Ebook: Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World
Author: Christine L. Borgman
- Tags: Computer Science, AI & Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, Computer Simulation, Cybernetics, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Theory, Robotics, Systems Analysis & Design, Computers & Technology, Data Mining, Databases & Big Data, Computers & Technology, General, Library & Information Science, Social Sciences, Politics & Social Sciences, Computer Science, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Database Storage & Design, Graphics & Visualization, Networking, Object-Oriented Software Design, Operating Systems, Programmi
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: MIT Press
- Language: English
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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.