Teaching data science in the departments and schools of library and information in American universities: an analytical study | ||
| International Journal of Library and Information Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2020, Pages 13-41 PDF (1.11 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijlis.2020.121354 | ||
| Author | ||
| Dr Moshera Ahmed Saleh* | ||
| جامعة عين شمس | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study aims to identify the concept of data science and big data, as it aims to identify the characteristics of the courses of data science in a sample of the departments and schools of libraries and information in American universities during the academic year 2019/2020, using the descriptive analytical approach. The study reached several results, including: 213 special data science courses are available, representing 13.6% of the total courses available in the library and information schools. The study concluded with several recommendations, the most prominent of which is reconsidering the objectives and contents of the current programs of the libraries and information departments, and working to align them with the requirements of the labor market, especially in the field of data science . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Big data; data science; data scientist; Teaching library and information sciences | ||
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