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Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volume  11, Issue 1, January - April 2017, Pages 75-81
 

Review Article

Big Data: A Bird's Eye View

Vishnu Kumar Gupta, Pawan K. Saini

*Librarian, Deptt. of Bioscience and Biotechnology Library, Banasthali University (Rajasthan)­ 304022. **Assistant Professor, DLIS, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.11117.11

Abstract

 Big data is being produced by everybody around us round the clock. Newly emerged big data technology is the biggest invention in the field of computer science and technology during the last decade. We have to create rules and laws to prevent abuse of big data along with new developments of this technology enabling useful capabilities. For information scientists and librarians, big data is a big deal and great challenge, and also a good opportunity to play a significant role in the ever growing universe of big data.


Keywords : Big Data; Data Explosion.
Corresponding Author : Vishnu Kumar Gupta