5. Moving "Into the Cloud"

Moving on to the Grid

YouTube video: What is cloud computing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?y-6PNuQHUiV3q
Web 2.0 Expo with Tim O'Reilly (10 minutes)

How Might OCLC help?

Harness cooperative by enabling libraries to share hardware, services, and data 'in the cloud'
WorldCat Local as a network-level end-user interface

OCLC Cooperative Web-scale Library management Services
OCLC Quick Start services

Web-scale

• Circulation and Delivery
• Print and Electronic Acquisitions
• License management
• Self-configuration (configure workflows for the site)

http://www.oclc.org/productworks/webscale.htm

Interview with Andrew Pace (OCLC) in Library Journal
OCLC’s Andrew Pace Talks with Talis about Web-Scale ILS
Andrew Pace Talks with Talis [00:50:08m]

"To find out about OCLC’s move in to providing hosted, Web-scale, Software as a Service functionality for managing libraries, who better to ask than the person responsible for the programme."

Moving Tech Services to the Cloud: What Would We Need to do Differently?

Incrementally move technical services to the network

Think of selection-ordering