Computers are a very important part of the library especially to library patrons. They must be working, they need to be working, or the library has failed. Failure is a Library is not an option. In order for the Library to provide the best service to its customers, the library must rely on computer systems and their system providers. "In recent time, the management of library systems has changed dramatically," gone are the days were the library personnel are updating and installing it's own library system (Breeding,9). The complex management of this type of technology is sourced out to Library Service Platforms, that now handle these details and fix issues.
In the Article, Managing Tech and the Impact of Cloud Computing on Libraries author Marshall Breeding describes "The three Trends of Centralized Enterprise Computing, Vendor-Hosted Services and Subscriptions to SAAS-Based Library Services Platforms..." and how these trends "have shaped the realm of Library computing support." This transition has allowed vendors to provide better provide and "...to manage many instances of applications they created for their customers at sufficient scale to gain efficiencies in operations and costs" thus reinventing and providing a new and better wheel, as well as continuing to provide constant updates (Breeding, 10). These new systems are able "to solve data problems...and create new services", while providing better service then what libraries previously had. According to Breeding, "the basic mission of a systems librarian, or other professionals working with technology in libraries has not fundamentally changed," it is just become better with the assistance of better technology.
Works Cited:
Breeding, Marshall. "Managing Tech and the Impact of Cloud Computing on Libraries."
Computers in Libraries, vol.39, no.2, Mar. 2019, pp.9-11. EBSCOhost,search.ebsco
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