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Libraries & The Cloud
Andy Woodworth at Agnostic, Maybe starts an interesting conversation with his latest post Libraries & The Cloud. He discusses the implications of cloud computing and content ownership with regard to the recent PC Magazine article The End of Content Ownership.
“My specific concern is if subscription pricing takes the place of content ownership. While I can imagine people signing up for subscriptions for eBooks in the same way that Rhapsody works, the idea that it would be the only model on the market bothers me to no end. I believe in the power of the end user to control their content; this doesn’t happen under a subscription model. It’s the concentration of power over content into relatively few hands that is a concern (although, to be fair, with the cloud and the internet, it creates other pathways to content). “
November 9th, 2011 at 9:16 am
I so totally agree. I have worked in Inter Library Loan as a backup. We do not lend anything electronic. Eventually we will not be able to lend or borrow anything because of contracts that prohibit sharing of electronic resources.
Unfortunately we have had to cancel copies of journals we have taken in print and gone to electronic because it is cheaper. We cannot afford both formats. Vendors say you will have access for ever. Or as my friend says until they send you an email detailing why they are not offering it anymore.
March 15th, 2012 at 9:40 pm
Yes, but for #1 only, which unfortunately is in the headline, and coming from a respected source.
March 17th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Many local IT departments don’t have the expertise to handle complex routing, failover, hot- standby, network design… Tier-One cloud services have this expertise, but organizations must still perform their due diligence