“Cloud computing” in library automation: benefits and drawbacks

Abstract

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Perception of cloud computing in developing countries

“…Most of the respondents (68 per cent) regarded cloud computing as something that they were already doing by another name and were unclear about the term. The finding validates the studies of Cohn et al (2002), Hoy (2012) and Romero (2012), who discovered that cloud computing was already in use in libraries in the form of Gmail, Google Docs, bibliographic management and integrated library systems. Furthermore, respondents unanimously agreed that cloud computing enables librarians to focus on their daily mission and services rather than being involved in information technology operations.…”

Internet adoption in select Nigeria university libraries

“…Resolutions passed on all these issues are favourable although there are reservations on security. Romero (2012) posited that the ability to stores seemingly endless number of documents, photos, and videos is enticing-the ability to access these things from any phones, tablet, or computer is what is driving the popularity to cloud computing. Despite its brilliance, cloud computing raises many concerns regarding maintenance.…”

“…However, with the introduction of new technologies including the use of Internet in the last century such as Information and Communication Technology (ICT), all these services can be automated as E-library services such that university students can access them by means of networked computers through the web (Internet/Intranet) or a Local Area Network (LAN) (Odede & Enakerakpo, 2013). E-library services, is therefore defined as all library services which are provided by the means of new technologies include all the services listed in library automation, Internet services, university domain E-mail, online journals service, electronic books services, online catalogue, bibliographic database services, CD-ROM services, library website services, library mailing list server, document scanning services, electronic reference services, electronic information services, end-users training services, E-document delivery services amongst others (Romero, 2012;Tibenderana, 2018). Examples of these are electronic databases that cover a wide range of full text journals, electronic books, electronic newspapers, monographs, conference proceedings and links to other networked libraries and organizations.…”

Perceived Use and Acceptance of Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation in the Manufacturing Industries

“…Using users' accessibility as the basis, cloud computing can be divided into three major types; private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid cloud (Kiadehi & Mohammadi, 2012). When the cloud computing platform is maintained onsite (within the organization), it is termed private cloud (Romero (2012). In the private cloud, hardware and information technology infrastructures are located within the organization or these infrastructures are used with physical separation from other infrastructures and no hardware and software are shared among users.…”

“…Information technology and computing resources when maintained by cloud service providers and offered as a shared service to customers is termed public cloud computing (Romero (2012). Shared services offered in public cloud computing includes virtual machines, hardware, servers, infrastructures, memory, and processing power (Kiadehi & Mohammadi, 2012).…”