Big data, little data, no data : scholarship in the networked world

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Label

Big data, little data, no data : scholarship in the networked world

Title remainder

scholarship in the networked world

Statement of responsibility

Christine L. Borgman

Creator

• Borgman, Christine L., 1951-

Contributor

• Gavin, Marguerite
• Recorded Books, Inc

Author

• Borgman, Christine L., 1951-

Narrator

• Gavin, Marguerite

Subject

• Information storage and retrieval systems
• Information technology
• Research -- Methodology
• Business
• Research -- Data processing
• Cyberinfrastructure

Language

eng

Summary

An examination of the uses of data within a changing knowledge infrastructure, offering analysis and case studies from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.'Big data' is on the covers of Science, Nature, the Economist, and Wired magazines, on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. But despite the media hyperbole, as [the author] points out in this examination of data and scholarly research, having the right data is usually better than having more data; little data can be just as valuable as big data. In many cases, there are no data--because relevant data don't exist, cannot be found, or are not available. Moreover, data sharing is difficult, incentives to do so are minimal, and data practices vary widely across disciplines. [The author] argues that data have no value or meaning in isolation; they exist within a knowledge infrastructure--an ecology of people, practices, technologies, institutions, material objects, and relationships. After laying out the premises of her investigation--six 'provocations' meant to inspire discussion about the uses of data in scholarship?[the author] offers case studies of data practices in the sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities, and then considers the implications of her findings for scholarly practice and research policy. To manage and exploit data over the long term, Borgman argues, requires massive investment in knowledge infrastructures; at stake is the future of scholarship

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• Your coach in a box

Cataloging source

RECBC

Dewey number

004

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Literary text for sound recordings

other

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PerformerNote

Narrated by Marguerite Gavin

Series statement

Your coach in a box

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