Big data is in the news at the moment. The Conversation, "which is an independent source of analysis, commentary and news from the Australian university and research sector" have published three thought provoking articles on the topic over the last few month they include:

JISC News reports that the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has "issued the first public appraisal of the Digging into Data Challenge, an international grant programme first funded by JISC, the US National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the US National Science Foundation and the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Big Data Week 2012 (April 23-27) is a gathering across the globe, spaning 3 countries - US, UK and Australia. BDW offers a series of interconnected activities and conversations around the world amongst four core communities: