TheLibraryCloudProsandCons

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Cloudcomputingcanbedefinedinanumberofways,makingitconfusingforlibrarianstounderstandwhatisavailableandwhatitdelivers.Althoughcomputerscientistsandtechnologistsmayhaveastrictdefinitionofcloudcomputinginvolving“on-demandnetworkaccesstoasharedpoolofconfigurablecomputingresources”(seetheNISTDefinitionofCloudComputing),fornon-ITlibrariansit’senoughtothinkaboutcloudcomputingaslibrarydataandserviceshostedbeyondthelibrary’swallsandaccessibleviatheweb.Moreandmoreelectronicresourcesandsoftwareusedinlibrariesarehostedinthecloud.

Whythecloud

Cloudprosandcons

Oneoftheadvantagesofcloudcomputingisgreaterefficiency.Becauseserversaretypicallysharedinthecloudenvironment,theycanrunmultipleprograminstancessimultaneously,leadingtoabetteruseofresources.Inatraditionalenvironment,aservermayrunatonlyfivepercentcapacitymostofthetime.Cloud-computingproviders,typicallyconcernedaboutelectricitycosts,investinenergy-efficientequipmentthatmayhelpcreateagreenercomputingenvironment.

Thecloudisalsotoutedforitsflexibilityandscalability.Whilemostlibrariesdonothavethesamehighpeaksinusagethat,say,anonlineretailermighthaveduringtheholidays,theycantakeadvantageofthesameflexibility.Forinstance,iftheyareimplementingnewsoftwareinthecloud,theycanquicklyaddcomputingresourcesiftheservicesbecomemorepopular,insteadoforderingandinstallingnewservers.Cloudcomputing’sflexibilitymayalsobeusedfortestingupgradesornewservices.Insteadofpurchasingserversfortesting,avirtualservercanbestartedinthecloudandoperatedonlyaslongasneeded.

Cloudcomputingalsoallowsfornewusesofdatathatmaynothavebeenpossiblebefore.Anarticlerecommenderbasedondatafromonelibrarymightnotbeveryvaluable,butExLibris’sbXcombinesusagedatafrommillionsofresearcherstocreateascholarlyrecommenderservice.ExLibrissoonplanstoofferHotArticles,afreeserviceemployingbXdatathatshowswhatarticlesaretrendinginaparticularsubject.

Hostedcloudsolutionsofferawaytodealwiththelackoftechnicalexpertiseorasmallsystemsstaff.Thevendorcantakecareofhardware,operatingsystemupgrades,andsoftwareupgrades,forexample,anddothisatscalewithsharedhardware.Asaresult,inmanycasescloudcomputingmaybelessexpensivethantraditionalcomputingmethods.

Fornonlibrary-specificprogramssuchasemail,cloud-basedsolutionslikeGoogle’sgmailmaybeavailableforlowornocost.(LosAngelesPublicLibraryisthelargestsystemcurrentlyusinggmailasitsin-houseemailservice.)Thatsaid,cloudcomputingisnotalwayscheaperwhenallfactorsareconsidered,solibrariesshouldbecarefultoevaluateallofthecostsinvolved,suchasnetworkbandwidth,transitioncosts,andbackupstoragecosts,whenconsideringamigrationtothecloud.

Libraryvendorsthatprovidecloud-basedsolutionsstrivetomaintainlowdowntime.Atthe2011EuropeanLibraryAutomationGroup(ELAG)conference,representativesfromOCLCandExLibrisstatedthattheytrytohaveatleast99.5percentuptime.Thismaybebetterthanlocalcomputingstaffwouldbeabletoprovide.Conversely,afteramigrationtothecloud,localstaffmaylosecontroloverwhenplanneddowntimeoccursandberestrictedinwhattheycandowhenunplanneddowntimetakesplace.Accesstohigh-speedbroadbandisbecomingmorecommon,butifalibrarydoesnothaveareliablehigh-speedInternetconnection,itmightbeadetrimenttosomecloudcomputingservices.

Inalmostallcases,takingtheproperprecautionscanminimizerisk.RackspaceServerBackup,forinstance,offersrobustencryption;numerousotherbusinessesofferAmazon-cloud-basedservicesformedicalrecords,whichmustconformtostrictHIPAAregulation.

