Big Data, Little Data, No Data Scholarship in the Networked World

"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 Christine Borgman points out in this examination of data and scholarly research, having the right...

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Hlavní autor: Borgman, Christine L
Médium: E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cambridge, Mass MIT Press 2015
The MIT Press
Vydání:1
Témata:
Big data
Communication in learning and scholarship
Communication in learning and scholarship > Technological innovations
Computing and Processing
Cyberinfrastructure
Data processing
General Topics for Engineers
Information Science
Information storage and retrieval systems
Information technology
Internet Studies
Library Science
Methodology
Research > Data processing
Research > Methodology
Technological innovations
Technology
Technology & Policy
ISBN:0262028565, 9780262028561, 9780262529914, 0262529912, 9780262327862, 0262327864
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Shrnutí:"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 Christine Borgman 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. Borgman, an often-cited authority on scholarly communication, 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 -- Borgman 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.
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-360) and index
"First MIT Press paperback edition, 2016"--T.p. verso
ISBN:0262028565
9780262028561
9780262529914
0262529912
9780262327862
0262327864
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9963.001.0001