Library assessment and data analytics in the big data era: Practice and policies

Hsin Liang Chen; Philip Doty; Carol Mollman; Xi Niu; Jen Chien Yu; Tao Zhang

doi:10.1002/pra2.2015.14505201002

Library assessment and data analytics in the big data era: Practice and policies

Hsin Liang Chen, Philip Doty, Carol Mollman, Xi Niu, Jen Chien Yu, Tao Zhang

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Abstract

Emerging technologies have offered libraries and librarians new ways and methods to collect and analyze data in the era of accountability to justify their value and contributions. For example, Gallagher, Bauer and Dollar () analyzed the paper and online journal usage from all possible data sources and discovered that users at the Yale Medical Library preferred the electronic format of articles to the print version. After this discovery, they were able to take necessary steps to adjust their journal subscriptions. Many library professionals advocate such data-driven library management to strengthen and specify library budget proposals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Volume	52
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2015.14505201002
State	Published - Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Big data
data analytics
information policy
information privacy
library assessment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
Library and Information Sciences

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