Big Data: A Bird's Eye View

Journal Title: Indian Journal of Library and Information Science - Year 2017, Vol 11, Issue 1

Abstract

Big data is being produced by everybody around us round the clock. Newly emerged big data technology is the biggest invention in the field of computer science and technology during the last decade. We have to create rules and laws to prevent abuse of big data along with new developments of this technology enabling useful capabilities. For information scientists and librarians, big data is a big deal and great challenge, and also a good opportunity to play a significant role in the ever growing universe of big data.

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Vishnu Kumar Gupta

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  • EP ID EP457271
  • DOI 10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.11117.11
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Vishnu Kumar Gupta (2017). Big Data: A Bird's Eye View. Indian Journal of Library and Information Science, 11(1), 75-81. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-457271