Revolutionizing Scholarship: A Panel Discussion on Text and Data Mining

The panel discussion at the 24th North Carolina Serials Conference, moderated by Beth Bernhardt, offered four different perspectives on text and data mining from Patrick Herron, a faculty member who employs text and data mining in his research; Kevin Smith, an academic library scholarly communications officer; Joel Herndon, a data and visualization specialist; and Roger Strong, a vendor representative. Each discussed their perspective on how text and data mining is changing the way that electronic resources are used. A question-and-answer session followed the panel discussion.