LoCloud Collections, or how to make your local heritage available on-line
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LoCloud Collections, or how to make your local heritage available on-line Marcin Werla Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center LoCloud is funded by the European Commission's ICT Policy Support Programme
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LoCloud Collections, or how to make your local heritage available on-line
Marcin WerlaPoznań Supercomputing and Networking Center
LoCloud is funded by the European Commission's ICT Policy Support Programme
Our challenge
• All digital library 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
• Key features:
– Easy start with LoCloud Collections
– Many collections, many formats
– High availability, scalability, data safety
– Advanced usage statistics
– Multilinguality, SEO
– Compatibility with Europeana
– No financial investments, costs based on real use of resources
LoCloud Collections
Easy start with LoCloud Collecions
More info: http://support.locloud.eu/tiki-index.php?page=Training%20Videos
High availability, scalability, data safety
LoCloud Collections are located in PSNC Data Center,in private cloud environment (yes, cheaper than using Amazon Cloud)
Virtual trip: http://pcss.tv.pionier.net.pl/play?id=5397
Advanced usage statistics
Multiliguality, SEO
• OAI-PMH Interface
• Advanced mappings and data processing with MORE aggregation platform
• Basic mapings with CSV import mechanism
• Built-in EDM output for preconfigured metadataschema
Compatibility with Europeana
Compatibility with Europeana
Storage plan Size limitation Estimated price
Zero 500 MB 0 EUR / month
XS 2 GB 2 EUR / month
S 5 GB 4 EUR / month
M 10 GB 8 EUR / month
L 25 GB 16 EUR / month
XL 50 GB 24 EUR / month
No financial investments, costs based on real use of resources
Free until the end of the project and even a bit longer…Details: https://locloudhosting.net/offer
• Some numbers:
– 265 collections created in 36 countries• top countries: Poland, Greece, Norway, Croatia
– 33 collections currently with (potentially) paid storage plan • top countries: Poland, Ireland, France, Norway
• PSNC plans to provide and develop the service further
– Based on feedback from users (thank you!)
– In collaboration with Europeana, possibly under Europeana DSI2 project
– In collaboration with interested LoCloud project partners –scope of collaboration is to be discussed based on individualneeds – just let me know• Translations, local promotion, local support, national domains, …
Sustainability?
LoCloud Collectionson ICT2015
