Data clean-up and management : a practical guide for librarians /

Data use in the library has specific characteristics and common problems. Data Clean-up and Management addresses these, and provides methods to clean up frequently-occurring data problems using readily-available applications. The authors highlight the importance and methods of data analysis and pres...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hogarth, Margaret
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Furuta, Kenneth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2012.
Series:Chandos information professional series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Data use in the library has specific characteristics and common problems. Data Clean-up and Management addresses these, and provides methods to clean up frequently-occurring data problems using readily-available applications. The authors highlight the importance and methods of data analysis and presentation, and offer guidelines and recommendations for a data quality policy. The book gives step-by-step how-to directions for common dirty data issues. Focused towards libraries and practicing librariansDeals with practical, real-life issues and addresses common problems that all libraries faceOffers cradle-to-grave treatment for preparing and using data, including download, clean-up, management, analysis and presentation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxix, 538 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-531) and index.
ISBN:9781780633473
1780633475
1843346729
9781843346722