1. Cloud Computing FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES Mary Rose V. Loria @mvloria Image by Equinix.com

2. Self-Check I have a Facebook or Twitter account. I have an email that is hosted on the Web. I share pictures, audio/video files, and documents over the Internet. My library has a website, a blog or a wiki. I have downloaded free e-books from the Web.

3. Outline What is Cloud Computing? Types of Cloud Computing Cloud-based Library Applications Benefits of Cloud Computing Issues of Cloud Computing Librarians’ Roles Challenges

4. What is Cloud Computing? a style of computing in which massively scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service to external customers using Internet technologies -- Gartner Group refers to the use of Internet servers to provide applications, storage, and processing power to smaller Web-connected computing devices. -- School Library Journal

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7. Types of Cloud Services

8. SaaS Software as a Service Cloud Applications Applications delivered over the Internet as a service Subscription services One size fits all

9. Libraries & Saas Google Apps Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Koha WorldCat Biblios LibraryThing IM & SMS Services LibGuides Social Software

10. Platform as a Service Development environments provided over the Internet as a service Pay-as-you-go or subscription pricing model Apps are developed for that one platform

12. Infrastructure as a Service aka HaaS or Hardware as a Service Storage services and computing power delivered over the Internet as a service Metered pricing Not “dedicated”

13. Libraries and IaaS LibLime My Kansas Library Kent State University Libraries DCPL DCPL – ILS Boston Public Library British Library

15. Library Applications Hosted library catalogs Social book sites (Shelfari, LibraryThing, GoodReads) E-books Online (Project Gutenberg, ICDL) Online Calendars & schedules Facebook Fan Pages Wikis, Blogs, Nings Blogs, Wikis, Nings

16. Social book sites

17. Email Calendar Docs Video Conference Groups Forms / Surveys YouTube Channel IM/SMS

19. Social Media

20. Content Curation

21. Lib Guides

22. Social Bookmarking & Notetaking

23. Library of Congress Virtual Tour

24. Google Art Project

25. Augmented Reality

26. Benefits of the Cloud Cost Reliability Portability Scalability Collaboration Usability Security Green

27. Issues Service level agreements Uptime and reliability Cost and affordability Legal and organizational issues Staff knowledge

28. Changing Roles Staff development guru Onsite support for students and staff Supporting flipped classrooms Gathering primary source data Communication Collaborative planning Policy input

29. Libraries and the Cloud Not All-or-Nothing Start small Cloud storage Cloud applications Use major providers: Amazon, Google, Salesforce, Microsoft, Facebook

30. Challenges Forget about IT as you know it today Get ready to outsource IT Let go of the desire to control