Data Clean-Up and Management: A Practical Guide For Librarians

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 librariansDeals with practical, real-life issues and addresses common problems that all libraries faceOffers cradle-to-grave treatment for preparing and using data, including download, clean-up, management, analysis and presentation INDICE: Introduction (why this book is needed); Commonalities; Defining data; Types of data issues; Microsoft Excel techniques; Data clean-up in Excel; Excel: combining data; Additional tools; Access techniques; Access forms; Access reports; Access queries; Data clean-up in Access; Access - combining data; Strategies for missing data; Qualitative data; ROI; Data collection and analysis; Data quality policy; Next steps.

• ISBN: 978-1-84334-672-2
• Editorial: Chandos Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 578
• Fecha Publicación: 22/10/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés