Collaborating in the Clouds: Selecting Tools Tom Ipri University of Nevada Las Vegas http://www.slideshare.net/tombrarian

Who Needs Libraries When Everything is on the Web? National Center for Education Statistics Year Circulation Reference 1996 231,500,000 1,900,000 1998 216,100,000 2,100,000 2000 194,000,000 1,600,000 2002 189,248,000 1,508,000 2004 200,204,000 1,423,000 2006 187,236,000 1,101,000 %Change -19% -42%

Who Needs Libraries When Everything is on the Web? National Center for Education Statistics Year Circulation Reference Gate Count 1996 231,500,000 1,900,000 16,500,000 1998 216,100,000 2,100,000 16,200,000 2000 194,000,000 1,600,000 16,500,000 2002 189,248,000 1,508,000 16,927,000 2004 200,204,000 1,423,000 19,369,000 2006 187,236,000 1,101,000 18,765,712 %Change -19% -42% +14%

Library As Place Moveable furniture Wireless infrastructure Laptop support Group workstations Group study rooms Multimedia production and editing Rich application suite

Moveable furniture

Wireless infrastructure

Laptop support

Group workstations

Group study rooms

Multimedia production and editing

Rich application suite

Library As Place Laptop loans Large scale printers White boards Smart boards Tutoring services Writing services Vending machines Practice presentation room

Laptop loans

Large scale printers

White boards

Smart boards

Tutoring services

Writing services

Vending machines

Practice presentation room

Impact on Academia 1,2 Sharing from everywhere Supercomputing becomes mainstream for research

Sharing from everywhere

Supercomputing becomes mainstream for research

Impact on Academia 1,2 Reshaping IT Department Virtual Computing Labs Low capital costs Scale on demand Resource and talent sharing

Reshaping IT Department

Virtual Computing Labs

Low capital costs

Scale on demand

Resource and talent sharing

The Catches Trust and confidence that the service provider will continue to be there 3 Privacy 1 and security 2 Internet connection Policy and control issues 2 Inability to tailor licensing agreements Liability 4

Trust and confidence that the service provider will continue to be there 3

Privacy 1 and security 2

Internet connection

Policy and control issues 2

Inability to tailor licensing agreements

Liability 4

Examples Science Clouds Earthbrowser

Science Clouds

Earthbrowser

Examples Evernote Zotero Dropbox

Evernote

Zotero

Dropbox

Create Your Own Cloud Google App Engine Heroku Joyent Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Google App Engine

Heroku

Joyent

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Who Needs Libraries When Everything is in the Cloud? “ [Library] Buildings will move more fully into their current dual nature, that of warehouse and gathering place, while our services and our content will live in the cloud, away from any physical place.” 5

Sources 3 Ways Web-Based Computing Will Change Colleges Demystifying Cloud Computing for Higher Education 2009 Horizon Report Cloud Computing’s Top Issues for Higher Education Stranger Than We Know

3 Ways Web-Based Computing Will Change Colleges

Demystifying Cloud Computing for Higher Education

2009 Horizon Report

Cloud Computing’s Top Issues for Higher Education

Stranger Than We Know

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