Dataownershipisanimportantmatterinthelibrarycloud.Whatrightsdothelibraryandthevendorhavetocloud-baseddataCanthevendor“mine”patrondataIfthelibrarychoosestoleaveacloud-basedservice,whatdata,inwhatformat,willbereturnedWhathappensifavendorgoesoutofbusinessorifalibrarydoesn’tpayitsbillsontimeWillthelibrarybecutofffromitsdataTheseareimportantquestionstoaskbeforemigratingtothecloud,whichshouldbeaddressedinaservice-levelagreement(SLA).Concernsaboutuptime,responsetime,systemspeedtime,maintenanceschedules,andsupportshouldalsobeincluded.LibrarianswilllikelyhaveaneasiertimenegotiatinganSLAwithalibraryvendorthanwithanInternetgiantlikeAmazonorGoogle.ButeveniftheycannotnegotiateSLAtermswithacloudprovider,librariansshouldmakesuretheyunderstandtheterms,andcanlivewiththem,beforesigning.

Twocloudcases

Noteveryoneusingacloud-basedservicehashadsuchapositiveexperience.WhentheUniversityofWashingtonHealthServices(UWHS)Librarywaslookingforacloud-basedweb-conferencingsolutiontoofferlibraryinstructionandonlinereference,itthoughtithadbeenfound:afreesolution,DimDim,apparentlyhadeverythingnecessary.AfterspendingconsiderabletimeandefforttoimplementDimDimsuccessfully,theproductwassoldtoanothercompany,andservicewasdiscontinued.UWHShadonlythreemonths’noticetosaveitsfilesandfindanothersolution.AlthoughthelibrarywasabletouseAdobeConnecttocontinuetheprogram,librarysystemsheadAnnWhitneyGleasonsaidlastyearthatthey“willprobablynotuseafreecloudapplicationforacriticalprojectagain.”(Gleason’sfullaccountisavailableinGettingStartedwithCloudComputing:ALITAGuide[2011].)

What’sintheCloud

Ifalibrarywantsmorethanthediscoverylayerinthecloud,librarytechnologyvendorsincludingInnovativeInterfacesandOCLChaveeitherimplementedorareintheprocessoflaunchingcompletelynewILSsinthecloud,andopensourceproviders,suchasByWaterSolutions,candelivercloud-basedhostingservicesfortheKohaILS.

Electronicresourcescanalsobemadeavailablethroughextramuralrepositories.GoogleScholarincorporatesmetadatafromjournalindexes,articlerepositories,andothersourcestoofferweb-scaleaccesstoscholarshipthatcanbeaccessedatapatron’slibraryofchoice.OverDrive,themostpopularlibraryebookvendor,workswithpublicandacademiclibrariesandismakingstridestointegrateseamlesslywithonlinelibrarysystems.3M’snewebookservice,unveiledlastyear,permitsuserstosynctheirreadingonmultipledevicesbutstillrequiresaninitialdownloadoftheentireebookfile(thatis,patronsdon’treadastreamingbookbutadownloadedone).

Citationmanagementsoftwareinthecloudcandoubleasaplatformforsharingcontent,formingcommunitiesaroundresearchtopics,andrecommendingresources.Mendeley,forexample,offerscitationmanagementthroughawebbrowser,though,tobefullyfunctional,usersneedtodownloadaclienttotheirlocalcomputer.

Newservicesmayofferinnovativeapproachestomanagingscholarlycommunicationelectronically.ThirdIronwillletacademicresearchersbrowseandsavenewjournalcontentthroughaservicecalledBrowZine,availablefortheiPad.

MOREUSES

Otherservicesandproductsmayalsobeofinterest.Mobilephoneappscanaddvaluetocloud-basedlibrarydata.OCLC’sWorldCatmobilesiteaimstodirectpatronstotheclosestlibraryowningacertainbookbymashing-updatafromWorldCatholdings,librarylocations,anduserlocations.StackMapshelf-mappingsoftwareisanewservicethatallowslibrariestoshowusersamapofthebook’sphysicallocationinthelibrarybasedonaprerecordedcallnumberrange.Unlikeradio-frequencyidentification(RFID)chips,whichpotentiallyallowforreal-timesearchofabookvialocationtracking,thisserviceislessdynamicbutnonethelessuseful.

Lastly,backupstothecloudcanprotectallkindsoflibrarydata—fromrepositorycontentstoblogposts—fromlossowingtofire,flood,localpowerblackouts,orothernaturalorcomputer-relateddisastersthatcouldcausedatatodisappear.Amazon’sElasticComputeCloud(EC2)platformisacloudserviceinthetechnologist’ssenseoftheterm:itisscalable,metered,dynamic,andcompletelyhostedbythebooksellinggiant.Librarieswithtechnologystaffcan

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