Содержание

• Defining data
• The rise of big data
• The tools and applications of big data
• Big data and the issue of privacy
• Corporate overreach in the era of big data
• Political spying in the era of big data
• 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 and the culture of "big assessment"
• Building the "smart library" of the future.