1. The Fifth Shanghai Library Forum—August 24-27, 2010 Hosted by: Shanghai/HangZhou Libraries A Presentation by: ZhongGeng Head of Technical Processing Department Marywood University Library Scranton, PA 18509 Cloud Computing

2. "Cloud computing is a buzzword..." "The concept, quite simply, is that vast computing resources will reside somewhere out there in the ether (rather than in your computer room) and we'll connect to them and use them as needed.“ - Jonathan Weber (The Times Online) z

3. Applications in the Cloud Computing • email • photo sharing • calendars and contacts • document sharing (like Google Doc!) • More, such as Moodle, and Blackboard ht

4. A Glimpse of Gmail

5. Threading Good or Bad

6. Free Space and Other Features

7. Google Calendar

8. Google Calendar

9. Google Calendar

10. Google Calendar

11. Google Docs

12. Google Docs

13. Google Sites

14. Google Sites

15. Google Groups

16. In Summary: Much Improved Collaboration IM, voice and video, and doc sharing Easy Access Anytime, anywhere, and any pace Small Learning Curves Experience of some sort Stable and Consistent Few down times Less Maintenance to Deal With Less dependence on IT Benefits of Google Apps