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Public libraries: roles in Big Data
MingZhan (Department of Information Studies,Åbo Akademi, Turku,Finland)
GunillaWidén (Department of Information Studies,Åbo Akademi, Turku,Finland)
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of public libraries in the context of Big Data.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the financial support from Turku City and the help of Kalle Varila from Turku Main Library. In addition, they are grateful for all the participants in the survey and the interviews, and comments and suggestions received from scholars and librarians.
Citation
Zhan, M. andWidén, G. (2018), "Public libraries: roles in Big Data",The Electronic Library, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 133-145.https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-06-2016-0134
Publisher
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