Hands-On Data Science for Librarians

Sarah Lin (R Studio), Dorris Scott

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English

Chapman & Hall/CRC
09 May 2023

Library & information sciences; Research methods: general; Probability & statistics; Mathematical & statistical software

Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series

Librarians understand the need to store, use and analyze data related to their collection, patrons and institution, and there has been consistent interest over the last 10 years to improve data management, analysis, and visualization skills within the profession. However, librarians find it difficult to move from out-of-the-box proprietary software applications to the skills necessary to perform the range of data science actions in code. This book will focus on teaching R through relevant examples and skills that librarians need in their day-to-day lives that includes visualizations but goes much further to include web scraping, working with maps, creating interactive reports, machine learning, and others. While there’s a place for theory, ethics, and statistical methods, librarians need a tool to help them acquire enough facility with R to utilize data science skills in their daily work, no matter what type of library they work at (academic, public or special). By walking through each skill and its application to library work before walking the reader through each line of code, this book will support librarians who want to apply data science in their daily work. Hands-On Data Science for Librarians is intended for librarians (and other information professionals) in any library type (public, academic or special) as well as graduate students in library and information science (LIS).

Key Features:

Only data science book available geared toward librarians that includes step-by-step code examples

Examples include all library types (public, academic, special)

Relevant datasets

Accessible to non-technical professionals

Focused on job skills and their applications

By: Sarah Lin (R Studio), Dorris Scott
Imprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 60g
ISBN: 9781032109992
ISBN 10: 1032109998
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 09 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah Lin is the Senior Information & Content Architect at MongoDB. Dorris Scott, PhD is the Academic Director of Data Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.

Reviews for Hands-On Data Science for Librarians

"""Overall, the appearance will offer librarians fresh and thrilling perspectives within their field, leading to novel avenues of exploration and deepening one’s grasp of library sciences. Additionally, it will shed light on how data science can infuse libraries with added significance and allure."" Firdous Ahmad Mala, Cluster University Srinagar, India, Technometrics, May 2024."