Brian Croxall reflecting on Siva Vaidhyanathan


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From Brian Croxall’s “Ubiquitous Librarian” blog:

Last week I heard Siva Vaidhyanathan speak about the googleization of everything … Something Siva said though really stuck with me. This is totally paraphrasing but it goes like this:

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How are we preparing librarians for a world of data and, in particular, a world of Big Data, with data sets so large they cannot be manipulated in a timely manner without digital intervention?

Perhaps more importantly, how are we preparing students to be savvier users of data?

And, when we talk about data and Big Data, how much are we privileging (or, perhaps, are we privileging?) quantitative information over qualitative?

via Are you the process or the product: reflecting on Siva & Gardner – The Ubiquitous Librarian – The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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