Christinger Tomer

Information Technology Standards for Libraries.

Librarians have become necessarily concerned with the problems that attend connecting computers, terminals, and other devices arrayed across networks. This concern extends to the problem of establishing standards that enable libraries using different processors and different operating systems to connect their computers and share services in meaningful ways. Of the standards being developed specificaly for libraries, the most important is American National Standard Z39.50: Information Retrieval Service Definition and Protocol Specification for Library Applications (Z39.50), which was first set forth in 1988, and subsequently revised by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The article examines the content and status of Z39.50, and related work.

Emerging electronic library services and the idea of location independence

IN THE LAST DECADE, many academic libraries have installed online public access catalogs (OPACS). Recently, many of them have begun to provide users with dial-up access and access across various networks, including the Internet. As these connections have multiplied, the combination of electronic library services and connections across high-speed telecommunications networks have begun to transform both the use of library resources and the way in which users and librarians perceive the library. This paper focuses on means and issues associated with the development of what Kibbey and Evans have termed “location independence” (Kibbey and Evans, 1989, p. 16), and it suggests how remote access to library resources may prove of special benefit to scholars in the humanities and other areas of scholarship highly reliant on library services.

Cloud computing and virtual machines in LIS education: options and resources

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider how and why virtual machines (VMs) and cloud computing and related development environments built on cloud-based resources may be used to support and enhance the technological elements of library and information science (LIS) education. Design/methodology/approach It is based on analysis of available technologies and relevant applications. Findings Cloud computing and virtualization offer a basis for creating a robust computing infrastructure for LIS education. Practical implications In the context of LIS education, cloud computing is relevant in two respects. First, many important library and archival services already rely heavily on cloud-based infrastructures, and in the near future, cloud computing is likely to define a much larger part of the computing environment on which libraries and archives rely. Second, cloud computing affords a highly flexible and efficient environment that is ideal for learning about VMs, operating systems and a wide variety of applications. What is more important, it constitutes an environment for teaching and learning that is vastly superior to the ones that currently support most LIS degree programs. From a pedagogical perspective, the key aspect of teaching and learning in the cloud environment is the VM. So, the article focuses a significant portion of its attentions on questions related to the deployment and use of VMs and Linux Containers, within and without cloud-based infrastructures, as means of learning about computer systems, applications and networking and achieving an understanding of essential aspects of both cloud computing and VM environments. Originality/value Based on a search of available literature in computer science and library and information science, the paper has no counterparts.

Connected, or what it means to live in the network society

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