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Cloud Computing in your librarys future? How to ensure a sunny outcome. ELAG, May 2011 Carl Grant, Chief Librarian Slide 2 Slide 3 Cloud Computing Slide 4 Slide 5 Platform neutrality means your vendor becomes more efficient and effective too. Slide 6 Reduced costs because shared costs are lower costs Slide 7 Consolidate the frameworks CONSOLIDATE OPTIMIZE Optimize through collaboration EXTEND Extend the range of services Add value for library users Slide 8 is also about creating communities around information from which new knowledge will emerge Collaboration Slide 9 Cloud Computing is Green both hardware and Library staff get used more efficiently Slide 10 Analysis Resource Usage by FundOverlap in New Purchases Request Time to Fulfillment Digital Submissions by DepartmentILL Requests Converted to Purchases Purchase Digitize Loan Slide 11 Slide 12 What are the concerns? Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Configurable? Extensive configurability is essential so librarianship can show end-users identifiable value. Slide 17 OSS extensions ensure that which is common can do that which is uncommon. Slide 18 Branding Is stamping the library name on the delivered information AND the value of librarianship on the end-users mind. Slide 19 Support is better because your vendor does the common and your staff does the unique Slide 20 We need to work together.. while being realistic in our expectations. Slide 21 ill-informed legislation (about cloud computing in libraries) will result in ill-informed citizens. Slide 22 Slide 23 Cloud Computing unites libraries so researchers start higher and go farther Slide 24 Carl Grant Chief Librarian, Ex Libris T: +1-847-227-2615 M: +1-540-449-2418 E: carl.grant@exlibrisgroup.com W: http://www.exlibrisgroup.com Twitter: carl_grant Blog: http://commentary.exlibrisgroup.com