Method 3

Method 3
Cloud Computing

After reading the articles and watching the slide show, I am actually surprised at the way or ways we are connected with the world and with each other.
I am familiar with cloud computing in the public library;specifically, the OPAC.

I can see that cloud computing makes a librarian’s job both easier and more difficult.
Easier, in that, we are able to connect the student to materials previously not available.
More difficult, in that, as well as teaching students how to do research, we also will be teaching information literacy, web 2.0 skills. Why is this difficult-because students are in a hurry. Are they willing to take the time to learn how this is interconnected or have they absorbed this thru osmosis.

I do have some concerns which were raised in one article. The issues of security; being able to access files when needed. Having lived thru Hurricane Ike when there was no power for days, even weeks, do we know how to work and live without computers and the related issues.

Labels: security; information; reference.