportunities to deepen one's understanding of information science and to engage in a community of knowledge sharing, as well as a chance to eat pizza with your peers. Please consider attending.

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