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LIBRARIES IN THE CLOUDKrista Godfrey

kgodfrey@mun.ca

WHAT IS THE CLOUD?

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN?Move from procuring and deploying to management &

provision of resources

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WHY THE FUSS?

TO THE CLOUD!

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DO YOU USE THE CLOUD?

A. Yes, all the time

B. Yes, but not for sensitive info

C. No, I don’t trust it

D. No, I don’t have a good enough connection

E. Not sure if I use ithttp://bit.ly/Yj7pWs

FEATURES• On-demand self service• Broad network access

• Resource Pooling• Rapid Elasticity

•Measured service

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CLOUD TYPES•Public •Community •Private •Hybrid

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CLOUD VARIATIONS• IaaS Infrastructure as a Service

•PaaS Platform as a Service

• SaaS Software as a Service

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IAAS• Provides access to hardware, removing cost of owning/purchasing it• Still requires expertise• Ex. Amazon web services

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PAAS• Provides tools and space for development• Build, test, deploy web-based apps• Ex. Facebook Developers, Google App Engine, Windows Azure

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SAAS• Provides access to software• Most common and requires the least amount of expertise and customization• Ex. Gmail, Flickr, Twitter

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WHY GO TO THE CLOUD?

•Collaboration•Security•Reliability•Access

•Flexibility•Scalability•Cost •Green

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WHAT TO KEEP IN MIND•Privacy•Legal Issues•Data Ownership

•Reliability/Service Disruptions•Control

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LIBRARIES & THE CLOUD

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IS YOUR LIBRARY IN

THE CLOUD?A. YesB. NoC. Not sure

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LIBRARIES & IAAS

Amazon Web Services• Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)• Simple Storage Service (S3)

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LIBRARIES & PAAS

•Google App Engine• Windows Azure•Heroku•ILS

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LIBRARIES & SAAS

• LibGuides• Jing• Slideshare• PollAnywhere• Flickr• YouTube• Twitter• Stackmap• IM• Websites

• Document Storage• ILS• Discover Layers• OpenURL Resolvers• OPACs• Ejournal Portals• Citation Managers http://bit.ly/VRVJiI

CONSIDERATIONS •Support/Reliability •Vendor Side Updates •Control/Security

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BUDGET

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PERSONNEL

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BANDWIDTH

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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS

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What are your performance benchmarks?

What support is offered?

When is support offered?

What happens if the company is sold/folds?

Maintenance schedules

What is the guaranteed response time?

What is the guaranteed uptime?

What happens if there is a breach?

LOCK IN

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WHAT’S AHEAD?

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QUESTIONS?e: kgodfrey@mun.ca

twitter : @weelibrarian

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