The Forecast for Special Libraries

Murray, Tara E.

doi:10.1080/01930826.2015.1124699

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“…More specifically, they need to take a leadership role in the field and get involved dynamically in their organization's data strategies. 106 Moreover, Johnson mentioned that, nowadays, librarians must develop additional disciplinary knowledge and data management skills. In particular, he believed that the professional skills of the technical librarian remain relevant and valuable in an era of Big Data.…”

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Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges in Libraries, a Systematic Literature Review

Garoufallou¹,

Gaitanou²

2021

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Currently "Big Data" is an emerging field that presents several Information Technology challenges regarding the capture, storage search, structure, and visualization of this data. The real challenge for organizations is to find ways to extract value from it and provide better services to their clients. The data generated in academic and other institutions is vast and complex. Libraries face new challenges as they seek to determine their role in the handling of Big Data within their organization and use it to develop services. Thus, in most organizations, libraries will not have the knowledge to build new services unaided. Furthermore, libraries have always been information handlers and technology adopters; therefore, Big Data technologies will certainly affect their context. The purpose of this paper is to explore all these issues through a systematic literature review, unveiling the theories that underpin the paper's argument. It attempts to answer several research questions, such as how librarians are involved in the Big Data era? And what are the future research developments of Big Data within the library context? The study considered only papers published between 2012 and 2018 in English and presents the collected literature by grouping them according to the type of library each paper refers to. Thus, it identifies new and evolving roles in the context of all types of libraries. In addition, the study presents several interesting tables, which aim to help librarians locate relevant articles that will inform their practice and guide service development for users of large and complex datasets.

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Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges in Libraries, a Systematic Literature Review

Garoufallou¹,

Gaitanou²

2021

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“…With networked technologies, libraries automated many of their activities and adopted new approaches to service. The information age led to an existential crisis for many librarians, whose profession was seen by some as obsolete (Murray, 2016). However, librarianship transformed to face the emerging challenges and opportunities of the changing landscape; this includes special libraries, as this research shows.…”

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How librarians and firefighters built a special library in Champaign, Illinois, USA: a community informatics story

Bohórquez

Ruan²,

Williams³

2022

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PurposeThis paper aims to understand how a special library helped firefighters in Illinois navigate the digital revolution by evidencing the elements and forms of work that made its innovative services possible.Design/methodology/approachThe authors examine the history of a special library through a community informatics lens, drawing from sociomaterial perspectives to highlight forms of work often invisible in digital innovation. Data was collected through documentary revision, oral histories and semi-structured interviews. Deductive-inductive coding and constant comparative analysis was used in the analysis.FindingsA historical narrative of the library between 1990 and 2021 highlights three sociotechnical innovations that assisted firefighters through the digital revolution: the facilitated collection, the co-created collection and the inside-out library. To develop these innovations the library drew from institutional relations, personal relations, grants, labor, knowledge of firefighters and technology. Various forms of articulation work brought these elements together to create innovative services.Originality/valueThe role of special libraries in addressing the digital divide has not been sufficiently detailed so far; this paper is a contribution in that direction. It also has practical value for professionals working in specialized libraries and information centers.

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Special Academic Libraries and the Millennial Patron

Girven

2016

Journal of Library Administration

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The Forecast for Special Libraries

Cited by 4 publications

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Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges in Libraries, a Systematic Literature Review

Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges in Libraries, a Systematic Literature Review

How librarians and firefighters built a special library in Champaign, Illinois, USA: a community informatics story

Special Academic Libraries and the Millennial Patron

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