LoCloud Collections Introduction Marcin Werla Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center LoCloud is funded by the European Commission's ICT Policy Support Programme
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
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