Leveraging Database and Data-Mining for Managing Big Data: The Role of the Library

Abstract

Clearly, data originates from literally everywhere and always, and from a wide range of devices. Data is frequently created and can be accessible continuously, and it emerges from the converging sources. Organizations depend on wellsprings of data to depict, decipher, and forecast for decision making. But the large availability of data inventing the name 'big data' is becoming worrisome to knowledge managers. However, different productive and smart methods are available to assist organizations in providing the best interpretation of this huge volume of data from various kinds of heterogeneous sources for processing, analysis and presentation in a reasonable and understandable manner to suit the organizations' objectives. Therefore, data mining and databases can be leveraged upon for managing big data. The study examined the role of library and information services in leveraging database and data mining for managing big data. It explained the concept of big data, database and data mining. It also explained how database and data mining can be used in the management of big data, the role of library and information services in the management of bigdataand the challenges of managing big data. It concluded that database and data mining can be leveraged by libraries to manage big data and that libraries have a role to collect, organize and manage big data. It recommended that due to its setback associated with space; libraries should consider managing bigdata in cloud online databases or classify, arrange and manage big data in strata or clusters.