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Big Data Startups Should Hire Librarians

Big Data Startups Should Hire Librarians

SXSW Interactive – March 16, 2015

Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Columbia University Libraries (formerly)

New Water Culture (currently)

jeffrey.lancaster@gmail.com @j_lancaster #LISbigdata

Big Data Startups Should Hire Librarians

SXSW Interactive – March 16, 2015

Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Columbia University Libraries (formerly)

New Water Culture (currently)

jeffrey.lancaster@gmail.com @j_lancaster #LISbigdata

Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Emerging Technologies Coordinator (formerly)

Senior Project Manager (currently)

jeffrey.lancaster@gmail.com @j_lancaster

Most people do not understand what *actually*

librarians do

Librarians are not always very good at describing what they

do to non-librarians

People do not think to look to librarians for the skills that

librarians have

What do librarians actually do?

Customer Support

Conversion?

Evangelism

Community Management

Marketing

Data Management

Project Management

Open Access

Open Data

Standards

Early Stage Hires

Early Stage Hires

Strategy

Early Testers, Late Adopters

Copyright, IP

What librarians actually do.

Big Data Startups Should Hire Librarians

jeffrey.lancaster@gmail.com @j_lancaster #LISbigdata