Andrew Weiss

Big Data Shocks

An Introduction to Big Data for Librarians and Information Professionals

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 511g
• ISBN-13: 9781538103227
• ISBN-10: 1538103222
• Artikelnr.: 50451501

Autorenporträt

Andrew Weiss is a digital services librarian at California State University, Northridge, with over ten years of experience working in an academic library. His current and prior research examines the impact of massive digital libraries such as Google Books and the HathiTrust on libraries and library users, the future directions of open access publishing, information overload, and the intersection of big data and assessment in libraries.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: First Shocks Chapter 1: Defining Data Chapter 2: The Rise of Big
Data Chapter 3: The Tools and Applications of Big Data Part II: Reality
Shocks Chapter 4: Big Data and the Issue of Privacy Chapter 5: Corporate
Overreach in the Era of Big Data Chapter 6: Political Spying in the Era of
Big Data Chapter 7: Information Overload and Big Data Part III: Library
Shocks Chapter 8: Big Data, Libraries, and Collection Development Chapter
9: Data Management Planning Strategies for Libraries in the Age of Big Data
Chapter 10: Academic Disciplines, their Data Needs, and How Libraries Can
Cater to Them Part IV: Future Shocks Chapter 11: Libraries and the Culture
of "Big Assessment" Chapter 12: Building the "Smart Library" of the Future