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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
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.
