I like some aspects of computing in the cloud, but some are worrisome. For example, with a hosted automated library system, you don’t have to worry about doing back-ups, but what if the company goes out of business suddenly or crashes?
I do like the idea of being able to access my information from any computer, not just the one it is stored on and the advantage of using services available in the “cloud” and not having to buy many different software applications to handle data.
Jenny Levine, in her Jan. 14th 2009 blog, “We’re Not All Ready for the Cloud Yet?”points out that part of the librarian’s role now is to teach patrons about these types of services, such as Google Docs, but also to teach them about consequences and potential problems such as loss of data and possible privacy breaches. These are good points.
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