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Data Clean-Up and Management: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Chandos Information Professional Series)
Full title: | Data Clean-Up and Management: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Chandos Information Professional Series) |
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ISBN: | 9781843346722 |
ISBN 10: | 1843346729 |
Authors: | Furuta, Kenneth Hogarth, Margaret |
Publisher: | Chandos Publishing |
Edition: | 1 |
Num. pages: | 578 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2012 |
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Synopsis
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 librarians
- Deals with practical, real-life issues and addresses common problems that all libraries face
- Offers cradle-to-grave treatment for preparing and using data, including download, clean-up, management, analysis and presentation