Article
Library Assessment and Data Analytics in the Big Data Era: Practice and Policies
Proceedings of the 78th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (2015, St. Louis, MO)
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 (2005) 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.
Meeting Name
78th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2015 ASIS&T (2015: Nov. 6-10, St. Louis, MO)
Department(s)
Library and Learning Resources
Keywords and Phrases
- Big data,
- data analytics,
- information policy,
- information privacy,
- library assessment
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2015 Hsin-liang Chen, Philip Doty, Carol Mollman, Xi Niu, Jen-chien Yu, and Tao Zhang, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
11-1-2015
Disciplines
Citation Information
Hsin-Liang Chen, Philip Doty, Carol Mollman, Xi Niu, et al.. "Library Assessment and Data Analytics in the Big Data Era: Practice and Policies" Proceedings of the 78th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (2015, St. Louis, MO) Vol. 52 Iss. 1 (2015) ISSN: 2373-9231 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hsin-liang-oliver-chen/28/