Browse Items (89 total)

  • Collection: International Journal of Librarianship (IJoL)

HathiTrust and Local Digital Stewardship: A Case Study in How Massive Digital Libraries Affect Local Digital Resources Decisions

This article reviews the influence that massive digital libraries like the HathiTrust Digital Library can have on local, smaller institutions’ digitization, preservation, and curation programs. The history of HathiTrust’s digital preservation efforts…

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50 Years of Social Science Data Services: A Case Study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Data and Information Services Center (DISC), formerly known as the Data and Program Library Services (DPLS) has provided learning, teaching and research support to students, staff and faculty in social sciences at the University of…

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Measuring an Academic Library’s Performance and Service: A Case Study in Georgia Southern University Library

This paper shares the Georgia Southern University Library’s experience of LibQUAL in user-centered and service-oriented academic learning environment. On the basis of reviewing the library literature on LibQUAL, this study presents the process of…

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Lives in Data: Prominent Data Librarians, Archivists and Educators Share Their Thoughts

We asked several data librarians, archivists and educators who have had prominent and interesting careers if they would be willing to let us profile them and share some of their thoughts on the field. Six graciously agreed to be interviewed via…

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The Development of Academic Data Services in Canada and China: Profiles of Data Services at Fudan University and the University of Windsor.

A comparative perspective on the development of academic data services at Fudan University in China and at the University of Windsor in Canada.

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Book Review of Volume One of Curating Research Data: Practical Strategies for your Digital Repository

Curating Research Data, Volume One: Practical Strategies for Your Digital Repository, Eds. Lisa R. Johnston. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017. 294p. $65. ISBN: 978-0838988589.

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Book Review of the Data Librarian's Handbook

The Data Librarian’s Handbook, by Robin Rice and John Southall, London: Facet Publishing, December 2016, 192p. Paper $69.52. ISBN: 978-1783300471.

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Conference Report and Journal Launch, Beijing, China

June 8-9, 2017, the National Science Library of China (NSLC) hosted the first Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery conference and Big Data Analysis for Decision-Making workshop. This meeting took its name from the Journal of Data Analysis and…

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The Development of Data Science Education in China from the LIS Perspective

The aim of this paper is to introduce the development of data science in higher education in China, including the policy and educational programs at various levels. We investigated the data science education of five LIS (Library and Information…

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