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“Big Data” Revitalizing Librarianship: Impact On Librarians, Alice A. Bamigbola Dr.
“Big Data” Revitalizing Librarianship: Impact On Librarians, Alice A. Bamigbola Dr.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Advanced technologies undeniably developed in the 4th Industrial Revolution era, and led to incessantly growing volumes of information daily. “Big Data” is simply information surplus due to the volume, velocity, variety, variability and veracity of the data that need to be processed to get value and better visualisation. Big Data helps libraries understand the ever-changing users’ needs, consequently reshaping their services and procedures. However, it offers several information challenges concerning its capturing, storage, searching, structuring, and visualization. This paper, explores the concept of Big Data in a library environment, how to introduce Big Data, its benefits in the library, roles …
Applications And Perceived Impact Of Artificial Intelligence In Academic Libraries In Nigeria, Uzoamaka Ogwo Ph.D, Francis Ibegbulem, Victor N. Nwachukwu Prof.
Applications And Perceived Impact Of Artificial Intelligence In Academic Libraries In Nigeria, Uzoamaka Ogwo Ph.D, Francis Ibegbulem, Victor N. Nwachukwu Prof.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This paper expounds the application and perceived impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in academic libraries in Nigeria. Libraries especially in developing countries may become moribund in the 21 century unless they begin to harness new, smart and intelligent technologies for improved operations and service delivery. This research adopted a literature-based approach to x-ray the applications and perceived impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in academic libraries in Nigeria. Through a systematic analysis and review of literature, the study brought to limelight the current state of AI integration in academic libraries in Nigeria and its possible impact on library services, collections, users, …
Relevance Of Internet Of Things To Health Institutions In Clinical Data Management: Implication For Librarians, Faith O. Mesagan, Moses Elechi, Francis O. Adurota, Chinedu Obinna Ejimonye, Onyinyechi G. Ossai
Relevance Of Internet Of Things To Health Institutions In Clinical Data Management: Implication For Librarians, Faith O. Mesagan, Moses Elechi, Francis O. Adurota, Chinedu Obinna Ejimonye, Onyinyechi G. Ossai
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the internetworking of physical devices which consists of an embedded system with sensors, actuators and network connectivity that enable collection and exchange of data. Each day, we are witnessing the emergence of new technologies that have the capability to embed into our environment and measure the physical, social and contextual phenomenon. The technology behind IOT is driven by various technological forces such as smart devices, wireless network, and pervasive connectivity among others. Data collection, management and accessibility are made easy with Internet of Things IOT. The Internet of Things (IoT) is aimed at formulating …
Utilizing The Potentials Of Big Data In Library Environments In Nigerian For Recommender Services, Job Onekutu Sani, Nneka Angela Oseji
Utilizing The Potentials Of Big Data In Library Environments In Nigerian For Recommender Services, Job Onekutu Sani, Nneka Angela Oseji
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The big data revolution has gained global attention and initiated creative innovations in every field and libraries as engines of access to information have also been affected by this new trend. Libraries in this part of the world have not utilized the amazing potential of big data in library services. In this time, when various terms such as algorithms age, petabytes age, data age, etc. are been used to describe the activities initiated by machine learning, industries and organizations can achieve much by incorporating inspiring and innovative tools to improve services and performance. In this vein libraries in Nigeria are …
Big Data Analytics In Public Sector University Libraries In Pakistan, Sadaf Shahid, Rafat Parveen Siddiqui
Big Data Analytics In Public Sector University Libraries In Pakistan, Sadaf Shahid, Rafat Parveen Siddiqui
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This study examines librarians' perceptions, capabilities, and understandings of Big Data analytics in public sector university libraries in Karachi, Pakistan. To acquire the desired results, a survey was conducted and using a quantitative approach. The study's target audience was library administrators at public sector university libraries in Karachi, all of which are recognized by Pakistan's Higher Education Commission and chartered by the Sindh Government. All respondents were sent an e-mail inviting them to participate in the survey on their own time. This study is important because it fills a large vacuum in the literature about the perspectives of Karachi's public …
Big Data And Openness: A Big Issue With Librarians, Oluwaseyi Wusu
Big Data And Openness: A Big Issue With Librarians, Oluwaseyi Wusu
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Big data refers to the explosion of available information and knowing how to handle it is a big challenge to librarians in this age. The massive sample size and high dimensionality of big data introduce unique challenges to librarians, including scalability, sharing, intellectual properties and storage bottleneck. This paper overviews the opportunities and challenges brought by big data to librarians and presents ways of making data available for everyone to use without limitations, with emphasis on the distinguished roles librarians need to play in the era of Big Data and Openness to scholarly communications and, also presents the precision and …
Visualization And Scientometric Mapping Of Global Agriculture Big Data Research, Guptnath Trivedi
Visualization And Scientometric Mapping Of Global Agriculture Big Data Research, Guptnath Trivedi
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The present paper is a scientometric and visualization study of global Agriculture Big Data (ABD) research. however as per the quantification is concern, very little research have performed in the area of Agriculture Big Data. The study aims to traverse the present status of Agriculture Big Data research through network analysis and visualizations study of the ABD publications. A total of 379 publication data were downloaded from Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database within the time span of "all years". VOSviewer, MS-Excel and R statistical software is used for data analysis. Various results are drawn based on annual scientific production, …