Thinking about datification in the context of training: current challenges

Abstract

The datification is the process of transforming the data, through analysis and reorganization, into information that can be modified in any area of ​​knowledge or discipline, but the different technological disruptive changes with the "Information Age" that is experienced in currently, they have focused professionals in Library and Information Sciences (LIS) on the most important resource to make information available to society. Therefore, this article reflects on the education of LIS professionals as the most important update for adapting to the endless opportunities that appear today: cloud computing services (IBM Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Azure), machine learning, the semantic web, MOOCs, open science and open access, free access bibliographic databases, among others. In conclusion, the objective for LIS professionals is to analyze before collecting data, and this is achieved with education and not by a stroke of luck or simply by using a tool

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