New Journal Article: “Digital Archives as Big Data”
The following article was recently published by Mathematical Population Studies 2018. We are providing access to an preprint version deposited by the author in arXiv.
Title
Digital Archives as Big Data
Author
Luis Martinez-Uribe
Source
via arXiv
Final Version in: Mathematical Population Studies
DOI: 10.1080/08898480.2017.1418116
Abstract
Digital archives contribute to Big data. Combining social network analysis, coincidence analysis, data reduction, and visual analytics leads to better characterize topics over time, publishers’ main themes and best authors of all times, according to the British newspaper The Guardian and from the 3 million records of the British National Bibliography.
Direct to Full Text Article
17 pages; PDF.
Filed under: Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Collections, News

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