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Big Data Shocks : An Introduction to Big Data for Librarians and Information Professionals.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: LITA GuidesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (219 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781538103241
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Big Data ShocksDDC classification:
  • 020.2854678
LOC classification:
  • Z674.75.I58 .W457 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Table -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: First Shocks -- 1 What Is Data? -- 2 The Birth of Big Data -- 3 Approaches and Tools for Analyzing and Using Big Data -- Part II: Reality Shocks -- 4 Privacy, Libraries, and Big Data -- 5 Big Data and Corporate Overreach -- 6 Liberty and Justice for All -- 7 The Shock of Information Overload and Big Data -- Part III: Library Shocks -- 8 Big Data, Libraries, and Collection Development -- 9 Data Management Planning Strategies for Libraries in the Age of Big Data -- 10 Academic Disciplines, Their Data Needs, and How Libraries Can Cater to Them -- Part IV: Future Shocks -- 11 Libraries and the Culture of "Big Assessment" -- 12 Building the "Smart Library" of the Future -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Big Data Shocks examines the roots of big data, the current climate and rising stars in this world. The book explores the issues raised by big data and discusses theoretical as well as practical approaches to managing information whose scope exists beyond the human scale.
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Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Table -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: First Shocks -- 1 What Is Data? -- 2 The Birth of Big Data -- 3 Approaches and Tools for Analyzing and Using Big Data -- Part II: Reality Shocks -- 4 Privacy, Libraries, and Big Data -- 5 Big Data and Corporate Overreach -- 6 Liberty and Justice for All -- 7 The Shock of Information Overload and Big Data -- Part III: Library Shocks -- 8 Big Data, Libraries, and Collection Development -- 9 Data Management Planning Strategies for Libraries in the Age of Big Data -- 10 Academic Disciplines, Their Data Needs, and How Libraries Can Cater to Them -- Part IV: Future Shocks -- 11 Libraries and the Culture of "Big Assessment" -- 12 Building the "Smart Library" of the Future -- Index -- About the Author.

Big Data Shocks examines the roots of big data, the current climate and rising stars in this world. The book explores the issues raised by big data and discusses theoretical as well as practical approaches to managing information whose scope exists beyond the human scale.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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