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The Library Cloud Pros and Cons

Corrado, Edward M. and Moulaison, Heather Lea (2012) The Library Cloud Pros and Cons. Library Journal .

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Abstract

Cloud computing can be defined in a number of ways, making it confusing for librarians to understand what is available and what it delivers. Although computer scientists and technologists may have a strict definition of cloud computing involving “on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources” (see the NIST Definition of Cloud Computing), for non-IT librarians it’s enough to think about cloud computing as library data and services hosted beyond the library’s walls and accessible via the web. More and more electronic resources and software used in libraries are hosted in the cloud.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Digital Libraries, Featured, Information Technology, Software, cloud, cloud computing
Subjects:Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
ID Code:102
Deposited By: Dr. Heather Lea Moulaison
Deposited On:06 Mar 2012 01:41
Last Modified:06 Mar 2012 01:41

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