APPLICATIONS OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN DIGITAL LIBRARIES WITH REFERENCE TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONALITY / تطبيقات الحوسبة السحابية في المكتبات الرقمية مع الإشارة إلى تحسين الأداء الوظيفي

APPLICATIONS OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN DIGITAL LIBRARIES WITH REFERENCE TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONALITY

ABSTRACT:

This research paper discusses how cloud computing solutions could be beneficial to libraries in three basic areas: technology, data and community. 

Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid.

Library automation has helped to provide easy access to collections through the use of computerized library catalogue such as On-line Public Access Catalog (OPAC).

Cloud Computing helps to provide easy accessibility of the digital resources to the patrons with retrieving facility. 

Key words:

Cloud Computing, Digital Library, Library Automation, Library Community, Internet Etc. 

INTRODUCTION 

The academic, special and public libraries always get lower budget sanctioned amount and that become an obstacle in their growth.

Library has been neglected sector in the academic discourse. Due to the financial constraints libraries have to plan their strategies with minimum resources.

The new technologies required sufficient funds but institutions neglect the financial demands made by the libraries.

Instead of becoming assets libraries are becoming liabilities.

Libraries need to develop their income by various innovative methods.

They never go beyond their traditional approach while studying for this research it is found that more than 90% libraries managed their own digitized collection by using the local management software for digital libraries.