Making the Most of the Cloud

Robin Hastings is the Director of Technology Services at the Northeast Kansas Library System in Lawrence, Kansas. In that capacity, she consults with librarians in the Northeast part of the state about technology in their libraries and manages a technical support staff and a system administrator who help their libraries achieve their technology goals. She presents and writes on mashups, cloud computing, Drupal, and project management as well as many other topics.

• PrefaceChapter 1 - Definitions and Limits of Cloud Computing Chapter 2 - Why Use the Cloud Chapter 3 - ILS in the Cloud Hosted Link Resolvers Hosted Proxy Servers Chapter 4 - Web Hosting Web Content Filtering Video Hosting Chapter 5 - BackupsChapter 6 – Software as a Services (SaaS)iEmployee and other HR services Desk stats for Reference Chapter 7 - Manage Computers from the Cloud File storage Time and Management software Chapter 8 - Email Chapter 9 - Project Management Chapter 10 - Social Media Chapter 11 - Graphics Chapter 12 - Security Chapter 13 - Training Chapter 14 - Afterword and Resources

The book is well set out and easy to read. It is also comprehensive in coverage and easily understood by someone without extensive technical knowledge. It serves as a useful introduction to cloud computing for libraries and is recommended to librarians seeking to understand the role of cloud computing in their work and to evaluate the relevance of cloud computing services.