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Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing. FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES. Mary Rose V. Loria @ mvloria. Image by Equinix.com. Self-Check. I have a Facebook or Twitter account. I have an email that is hosted on the Web. I share pictures, audio/video files, and documents over the Internet.

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Cloud Computing

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  1. Cloud Computing FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES Mary Rose V. Loria @mvloria Image by Equinix.com

  2. Self-Check • I have a Facebook or Twitter account. • I have an email that is hosted on the Web. • I share pictures, audio/video files, and documents over the Internet. • My library has a website, a blog or a wiki. • I have downloaded free e-books from the Web.

  3. Outline • What is Cloud Computing? • Types of Cloud Computing • Cloud-based Library Applications • Benefits of Cloud Computing • Issues of Cloud Computing • Librarians’ Roles • Challenges

  4. What is Cloud Computing? a style of computing in which massively scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service to external customers using Internet technologies -- Gartner Group refers to the use of Internet servers to provide applications, storage, and processing power to smaller Web-connected computing devices. -- School Library Journal

  5. Image by MichaelMarlatt via Flickr

  6. Types of Cloud Services

  7. SaaS • Software as a Service • Cloud Applications • Applications delivered over the Internet as a service • Subscription services • One size fits all

  8. Libraries & Saas • Google Apps • Microsoft Sharepoint • Enterprise Koha • WorldCat • Biblios • LibraryThing • IM & SMS Services • LibGuides • Social Software

  9. Platform as a Service • Development environments provided over the Internet as a service • Pay-as-you-go or subscription pricing model • Apps are developed for that one platform

  10. Infrastructure as a Service • aka HaaS or Hardware as a Service • Storage services and computing power delivered over the Internet as a service • Metered pricing • Not “dedicated”

  11. Libraries and IaaS • LibLime • My Kansas Library • Kent State University Libraries • DCPL • DCPL – ILS • Boston Public Library • British Library

  12. Library Applications • Hosted library catalogs • Social book sites (Shelfari, LibraryThing, GoodReads) • E-books Online (Project Gutenberg, ICDL) • Online Calendars & schedules • Facebook Fan Pages • Wikis, Blogs, Nings • Blogs, Wikis, Nings

  13. Social book sites

  14. Calendar IM/SMS Docs Email Groups Forms / Surveys Video Conference YouTubeChannel

  15. Social Media

  16. Content Curation

  17. Lib Guides

  18. Social Bookmarking & Notetaking

  19. Library of Congress Virtual Tour

  20. Google Art Project

  21. Augmented Reality

  22. Benefits of the Cloud • Cost • Reliability • Portability • Scalability • Collaboration • Usability • Security • Green

  23. Issues • Service level agreements • Uptime and reliability • Cost and affordability • Legal and organizational issues • Staff knowledge

  24. Changing Roles • Staff development guru • Onsite support for students and staff • Supporting flipped classrooms • Gathering primary source data • Communication • Collaborative planning • Policy input

  25. Libraries and the Cloud • Not All-or-Nothing • Start small • Cloud storage • Cloud applications • Use major providers: Amazon, Google, Salesforce, Microsoft, Facebook

  26. Challenges • Forget about IT as you know it today • Get ready to outsource IT • Let go of the desire to control

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