Big Data is a term used to describe a collection of data that is huge in size and yet growing exponentially with time. In short such data is so large and complex that none of the traditional data management tools are able to store it or process it efficiently. Characteristics of Big Data Big Data Characteristics has 3V’s Volume Velocity Variety Volume of the Data The amount of data matters. With big data, you’ll have to process high volumes of low-density, unstructured data. i.e. *5.4 Billion Search on Google search Engine per day *400 hours of content uploaded on YouTube each minute Velocity of the Data Velocity is the fast rate of Spreading anywhere else i.e. Internet, Social Media and etc. * Speed of a single tweets on Twitter * View of a snap shot on Instagram Variety of the Data Variety refers to the many types of data that are available. Data types, such as text, audio, pdf and video, databases and etc. Watch video to further know about it Big Data #BigData #DataAnaytics #DataScience #Researchdata #dataset #dataliteracy
Big Data & Libraries by Muhammad Yousuf Ali
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I am information services experts, researchers, trainer, teacher and freelancer. I did my PhD (Lib & Information Science) from IUB, Pakistan & serving as Associate Librarian At Aga Khan University, Karachi and lead the Reference and Research support Services to Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) library Users Since January 2017. Major Assignment to conduct information literacy sessions, reference queries, research support to faculty and staff. I have done my M.Phil from Hamdrad University Karachi 2016 and MLIS from the University of Karachi with the distinction of 2nd Position, 2008. Before this, I served as Deputy Librarian at SMIU since September 2012 Jan 2017 play vital role in University Library Management, Planning and automation. My Research area of Interest (Web 2.0, Scholarly Communication, Academic Scholarly Networks Sites, Digital Literacy, IL). I am Information Literacy facilitator, Library Researcher and Trainer View all posts by Muhammad Yousuf Ali