Big data shocks : an introduction to big data for librarians and information professionals / Andrew Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Andrew, 1971- author.

Series:

LITA guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big data--Libraries.

Big data.

Libraries and the Internet.

Library information networks.

Libraries.

Physical Description:

xxi, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018.

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.

Contents:

What is data?

The birth of big data

Approaches and tools for analyzing and using big data: the application of data in real-life situations

Privacy, libraries, and big data

Big data and corporate overreach

Liberty and justice for all: the surveillance state in the age of big data

The shock of information overload and big data

Big data, libraries, and collection development

Data management planning strategies for libraries in the age of big data

Academic disciplines, their data needs, and how libraries can cater to them

Libraries in the culture of "big assessment"

Building the "smart library" of the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781538103234

1538103230

9781538103227

1538103222

OCLC:

1031849573

Publisher Number:

99980078086