The Data Deluge

From the frontiers of contemporary information science research comes this helpful and timely volume for libraries preparing for the deluge of data that E-science can deliver to their patrons and institutions. The Data Can Libraries Cope with E-Science? brings together nine of the world''s foremost authorities on the capabilities and requirements of E-science offering their perspectives to librarians hoping to develop similar programs for their own institutions.The essays contained in The Data Deluge were adapted from papers first delivered at the prestigious annual Library Round Table at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology where E-science has been the theme from the past two annual conferences. Now this groundbreaking work is available in convenient printed format for the first time. The essays are divided into three an overview of E-science challenges for libraries; perspectives on E-science; and perspectives from individual research libraries.