Robin Hastings

Making the Most of the Cloud (eBook, PDF)

How to Choose and Implement the Best Services for Your Library

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Cloud computing can be confusing - the number and types of services that are available through "the cloud" are growing by the day. Making the Most of the Cloud: How to Choose and Implement the Best Services for Your Library takes you through some of the more popular cloud services in libraries and breaks down what you need to know to pick the best one for your library.

Some of the cloud services covered are:
EmailIntegrated Library Systems (ILS)BackupsProject ManagementGraphics Softwareand much more...With chapters covering cloud topics from the definition of a "cloud" to security in the cloud, this book will be beneficial for any library which is thinking of moving their services outside their organization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 106
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216339755
• Artikelnr.: 74626283

Autorenporträt

Robin Hastings is the Director of Technology Services at the Northeast Kansas Library System in Lawrence, Kansas. In that capacity, she consults with librarians in the Northeast part of the state about technology in their libraries and manages a technical support staff and a system administrator who help their libraries achieve their technology goals. She presents and writes on mashups, cloud computing, Drupal, and project management as well as many other topics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1
Definitions and Limits of Cloud Computing Chapter 2
Why Use the Cloud Chapter 3
ILS in the Cloud Hosted Link Resolvers Hosted Proxy Servers Chapter 4
Web Hosting Web Content Filtering Video Hosting Chapter 5
Backups Chapter 6
Software as a Services (SaaS) iEmployee and other HR services Desk stats for Reference Chapter 7
Manage Computers from the Cloud File storage Time and Management software Chapter 8
Email Chapter 9
Project Management Chapter 10
Social Media Chapter 11
Graphics Chapter 12
Security Chapter 13
Training Chapter 14
Afterword and Resources