Abstract
I look at the malleable concept of data, explore big data and its impact on patrons and librarians, and examine the impact of surveillance on privacy. It’s a wide-open topic that touches on numerous aspects of “New” librarianship, including dealing with future changes to libraries’ infrastructures, their foundational ethical philosophies, and their potential possibilities as hubs of innovation (i.e. as maker spaces, research incubators, future open access publishers, information brokers, etc.).
Highlights
The ‘Datalyzation’ of the World “We need the languages of both science and poetry to save us from merely stockpiling endless 'information' that fails to inform our ignorance or our irresponsibility." -- Ursula K
When repository managers talk about archiving data they often mean primarily the digital-numerical type gathered in sets or spreadsheets or zip folders associated with an experiment or grant-funded research project
It’s easy to conceptualize data like this for most disciplines – and assume that this is the bulk of what comprises data – especially that computational studies are all the rage, including but not limited to the STEM fields, digital humanities, sociology, and, computer science
Summary
California State University, Northridge Abstract I look at the malleable concept of data, explore big data and its impact on patrons and librarians, and examine the impact of surveillance on privacy. It's a wide-open topic that touches on numerous aspects of "New" librarianship, including dealing with future changes to libraries' infrastructures, their foundational ethical philosophies, and their potential possibilities as hubs of innovation (i.e. as maker spaces, research incubators, future open access publishers, information brokers, etc.).
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