Getting started with cloud computing : a LITA guide /

"A one-stop guide for implementing cloud computing. Cloud computing can save your library time and money by enabling convenient, on-demand network access to resources like servers and applications. Libraries that take advantage of the cloud have fewer IT headaches because data centers provide c...

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Corporate Author: Library and Information Technology Association (U.S.)
Other Authors: Corrado, Edward M., 1971-, Moulaison-Sandy, Heather
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, ©2011.
Series:LITA guides ; 16.
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Table of Contents:
  • Perspectives on cloud computing in libraries / Heather Lea Moulaison and Edward M. Corrado
  • Understanding the cloud : an introduction to the cloud / Rosalyn Metz
  • Cloud computing : pros and cons / H. Frank Cervone
  • What could computing means for libraries / Erik Mitchell
  • Head in the clouds? A librarian/vendor perspective on cloud computing / Carl Grant
  • Cloud computing for LIS education / Christinger R. Tomer and Susan W. Alman
  • Library discovery services : from the ground to the cloud / Marshall Breeding
  • Koha in the cloud / Christopher R. Nighswonger and Nicole C. Engard
  • Leveraging OCLC cooperative library data in the cloud via web services / Karen A. Coombs
  • Building push-button repositories in the cloud with dspace and amazon web services
  • Untethering considerations : selecting a cloud-based data access and file-sharing solution / Heidi M. Nickisch Duggan and Michelle Frisque
  • Sharepoint strategies for establishing a powerful library intranet / Jennifer Diffin and Dennis Nangle
  • Using windows home server and amazon s3 to back up high-resolution digital objects to the cloud / Edward Iglesias
  • Keeping your data on the ground when putting your (lib)guides in the cloud / Karen A. Reiman-Sendi, Kenneth J. Varnum, and Albert A. Bertram
  • Parting the clouds : use of dropbox by embedded librarians / Caitlin A. Bagley
  • From the cloud, a clear solution : how one academic library uses google calendar / Anne Leonard
  • Integrating google forms into reference and instruction / Robin Elizabeth Miller
  • Ning, fostering conversations in the cloud / Leland R. Deeds, Cindy Kissel-Ito, and Ann Thomas Knox
  • Not every cloud has a silver lining : using a cloud application may not always be the best solution / Ann Whitney Gleason
  • Speak up! using voicethread to encourage participation and collaboration in library instruction / Jennifer Ditkoff and Kara Young.