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Big Data + Libraries
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Big data and its collation and use in the library and information world and education.
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Elizabeth E Charles
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Our recent workshop at the Pi and Mash unconference, held at Senate House Library in August, came about because we wanted to start a discussion about how we might make the most of user and collection data to help deliver library services. How can we ensure that we’re making data-driven decisions about services and not just reflecting a narrow view of what a library should do? 
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David Stuart of Research Information recently wrote, “If libraries are to realise the value of the data they have been building and refining over many years, then it is not enough for them to just embrace the web of documents, they must also embrace the web of data.
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"While data mining digital archives isn't yet in high demand across the higher education sector, college and university librarians can get a head start on securing rights to digital archives before faculty need them for research purposes." Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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So you know that you want to be a librarian, but have you thought about specializing in a certain field? Maybe you have an interest in emerging technologies or you want to work with researchers and...
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This was a presentation delivered at the 10th Northumbria Conference in York during July 2013. It provides a background, and introduction and overview to the Library Analytics and Metrics Project (LAMP) work that Jisc, Mimas (University of Manchester) and University of Huddersfield are collaborating on.
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Big Data and the Library: A Natural Fit [Computers in Libraries]
THE LIKELY BIG DATA PROJECTS FOR LIBRARIANS USER STUDIES, COLLECTIONS USE ANALYSIS, AND CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COMPARATIVE STUDIES-ALL LEND THEMSELVES TO [USING BIG DATA]. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE JUMP INTO THE BLUE SHOULD BE TEMPTING US TO GO WHERE NO LIBRARIAN HAS GONE BEFORE-ANDTHAT IS WELCOME INDEED.
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