Collaborating in the Collaborating in the Clouds: Selecting ToolsClouds: Selecting ToolsTom IpriUniversity of NevadaLas Vegas

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Who Needs Libraries When Who Needs Libraries When Everything is on the Web?Everything is on the Web?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%

National Center for Education Statistics

Who Needs Libraries When Who Needs Libraries When Everything is on the Web?Everything is on the Web?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%

National Center for Education Statistics

Library As PlaceLibrary As PlaceMoveable

furnitureWireless

infrastructureLaptop supportGroup

workstationsGroup study

roomsMultimedia

production and editing

Rich application suite

Library As PlaceLibrary As Place

• Laptop loans• Large scale

printers• White boards• Smart boards• Tutoring services• Writing services• Vending

machines• Practice

presentation room

Impact on AcademiaImpact on Academia1,21,2

Sharing from everywhere

Supercomputing becomes mainstream for research

Impact on AcademiaImpact on Academia1,21,2

Reshaping IT Department◦ Virtual Computing

Labs◦ Low capital costs◦ Scale on demand◦ Resource and

talent sharing

The CatchesThe CatchesTrust and confidence that the

service provider will continue to be there3

Privacy1 and security2

Internet connectionPolicy and control issues2

Inability to tailor licensing agreements

Liability4

ExamplesExamples•Science Clouds•Earthbrowser

ExamplesExamplesEvernoteZoteroDropbox

Create Your Own CloudCreate Your Own CloudGoogle App EngineHerokuJoyentAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud (

EC2)

Who Needs Libraries When Who Needs Libraries When Everything is in the Cloud?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

SourcesSources

1. 3 Ways Web-Based Computing Will Change Colleges

2. Demystifying Cloud Computing for Higher Education

3. 2009 Horizon Report4. Cloud Computing’s Top Issues fo

r Higher Education5. Stranger Than We Know

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