introduction to locloud collections, marcin werla, poznan supercomputing centre
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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
• Who can be interested in becoming LDL hosting provider?
– Commercial companies • Creating new source of revenue
– Metadata aggregators • Attracting/creating new metadata sources
• Partially based on public funding
– National research and education IT infrastructure providers • Extending the set of already provided services
(e.g. data archiving, fast network connections)
• Possibly with government funding
• Another option: collaborate with already existing hosting provider (PSNC)
LDL hosting providers
• Time to go to
http://locloudhosting.net
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