Context and collection: A research agenda for small data

Abreu, Amelia; Acker, Amelia

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Title

Context and collection: A research agenda for small data

Author(s)

• Abreu, Amelia
• Acker, Amelia

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• big data
• data curation
• infrastructure studies
• small data
• digital curation and preservation
• information policy
• social computing

Abstract

In recent years, big data has become a prevalent issue for information studies. In an era of big data, can we contemplate research data that relies more on the context of creation than volume and variety of source. In this note, we report on early findings of phenomena we identify as small data. Despite the outpouring of critique and theoretical assertions related to big data, little attention has been paid to the collections, researchers and collecting institutions that get left out the rhetoric of big data. We present criteria for small data and explore some of the issues inherent in developing small data research. The resulting analysis develops future directions towards a comprehensive small data research agenda. We also develop and discuss factors for consideration in context, preservation and access of both big and small data.

Publisher

iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/39750

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/13275

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