This week’s discussion centered on the use of cloud
computing at work, and the impact of cloud computing on libraries in the near
future. I initially thought my library did not use any form of cloud computing,
I realized that we used Google Apps quite frequently, specifically Gmail,
Google Calendar, Google Maps, and Google Docs on occasion, and these are all
cloud based applications.
After this week’s readings, I learned the proper definition
of cloud computing and got to understand that in today’s modern world, we use
Cloud based apps more than we think. I always equated the cloud to storage apps
(i.e. icloud, Google Drive, DropBox), and I have only used Google Drive on occasion. However I use Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Calendar very
frequently and I never made the connection that these were all cloud based
apps, especially when I could see my history showing up on various different
devices.
In the long run, I believe that Cloud based applications and
systems will be widely used among libraries, and I hope that many of the common
security issues now will no longer be a threat and libraries can benefit from
all the great things the Cloud based computing has to offer.
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