Behind the Cloud:
Cloud Computing Programs Demystified
Sonnet Ireland & April GreyLLA Conference 2012
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as metered service over a network.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
What is Cloud Computing?
Buy?
o Sizeo Customizeo Maintenanceo Security
Rent?
o Standard producto High quality
infrastructureo No maintenance
• On demand computing power • Hardware savings
• Administrator ease of use
• Labor cost savings
• Save your institution money
Promises, Promises
• Cost o Serviceso Bandwith
• Security
• Privacy
• Ethics
• Modification
• Administration
• Legal ownership
Reality Sinks In
Clouds in the News
Many cloud based applications you may already use!
Clouds in the Library
File Sharing
PBWorks
Dropbox
GoogleDocs
Catalog
ScholarWorks http://scholarworks.uno.edu/
SelectedWorks http://works.bepress.com/sonnetireland/
LOUISiana Digital Library http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/
Institutional Repository
IR: ScholarWorks
IR: ScholarWorks
IR: SelectedWorks
IR: LOUISiana Digital Library
ULL Collections
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore
Social Networking
LibGuides @ UNO
LibGuides @ ULL
Google Calendar @ Medaille
Sonnet IrelandEarl K. Long Library, University of New [email protected]
April GreyEdith Garland Dupré Library, University of Louisiana at [email protected]
Questions?
