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Big data shocks : an introduction to big data for librarians and information professionals

Title: Big data shocks : an introduction to big data for librarians and information professionals / Andrew Weiss.
Author: Weiss, Andrew, 1971-
Publication: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018.

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Description

xxi, 195 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

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.

Series Statement

Library Information Technology Association (LITA) Guides

Uniform Title

LITA guides.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I: First shocks: 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 ; Part II: Reality shocks: 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 -- Part III: Library shocks: 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 -- Part IV: Future shocks: Libraries and the culture of "big assessment" ; Building the "smart library" of the future.

Call Number

JFE 20-4335

ISBN

9781538103234
1538103230
9781538103227
1538103222

LCCN

2017049540

OCLC

1031849573

Author

Weiss, Andrew, 1971- author.

Title

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

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Library Information Technology Association (LITA) Guides

LITA guides.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

AUTH: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE.

Other Form:

Online version: Weiss, Andrew, 1971- author. Big data shocks Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 9781538103241 (DLC) 2018037526

Research Call Number

JFE 20-4335

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