ALPSP conference talks Big Data

Technologies involving big data analysis are becoming so cheap to work with that academic publishers should be innovating in the area even if they are unsure what they are looking to create, Sage's Ian Mulvany told the Association of Learned and Professional Publishers conference. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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