Introduction to LoCloud Collections, Marcin Werla, Poznan Supercomputing Centre
Transcript of Introduction to LoCloud Collections, Marcin Werla, Poznan Supercomputing Centre
LoCloud Collections Introduction
Marcin WerlaPoznań Supercomputing and Networking Center
LoCloud is funded by the European Commission's ICT Policy Support Programme
Basic components of a digital library
• Digital content and metadata• Soft IT infrastructure
– Software (digital library management system)
• Hard IT infrastructure– Service hardware (servers, storage, …)– Network connection and hardware
(firewall etc.)– … and a safe and secure place for all that
• People– Responsible for digital content and
metadata, advanced users of the DLMS– Responsible for soft IT infrastructure (admins)– Responsible for hard IT infrastructure (admins)
Content
Software
Hardware
Basic components of a digital library
• All mentioned components generate costs
• In smaller institutions there may be no proper hard IT infrastructure to reuse for a digital library
• Apart from costs - lack of expertiseto cope with IT infrastructure
• How to simplify deploymentand reduce the cost of having a digital library without limiting its value for end users?
Content
Software
HardwareFast
Useable
Interesting
LoCloud Collections
• Who can be interested in becoming LDL hosting provider?
– Commercial companies • Creating new source of revenue
– Metadata aggregators • Attracting/creating new metadata sources
• Partially based on public funding
– National research and education IT infrastructure providers • Extending the set of already provided services
(e.g. data archiving, fast network connections)
• Possibly with government funding
• Another option: collaborate with already existing hosting provider (PSNC)
LDL hosting providers
• Time to go to
http://locloudhosting.net