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An Arrow in the CloudYvonne DesmondLIR Seminar 2012
Technology and Libraries
Tyranny of the C Prompt
Cd-Rom Towers
Library Networks
Library Management Systems
Telex/Fax
Rise of Teckie Librarian
Change in Users
• Always on technology• Social Computing Don’t need us! “There’s an app for that!”
• Do we know what they want?• Do we know the questions?
Libraries
• Struggle in a hostile world• Fast pace of change• Old roles disappearing• What are the new ones?• No staff/no money/ no resources• Do what we are good at
Adapt and survive
The cloud and libraries
• Is business model• Computing as a service• Hosted service/economies of scale• Library as client• Scale up/Down• Pay as you go model
Advantages
• Don’t need to invent it/interface
• Buying contracted service• Annual commitment• Predictable spend• Vendors collective knowledge• Suite of support tools• Merged into existing roles
Disadvantages
• Don’t own it• Realistic expectations• Quality of customer support• Commercial entity• Evaluation and monitoring• Vendor lock in• Interoperability
Context for Arrow
IUA Project• Well Funded• Project Group• Build• Designated Person• National Research
Portal
Arrow • Meagre Funding• Observer• No build• No person• National Research
Portal
Decisions
• Outsource IR• Appropriate Vendor• Security• Experience• Best value for money• Contract
What we got
• Ease of mind• Suite of designers• Professional training• Short, sharp learning curve• 3 year subscription
Advantages
• Up and running• Nice interface• Support• Show and Tell• Publicity/Marketing• Rapid ingest• Publications Mandate
Extras
Statistics• Not hits/downloads• Author Dashboard• Monthly Status
Report• Blogs/feedback• Annual Stats
Journals
• Publishing module IJASS…Social Science SDAR….Engineering
IJAP…..Learning and Teaching
In Print…..Art and Design
Standardization
•Will be a set menu• Tweak• Adapt• Book Format
Standard Book Format
Events Module
Benefits of cloud
• Working with experts• Support/Open to suggestions• Fast/Professional• Always on Innovation• Free to do what good at• Saves time, money
Disadvantages
• Set menu• Inflexible• Have to follow their ways• Interoperability• Compromise• Trade-Off
Finally…..
• IR only possible in the cloud• Placed us at heart of research community• Library as Publisher• Can look to experiment• Can stay on the cutting edge
Spend more time thinking about what to do
Yvonne [email protected]
