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Cloud Computing in Libraries

 

 

Cloud computing in libraries

By Susan Hardy

 


            Cloud computing in the libraries has enhanced library services.  Some of the enhancements according to Nabi Hasan are “eBooks lending services, shared catalogues, document download services, digital preservation, article delivery service, file sharing, information discovery, E-learning, and information about literacy/orientation.”  These services are so important because the public has already incorporated cloud services in their everyday lives.  So, to leave cloud services out of library services would be detrimental because patrons would expect it, especially if they are using Amazon kindles, Apple iPad, B & N Nook or other devices for reading and/or audible books.

            As many pros that there are for cloud computer there are also some negatives like issues with privacy or security, network connectivity, initial cost, integration, operability issues and service agreements can be mitigated with “strategic planning and decision-making ability at different stages of developing a Cloud library (Hasan 24)”. So as long as libraries and patrons are aware of potential privacy or security issues and address them, we should see a continuance and expansion of cloud computing in libraries.    

Hasan, Nabi. Cloud Computing and Its Application in Libraries, library.iitd.ac.in/arpit_2020-2021/Week%2016%20-%20Module%2039%20-%20PPT-%20Cloud%20Computing%20and%20Its%20Application%20in%20Libraries.pdf. Accessed 2 May 2024.

 

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